Stop-and-frisk: Witness says he felt ‘humiliated’

theGRIO REPORT - Frantz Jerome is an African-American who is involved in the ongoing stop-and-frisk trial. He tells theGrio about his own experiences being stopped and frisked and how he hopes for change in the practice...

Bloomberg: Boston suspect said NYC was next

Jennifer Peltz and Tom Hays, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square...

Judge strikes down NYC soda ban, NY NAACP president responds

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

theGRIO REPORT - A judge has struck down a ban restricting the size of sodas sold in certain establishments in New York City that was set to go into effect Tuesday...

NAACP leader vs. Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’

Donovan X. Ramsey

theGRIO REPORT - The national president of the NAACP took to a Brooklyn pulpit Sunday to condemn the city’s 'Stop and Frisk' policy and recent comments made in support of it by New York City’s mayor...

Gun control Super Bowl ad set to air

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing an advertisement during the Super Bowl calling for background checks...

NAACP, Hispanic Federation join forces with opponents of NYC soda ban

Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop the rule from taking effect March 12. Critics are attacking what they call an inconsistent and undemocratic regulation, while city officials and health experts defend it as a pioneering and proper move to fight obesity.

NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight

Colleen Long & Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly moved to the forefront as a combustible political issue...

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg