By Ben Feuerherd in Gothamist Aug 13, 2026 Elected officials and police reform advocates on Thursday called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to rein in what they call a continuation of broken windows policing under his administration, after they watched criminal court arraignments across the city over several days this week. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse joined the advocates in front of Manhattan Supreme Court on Centre Street, and said she would keep the pressure on City Hall to ena

By Liam Quigley and Elizabeth Kim Dozens of community groups sent Mayor Zohran Mamdani a letter on Thursday calling for him to scale back the NYPD’s crackdown on low-level offenses. The groups, largely made up of criminal justice advocates, criticized Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s focus on “quality of life” arrests, arguing the approach criminalizes poverty. The letter also called on Mamdani to halt plans to hire 580 new police officers, and said the money should instea

New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence. By Piper French New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the watchdog agency that oversees the New York Police Department, consistently touts its independence—“independent agency” is the first descriptor on all of the board’s official communications. The board, which investigates instances

Published Thursday, May 7, 2026 By Tandy Lau Lt. Jonathan Rivera, who NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch refused to fire for killing Washington Heights man Allan Feliz, pleaded guilty last week to an Abuse of Authority allegation for unlawful summons from a 2023 incident. He will likely lose 20 vacation days, but keep his job after a separate substantiated misconduct complaint for an offense potentially punishable by termination. Previous calls to fire Rivera stem from him fatal

The cop who killed Delrawn Small now claims he wasn’t acting as a cop to avoid discipline. By Jumaane Williams and Julia Salazar When is a cop not a cop? Whenever it’s convenient, it turns out. We both vividly remember the sweltering day in July 2016 when an NYPD officer killed Delrawn Small, unarmed Black father. One of us was interning at a community organization; the other was already years into fighting the effects of abusive police violence on the streets as an activis

Officer Wayne Isaacs was acquitted on murder and manslaughter charges in 2016. by Christina Carrega BROOKLYN, New York — In a neighborhood just miles from where his father was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer nine years ago, Zaiden Small sat on a couch, kicking and dangling his feet as he listened to stories about a man he never knew. He was a protector, a provider, and a man who had turned his life around. “I wish he would be right here. He’d just teleport rig

Tisch unlawfully swept aside damning evidence when making her decision to not fire Lieutenant Jonathan Rivera, the lawsuit claims. by Nick Pinto The family and supporters of Allan Feliz have filed a lawsuit against NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Wednesday night over her decision this summer not to discipline Lieutenant Jonathan Rivera, who shot Feliz to death in his car in the Bronx in 2019. Tisch's decision to let Rivera—who is still on active duty and has since been promot

In an interview, the brother of Allan Feliz talks about NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch's decision to keep the cop who killed Feliz on...

Mi hijo, Allan Feliz, fue brutalmente asesinado por el entonces sargento Jonathan Rivera Ninguna madre está preparada para enterrar a su...

Ever since Jessica Tisch became the head of the NYPD, she has been painted as a reformer, relatively immune to the stale cronyism that...

By Tandy Lau “He showed me what love looks like, what safety feels like, and how a girl should be treated,” wrote Kilsi Polanco about her...

By Dean Moses Mothers bound by the grief of losing their loved ones in police-involved shootings put their heartbroken voices together...

by Lourdes Rosado In her five months at the head of the country’s largest police department, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has taken...

The protesters called on Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to remove Lt. Jonathan Rivera, who a judge recommended be fired after the...

Win Rozario was killed a year ago. Allan Feliz five years ago. The investigative and disciplinary process for the cops who killed them is...

by Tandy Lau for Amsterdam News Police reform advocates are waiting restlessly as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch mulls over her first...

OpEd by Notan Eva Costa, the mother of Win Rozario. 19-year-old Bangladeshi teen, Win Rozario, was gunned down in his home by NYPD last...

by Tandy Lau The appropriately named How Many Stops Act recently revealed just how many stops the NYPD conducted last year since the law...

News 4 NY's TV Coverage of Justice Committee's Press Conference on 3/6/25 calling on NYPD Commissioner Tisch to Fire Jonathan Rivera for...

Telemundo's TV Coverage of Justice Committee's Press Conference on 3/6/25 calling on NYPD Commissioner Tisch to Fire Jonathan Rivera for...