NYC’S 10 most-borrowed foreign-language books
The New York Public Library is celebrating its 126th anniversary and its gradual reopening by releasing a top 10 list of its most-borrowed foreign-language books. The titles include “The Case of the...
View Article‘He was a New York landmark, a treasure’: Vera Institute founder and criminal...
Herbert Sturz, a public policy giant and pioneer in criminal justice reform both in New York City and across the country, has died, friends and colleagues confirmed on Thursday. He was 90. Sturz — the...
View ArticleNYC inmate dies from apparent drug overdose at Rikers Island
A Rikers Island inmate died in an apparent drug overdose, sources told the Daily News on Friday. A correction officer touring a housing area at the George R. Vierno Center discovered 34-year-old Jose...
View ArticleN.Y. Attorney General settles lawsuit accusing Erie County Sheriff’s Office...
State officials have settled a lawsuit accusing the Erie County Sheriff’s Office of failing to properly report and investigate eight claims of sexual misconduct between corrections officers and inmates...
View Article‘We just have to find joy in these last days’: Manhattan DA candidate Lucy...
During those brief gaps between political forums, greeting residents or meeting with members of her advisory council, Manhattan District Attorney candidate Lucy Lang takes a seat in her office or at...
View ArticleNYC inmate back behind bars after accidental release from Rikers Island when...
A Rikers Island inmate is back behind bars after he was accidentally released from the jail Monday when he impersonated another detainee set to be discharged, the Daily News has learned. Josiah Prysock...
View ArticleDe Blasio: NYC ready to relocate 8K homeless out of hotels, back into shelters
No rest for the homeless. The city government wants to move some 8,000 homeless people out of hotels and back into shelters, Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday. The city placed the individuals in hotels at...
View Article‘I saw the cut on his neck, and I said, My baby, my baby!’: Grandma watched...
The grandmother of a little boy targeted by a hard-hearted chain-snatcher in Washington Heights watched in horror as the tot was cruelly mugged, the distraught relative told the Daily News Wednesday....
View ArticleNYPD detective’s Father’s Day miracle
NYPD cops Martin and Yesenia Lopez always do everything they can to protect New Yorkers — but they couldn’t protect themselves from the disease that lurked everywhere. Yet any way you look at it,...
View ArticleCoronavirus leaves New Yorkers stranded in Morocco
A ban on international travel in Morocco has left two New Yorkers and 10 other Americans stranded in the North African country — and so far, the U.S. Embassy has not told them when they’ll go home....
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