Hate crimes in New York grew 30 percent between 2011 and 2012, to a total of 702 incidents last year, state records show.
A nifty interactive map created by the New York Times allows users to see what percent of votes from each election district – each only a few blocks wide – went to which candidate.
After being trounced by Democratic nominee Kenneth P. Thompson in Tuesday’s race for Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes said he was “surprised” at the overwhelming support for his opponent, who he said now has a “clear mandate.”
Exit polls in New York City’s mayoral race show Democrat Bill De Blasio with an overwhelming victory, defeating Republican contender Joesph Lhota who, according to the NYT, conceded earlier Tuesday evening.
New Yorkers began voting for their first new mayor in 12 years on Tuesday with early public opinion polls giving Democrat Bill de Blasio a 40-point lead over Republican rival Joe Lhota. Brooklyn voters will also determine whether District Attorney Charles Hynes will serve another term, or be replaced by Ken Thompson.
A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded hundreds of miles of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people still trying to fix their soaked and surf-battered homes are being stymied by bureaucracy, insurance disputes and uncertainty over whether they can even afford to rebuild.
Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota caused a mini-controversy Tuesday afternoon as he stepped into a Shul during a service prayer while campaigning on 13th avenue in Borough Park.
Murder took a holiday last week. There were no murders in the five boroughs in the seven days ending last Sunday, the mayor’s office said on Monday.
Republican mayoral nominee Joe Lhota warned a group of prominent New York City business leaders that crime could surge if his Democratic opponent Bill de Blasio is elected mayor.
A 14-year-old boy from Queens, who is mute and autistic, has the entire city on alert and searching for him since he went missing six days ago. Police received a tip that he may have been seen in Crown Heights, which brought dozens of police officers into the neighborhood.
A new poll shows Democrat Bill de Blasio leading Republican rival Joe Lhota with 71 percent of likely voters in the race for New York City mayor. Lhota has 21 percent in the Quinnipiac University poll, with Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrion taking 2 percent.
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes – who was soundly defeated in last month’s Democratic primary – will actively campaign on Republican and Conservative party lines in a bid to keep his job, his spokesman told The New York Post on Thursday.
New York City’s annual report card says the number of residents killed in traffic accidents plunged considerably over the last year.
A disturbing video has emerged from yesterday’s annual bikers’ event in New York City, showing the shocking moment a Range Rover drove through a crowd of motorbikes as it tried to escape a mob of dozens of bikers that surrounded it.
A New York mall and nearby school were placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after two people were shot inside a store near the mall, authorities said.
With the arduous campaign to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in its final stage, New Yorkers now have their choices before them: stick with policies that have kept the city relatively safe and prosperous, or break from a past that some residents complain has nurtured income inequality and racial divisions.
As the last votes are being tallied up, CrownHeights.info provides a comprehensive summary of who won and who lost in yesterday’s primary election:
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