Eight years after a judge ruled New York City police violated the constitution by stopping, questioning and frisking mostly Black and Hispanic people on the street en masse, people in communities most ...

Nearly every single community member speaking at recent hearing on stop-and-frisk opposed the NYPD’s controversial policy. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

Last week's decision by U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin condemning the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk polices came as no surprise. The brutal truth is that the city ...

The fight over whether the NYPD should continue its stop-and-frisk tactics isn’t over yet. A week after Mayor de Blasio tried to follow through with a controversial campaign promise by saying he would ...

A backstage battle between the city’s top cop and a City Councilman over the NYPD‘s stop-and-frisk practices could thrust the controversial program into the heated mayoral race. Councilman Peter ...

Joe Lhota is ready to take the legal war over stop and frisk all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, he said Monday. “I think we should appeal,” said Lhota, the Republican nominee for mayor, who was ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio moved to end his inherited court battle over stop-and-frisk today, as he said he would, filing paperwork to drop the appeal. Last year, a judge ruled that the police tactic ...

Eight years after a judge ruled New York City police violated the constitution by stopping, questioning and frisking mostly Black and Hispanic people on the street en masse, people in communities most ...