The latest deadly episode to rattle the city began with a routine domestic disturbance call and ended with one officer dead and another in critical condition. Source: New York Times
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The officers were shot while responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance.
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2022
The officers were the third and fourth to be shot in the line of duty in recent days. Source: New York Times
A Box of Cash, a Secret Donor and a Big Lift for Some N.Y.C. Students
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2021
When a City College physics professor opened an ordinary box that had been sitting in the mailroom, he was startled by its contents. Source: New York Times
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users to Open in New York City
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2021
The Manhattan facilities will provide clean needles, administer medication to reverse overdoses and provide users with options for addiction treatment. Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams Announces Civil Rights Push
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2021
Damian Williams, the first Black U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, noted a rise in anti-Asian and antisemitic crimes. Source: New York Times
A New Witness Supports the Alibi of One of the Wrongly Convicted Men
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
The witness is an 80-year-old Brooklyn resident who answered the telephone at the Nation of Islam Mosque in Harlem the day Malcolm X was killed. Source: New York Times
Drug Boss Alpo Martinez Killed in Harlem
By Gotham Rex on October 31, 2021
Mr. Martinez, 55, who was immortalized in the film “Paid in Full,” played a prominent role in New York’s violent cocaine wars of decades past. Source: New York Times
Byron Lewis, the Original Black Media Mogul
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2021
Byron Lewis knew there was an untapped market for Black storytelling. But it took years for the rest of the country to believe him. Source: New York Times
The Visionary Community of the Harlem Y.M.C.A.
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2021
In the early 20th century, the building became a meeting place for many of the writers, artists, actors and activists who defined a new and vibrant Black culture. Source: New York Times
How Black Churches Are Encouraging Vaccines in New York
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
More than 80 percent of adults in New York City have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but there are significant racial disparities in the vaccination rate. Source: New York Times
How 9/11 Changed a 13-Year-Old Girl in Harlem
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2021
As a middle school student on Sept. 11, 2001, I didn’t realize how much the terror attacks would affect me and my family. Source: New York Times
Colson Whitehead Reinvents Himself, Again
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2021
After winning back-to-back Pulitzers, the author of “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys” took another detour with his new crime novel, “Harlem Shuffle.” Source: New York Times
Hochul Officially Announces Brian Benjamin as Lieutenant Governor
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2021
After promising to be more transparent than her predecessor, Gov. Kathy C. Hochul also announced an updated coronavirus death toll for the state. Source: New York Times
Brian Benjamin Is Kathy Hochul's Pick for N.Y. Lieutenant Governor
By Gotham Rex on August 25, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had narrowed her choices to several New York City lawmakers who are people of color, chose Mr. Benjamin, a state senator from Harlem. Source: New York Times
5 Dead in Hamptons Crash That Is Blamed on Speeding
By Gotham Rex on July 25, 2021
A driver veered into the opposite lane and struck a car head-on in one of at least three fatal crashes in and around the city on Saturday. Source: New York Times