Advocates detail alleged medical neglect, violence and poor conditions at Brooklyn’s troubled MDC
For years, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) has been a troubled neighbor in Sunset Park, with a record of violence, staff shortages, prolonged lockdowns and other dangerous conditions behind its walls. Those conditions were the focus of a Sept. 19 town hall in Bay Ridge, where advocates shared findings from a three-month research project…
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) --- A 24-year-old man was shot to death in a Brooklyn park in broad daylight on Tuesday, police said. Authorities found the man unconscious with a gunshot wound to the torso inside McLaughlin Park near Tillary and Jay streets at around 2:07 p.m., according to the NYPD. The unidentified 24-year-old was rushed [...]
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office for Immigration Review have blocked court observers, reporters and attorneys from several new immigration courtrooms inside 26 Federal Plaza this month. EOIR, a branch of the Justice Department, started sending immigrants attending routine deportation hearings without lawyers to these private courtrooms on Sept. 14. Dubbed […]
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The city's Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) joined NYC Parks officials to cut the ribbon at a new electric vehicle (EV) charging station at Forest Park Tuesday afternoon, opening the largest city-operated public charging site in the five boroughs with ten fast chargers. DCAS Commissioner Yume Kitasei joined NYC Parks First Deputy Commissioner…