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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 ...
On June 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio met with Governor Cuomo and the two declared a curfew for New York City starting at 11 p.m., lasting until 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. It was the first city-wide curfew imposed in New York since the Harlem riot of 1943, which followed a white police officer shooting an African American. [19] [96] [97]
The New York Police Department's Strategic Response Group (SRG) is a unit of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) formed in 2015 to police protests. It was announced in 2014 by NYPD Police Commissioner William J. Bratton as a unit that would also be dedicated to counterterrorism until that was seperated following controversy.
No new sites have been opened since. All the while, residents in East Harlem bemoaned a hellish scene that’s ravaged their community, noting their complaints have been ignored by local leaders.
New Yorkers opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump protest outside the Midtown Manhattan office of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Feb. 5, 2025. The protest coincided with similar one ...
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday moved to end the polarizing congestion pricing program that started on Jan. 5 in New York City.. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...
On June 1, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio declared an 11 pm curfew for New York City, to last until 5 a.m. the next morning, the first since the Harlem riot of 1943, which followed a white police officer shooting an African American soldier. [127] The next day, a curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. was announced, until June 7. [128]