New York City

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eric Adams and the Death of Black Politics
09 Oct 2024
The indictment of New York City mayor Eric Adams is the latest example of moribund Black politics. Rich donors and corporate media decide who will be elected to office, while the people’s needs go…
Imani Nile
End the Siege on NYC
02 Oct 2024
New York City is a case study of how imperialist violence abroad and state violence domestically are two sides of the same coin. The unfortunate stories of Derrell Mickles and Jordan Neely…
Noah Shachtman
The Secretive Alliance Between the New York Post and Eric Adams
02 Oct 2024
Rupert Murdoch’s paper helped elect Adams and hasn’t quite given up on him yet.
Benjamin Weiser , Maria Cramer
N.Y.P.D. Unwilling to Impose Discipline for Stop and Frisk, Report Says
25 Sep 2024
The department’s discipline for illegal street detentions is lax at every level, according to an extraordinary review ordered by a federal judge.
Bronx Anti-War Coalition
Fare Evasion or Fatal Excuse? Statement on NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90
18 Sep 2024
Derell Mickles' death was a devastating addition to the many lives lost in the war on Black and working-class people. With the increasing cost of transportation and the expansion of the police…
Natasha Lennard
New York Spends $225 Million on Its Own “Cop City” — to Make the Whole City Run on Cops
12 Jun 2024
A proposed New York training facility shows how establishment politicians only understand governance through policing.
Hannah Natanson , Emmanuel Felton
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show
22 May 2024
A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor Eric Adams and their work to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza war.
Ashoka Jegroo
New York's Top Democrats Turn New York City Into A Pro-Israel Police State
13 Mar 2024
New York Democrats are fueling the panic over a fictional crime wave to increase surveillance and police presence in NYC.
Stacy M. Brown
Latest Stats Show America’s Continued Love Affair with Mass Incarceration
18 Oct 2023
The United States still has the dubious distinction of having more people behind bars than any other country. The population of local jails continue to rise and is a bellwether for mass incarceration…
Ashoka Jegroo
The Crime Panic That Helped Elect Eric Adams Is Now Turning Against Him
02 Nov 2022
Hyperbolic crime coverage by local media helped pave the way for former NYPD cop Eric Adams to become the mayor of New York City. But now that same media-manufactured crime panic is preventing Adams…