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Protests were held in New York City in response to the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old African American man and Michael Jackson impersonator, by Daniel Penny, a white ex-Marine while riding the F Train on May 1, 2023. [201] [202] Penny approached Neely from behind, placing him in a chokehold until Neely was unconscious. [203]
July 2 – Former New York City Mayor and lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the State of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. [18] July 4 – Three people are killed and seven others are injured when a pickup truck is driven into a crowd celebrating Independence Day in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New ...
There is a long history of civil unrest in New York City related to race and policing preceding the coalescing of Black Lives Matter, and the New York Police Department has been the subject of frequent criticism for its treatment of black citizens, including use of racial profiling, its stop-and-frisk program, and the use of mass arrests and ...
The commissioner of the New York Police Department said there are "no specific credible threats" to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. More than 1 million will pack Times Square in ...
14th Street–Union Square station entrance. By 3 p.m. on August 4, 2023, a large crowd—including many people who were drawn to the event—had gathered in Union Square. [10] [13] The New York City Police Department (NYPD) became aware of the gathering as dozens of people began converging. [14] [15] The NYPD had mobilized officers to the area ...
The third victim, Wilma Augustin, 36, who lived in Manhattan, was fatally stabbed near East 42nd Street and First Avenue at 10:55 a.m., about three-quarters of a mile and a 15-minute walk from the ...
New York City has seen a cycle of modest boom and a bust in the 1980s, a major boom in the 1990s, and mixed prospects since then. This period has seen severe racial tension, a dramatic spike and fall of crime rates, and a major influx of immigrants growing the city's population past the eight million mark.
Former President Donald Trump took to the stage in Albuquerque on Thursday, Oct. 31, to rally New Mexico Republicans in his 2024 presidential bid. He landed at Albuquerque International Sunport ...