Topic: Norman Siegel

Oh, 'boy'! NYPD probing cop's racial slur

A white NYPD sergeant accused of calling a black officer a "boy" has been bounced from a Brooklyn precinct and placed on modified duty, police...

Some September 11 victims' families irked by burial plan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Plans to bury more than 9,000 unidentified remains of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks at a National Memorial Museum have met opposition from a group of families who complain they were not consulted.The group ...

Bad buzz for NYPD sting operation

A police sting dubbed "Operation Lucky Bag," intended to collar sticky-fingered thieves, is drawing fire from lawmakers and advocates who fear it...

City nixes B'klyn park summer concerts

The show won't go on for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's popular but controversial summer concerts at Asser Levy Park this year.....
A judge has tossed the remaining charges against two men ticketed for playing chess in Inwood Hill park - a case that drew howls of protest against...
A judge Tuesday tossed out summonses against three men busted for playing chess at Inwood Hill Park.. . The judge's action came after noted civil...
Three strikes and you ... get one last chance.. . Tests showed Borough President Marty Markowitz's summer concerts again broke the city's new...
9/11 families argue in court to remove ashes of loved ones from NYC garbage dumpA lawyer has asked a federal appeals court to let families of victims of the World Trade Center attacks remove ashes of their loved ones from a ...

Metro Briefs

Voices of the Everyday People, a Harlem-based advocacy group, and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel hosted a press conference to announce their plans to defeat the city-sponsored 125th Street Rezoning. A coalition of 100 New York City ministers has endorsed Barack Obama ...

ACORN Boosts De Blasio's Ground Operation

In non-plane-crash news, public advocate candidate Bill de Blasio was endorsed today by ACORN, the campaign announced. "Bill has been at the forefront of our fights to increase affordable housing, combat rental discrimination, and ensure the provision of quality child care," said ...