NYPD Officer Accused Of Using Chokehold Charged With Strangulation
The officer, 39-year-old David Afanador, was suspended the same day the cellphone video appeared to show him choking a Black man on a Queens boardwalk.
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N.Y., N.J., Connecticut Impose Quarantines For Visitors From Coronavirus Hotspots
Governors of those three states announced a travel advisory requiring travelers from states with high infection rates to quarantine for 14 days. Those states include Texas, Florida and Arizona.
Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance
"It is time to move the Statue and move forward," the 26th U.S. president's great-grandson says. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and a man of African descent on foot.
New York Gov. Cuomo: Now Is The Time For 'Fundamental Redefinition' Of Policing
For years, the governor says, Democrats in the state didn't have the political or popular support to enact reforms. Now, lawmakers have passed sweeping police accountability and transparency measures.
New York Criminalizes Use Of Chokeholds By Police
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved changes that have been vehemently opposed by police unions for years — including allowing the public to access police officers' past disciplinary records.
3 Police Injured During Brooklyn Stabbing Attack
The late-night violence occurs in the Flatbush neighborhood when police say a man approached an officer assigned to an anti-looting patrol and stabbed him in the neck.
The Winners Of The NPR Student Podcast Challenge
With entries from 46 states and Washington, D.C., two winners emerge from more than 2,200 podcasts to win this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
Coronavirus Hospitalizations In New York At 'An All-Time Low,' Says Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo says the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations reported on June 1 was 154. That's the lowest number since the state started counting in mid-March.
'No Mask – No Entry,' Cuomo Says As He Allows Businesses To Insist On Face Coverings
"You don't want to wear a mask — fine," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says. "But you don't have a right to then go into that store if that store owner doesn't want you to."
Feds Arrest 'The Mask Man,' New York Pharmacist Accused Of Profiteering On N95 Masks
"I feel like a drug dealer standing out here," Richard Schirripa allegedly said as he was recorded selling 16 boxes of N95 masks to a customer on the street, a criminal complaint says.