A terrorist convicted of plotting to blow up the Herald Square subway station lost another bid in his decades-long effort to get sprung from prison because the federal judge who handed down his sentence says he hasn’t taken responsibility for his crime.
Five cops fired 20 bullets at Khiel Coppin, 18, on Nov. 12, 2007, outside his home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in a shooting that sparked rallies and outrage from criminal justice advocates.
Hurricane Sandy destroyed more than 300 homes on Breezy Point. But in the decade since, those whose lives were upended learned a powerful lesson. While the storm washed away their homes, the rebuilding process taught many about hope and resilience. The talk today on Breezy Point is more about what they gained than what they lost.
This week, every newspaper and TV news channel is talking about the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and asking the same basic question: Are we any better off today than we were 10 years ago? However, it’s not a simple yes or no answer. The answer is that while New Yorkers are different we understand climate change better than we did 10 years ago we still lack the vision of what a truly climate-resilient New York City looks like, and how we will get there.