Tag: Bronx (NYC)

Mayor Adams Is Sued Over Failure to Comply With New Housing Laws

The City Council is expected to join the Legal Aid Society in their lawsuit to force Mr. Adams to implement laws aimed at reducing homelessness.

How Rikers Island Became New York’s Largest Mental Institution

A seemingly endless rotation between state forensic hospitals and city jails has meant that some mentally ill detainees stay in the system for years without ever standing trial.

Plagiarism Allegations Against Claudine Gay

Readers discuss an investigation into Harvard’s president. Also: The Bronx Defenders; undoing Roe v. Wade; buying cashmere.

Man Charged With Hate Crimes in Stabbing of 2 Teens at Grand Central

Esteban Esono-Asue uttered an anti-white slur before attacking two sisters from Paraguay who were on a family trip to New York, officials said.