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NYC Could Reach Settlement With Federal Government Over Public Housing Soon

Was the resignation of the head of New York City's public housing system connected to a potential settlement with the federal government?
By Madina Toure

Olivia Benson Lied to Us: NYC Lawmakers Seek to Reform the NYPD’s Sex Crimes Unit

The country's largest police force has an understaffed and undertrained division for probing sex crime cases.
By Madina Toure

NYC’s Corruption Watchdog Could Be Saved From Politically-Motivated Firings

City Council is debating a law that would prohibit de Blasio from firing the DOI commissioner.
By Madina Toure
Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris.

New York Democrat Accused of Stealing $25,000 in Hurricane Sandy Money

By Madina Toure
Public housing residents and their supporters rally to demand New York City Housing Authority conditions be improved outside of City Hall.

NYCHA Chair Shola Olatoye Regrets Actions in Lead Paint Scandal

By Madina Toure
Community Voices Heard protested outside of the New York Stock Exchange in June in the hopes that Secretary Ben Carson meet with the organizations that are affected by the HUD cut proposal.

De Blasio Regrets Not Discussing NYCHA Lead Paint Scandal Sooner

By Madina Toure
A NYCHA development (Photo: Pete Mikolesk for NYCHA).

NYCHA Sought Last Minute Negotiation With Department of Investigation Ahead of Hearing, Letter Reveals

By Madina Toure
Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a roundtable discussion in 2014.

NYC Corrections Chief Blames Bloomberg-Era Officials for His Joyrides on the Public Dime

By Will Bredderman
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters. (Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council)

City Investigations Chief Slaps de Blasio Over Attempt to Cover for Corrections Head

By Will Bredderman
Former Administration for Children's Services Commissioner Gladys Carrión speaks as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Deputy Mayor Herminia Palacio look on.

Probe Finds City Could Have Intervened Two Days Before Three-Year-Old’s Fatal Beating

By Will Bredderman
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks about a heightened terror alert in New York after attacks in the Belgian capital of Brussels on March 22, 2016 in New York City.

NYPD Repeatedly Violated Its Own Rules While Probing Muslim Groups, Report Finds

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio’s Lawyer Denies Cover-Up Allegations Over Lower East Side Property Deal

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

City Forced to Hand over Rivington Documents After Threat of Legal Action

By Madina Toure
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Lancman: DOI Should Take City Hall to Court Over Rivington House Documents

By Madina Toure
zika

Afternoon Bulletin: New Type of Zika Transmission Found, K2 Crackdown and More

By Josh Keefe
Mayor Bill de Blasio

De Blasio: Old Policy is to Blame for Rivington Deed Modification

By Madina Toure
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference in Times Square March 22, 2016 in New York City.

City Hall ‘Aware of and Involved in’ Rivington House Deliberations, DOI Says

By Jillian Jorgensen
A chart from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office outlining a corruption scheme alleged within the NYPD.

New York City Kindly Reminds Its Employees Not to Be Corrupt

By Jillian Jorgensen
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

DOI: ‘Wholesale Breakdowns’ in Safety at Building Where Falling Debris Killed Girl

By Jillian Jorgensen
NYPD IG Philip Eure and DOI Commissioner Mark Peters at a previous press conference.

Next Week/This Week: Watching the Watchmen

By Observer Politics Team
Members of the NYPD.

Inspector General: NYPD Poorly Tracks Excessive Force and Rarely Punishes It

By Jillian Jorgensen
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters. (Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council)

‘Independence Is Not Isolation’: Mark Peters on His Tenure So Far at DOI

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island earlier this year. (Photo: Jillian Jorgensen/New York Observer)

City Drops Corizon, Rikers Island Health Provider, Amid Scrutiny

By Jillian Jorgensen
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

DOI: City Investigating Potential Crimes in Shelter System

By Will Bredderman
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