Police Brutality

The officer was suspended after video showed him beating a 12-year-old outside of a school.

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Chris Smalls, the fired Amazon worker who is leading union efforts, is currently on the winning side of a union battle most thought couldn't be won, but he and his group of former and current Staten Island, New York, warehouse workers still have a road ahead of them before they can claim success.

Residents in one predominately white New York City neighborhood have complained that the local COVID-19 testing and treatment plan prioritizes people along "racial and ethnic" lines, according to a city council member.

Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said that police are questioning witnesses again in order to accurately verify claims.

One brief moment in time would prove fatal for the Staten Island teen, who family and friends lovingly called, "Poppa Jawn."

The police arrested a Bronx man accused of wheeling his wife's corpse on a dolly. He is charged with second-degree murder.

Details are emerging regarding the brutal murder of Rebecca Cutler and two of her three children allegedly at the hands of a crazed boyfriend. According to statements from the Staten Island District Attorney's office, Michael Sykes stabbed the victims a total of 69 times, the New York Daily News reports.

The family of slain Staten Island man Eric Garner received a $1 million settlement from the area hospital that dispatched paramedics to the scene of his fatal encounter with police. In court documents obtained by the Associated Press, the details of the settlement were initially confidential and not part of an earlier settlement the family […]

Updated: February 15, 2016, 9:30 AM ET New York City police have arrested a 23-year-old man on charges of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and two infants at a Staten Island hotel that also serves as a homeless shelter, according to Reuters. Michael Sykes, of Brooklyn, was charged with three counts of first degree murder, as well […]

Investigators in the case pondered whether founding members of the famed rap group, RZA and Raekwon, are linked to murders that occurred more than 15 years ago.