The NYPD’s 70-pound robotic dog, already criticized as a creepy-looking surveillance tool, was bought without notifying the city, according to Comptroller Scott Stringer
Raw Sewage Flooded Their Homes. Theyâre Still Waiting for Help.
New York City accepted responsibility for a collapsed pipe that flooded 127 homes in Queens in 2019, but it has been slow to pay homeowners. âThis is a problem of environmental racism,â an expert said.
Janice Harmon joined a lawsuit against New York City over raw sewage. âItâs like someone spitting in your face,â she said.Credit.Jackie Molloy for The New York Times
April 15, 2021Updated 9:02 a.m. ET
In a Queens neighborhood near John F. Kennedy Airport, many middle-class families of color have found something that eludes most New Yorkers: homeownership.
New York City Comptroller: Ax Rule Forcing Private Equity to Pay Legal Bills
Mandate now forces PE operators to cover their own litigation tabs in disputes, instead of passing along the costs to NYC pension fund investors.
Scott Stringer is worried. New York City pension funds are having a tough time enlisting private equity (PE) firms due to a requirement that PE outfits pay for litigation expenses out of their own pockets instead of shunting the cost onto investors.
So, as the city official overseeing the funds, City Comptroller Stringer is urging fund trustees to scrap this rule, which would help the buyout firms if they run into trouble with regulators or other litigants, as first reported by the
Cuomo floats possible NYPD monitor, demands answers from mayoral hopefuls Michael Gartland
Gov. Cuomo on Sunday floated the possibility of the NYPD coming under the control of a court-appointed monitor, and demanded that mayoral candidates detail their police reform agendas.
A federal monitor is already overseeing the NYPD’s handling of stop-and-frisk. But New York State Attorney General Letitia James raised the prospect of another monitor assuming control of the department in a lawsuit filed earlier this month alleging city cops have used illegal tactics for years.
“The attorney general’s lawsuit calls for a monitor to be put into place,” Cuomo said at a press briefing, adding that under that scenario, a monitor would oversee the NYPD not the mayor and police commissioner.