Cooper Union Students End Occupation of Suite After a Week
The 11 students, who staged the sit-in to protest the possibility that undergraduates will be charged tuition, said their actions had focused attention on the issue.
View ArticleDetainee Was Held Longer for Rejecting Voluntary Iris Scan, Suit Claims
An Occupy Wall Street protester said in a federal lawsuit that because of her noncompliance, she was locked up for an extra 14 hours awaiting arraignment.
View ArticleSome Charges Dropped Against Masked Protesters
Three women who were arrested during a demonstration outside of the Russian Consulate remain charged with disorderly conduct.
View ArticleOil Spill Threatens Bird Sanctuary Off Staten Island
The Coast Guard has not yet determined how much oil spilled from a barge into the waters off Staten Island or what caused the leak.
View ArticleAt Brooklyn Gun Buyback, Shooting Is Not Far From the Minds of Participants
At least some people participating in the buyback program said they had given up their weapons because of the deaths in Newtown, Conn.
View ArticleMan Exonerated in Central Park Rape Is Charged With Assault
Kharey Wise, one of the five young men wrongly convicted more than 20 years ago of a brutal attack on a jogger, turned himself in this week after being accused of throwing a brick at a woman during an...
View ArticleThieves Target Volunteers Aiding Staten Island
While a group of out-of-state aid workers staying at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church were out helping repair homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy, two thieves repeatedly looted their property, taking clothes,...
View ArticleMystery Powder Leads to Evacuations in Greenwich Village
The police cordoned off a block of Ninth Street near Fifth Avenue, after a narcotics squad discovered explosive powder during a search warrant of an apartment building.
View ArticleSmoke but Little Fire After Manhole Blasts in SoHo
The Fire Department said that there had been a manhole explosion near Prince and Mercer Streets and evacuated a building to monitor its air quality.
View ArticleOn a Lower East Side Corner, Mourning a Young Athlete Killed by a Gunman
Raphael Ward, 16, a high-achieving student who had a strong commitment to playing sports, was shot about a block from his mother's apartment in the Baruch housing project on Friday night.
View ArticleTwo Men and a Woman Are Killed in a Brooklyn Crash
A collision occurred early Saturday when, according to the police, a car traveling "at a high rate of speed" drove through a red light and slammed into another vehicle in Gravesend.
View ArticleIn ‘Occupy,’ Well-Educated Professionals Far Outnumbered Jobless, Study Finds
Researchers also found that more than a third of those who took part in Occupy Wall Street protests in New York lived in households with annual incomes of $100,000 or more.
View ArticleBronx Youth Is Accused of Throwing Boy, 9, From Roof
Casmine Aska, 17, was arrested and charged on Saturday with attempted murder after being identified by the victim, police officials said.
View ArticleWoman, 19, Dies After Seeking Refuge in Apartment Lobby
A police official said the woman had been visiting bars in the East Village and was let into the building by the doorman, who said he later found her on the floor and called 911.
View ArticleThird Teenager Is Arrested Over Forced Fight Between 7-Year-Olds
A 14-year-old girl was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a video of two girls being goaded into fighting in a Bronx park was posted online.
View ArticleAt Least Five Protesters Arrested in May Day Demonstration
A group of protesters marched from Tompkins Square Park to Union Square on Wednesday afternoon in a demonstration meant to criticize capitalism.
View ArticleOwner Takes a Chunk Out of an Unofficial Community Garden
The Children’s Magical Garden de Carmen Rubio on the Lower East Side has become known since 1982 for its fruit trees and roosters. But on Wednesday, the owner of part of it fenced off a large section.
View ArticleRescue Team at a Beach Tries to Save the Summer
Park officials say dunes lost and other damage at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula will prevent the beach's opening before 2014, but some people who hold it dear hope to change that.
View ArticleLoan Dispute Threatens a Countercultural Soapbox
A building on Bleecker Street in Manhattan, known for decades as a nerve center of the Yippies, is now the subject of foreclosure proceedings.
View ArticleUnauthorized Bike Lanes Created in Midtown
Inspired by an accident in which a cabdriver, after arguing with a bicyclist, crashed into a young British tourist, severing her leg, activists painted bicycle corridors on a stretch of Avenue of the...
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