Lawyer Kenneth Thompson, advocate for victims, makes bid for Brooklyn DA
theGRIO REPORT - Kenneth Thompson announced his plans to run against incumbent Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes this fall...
Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity
NEW YORK (AP) - From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent...
Alleged NYC subway pusher uses 'Timberlands defense'
theGRIO REPORT - Naeem Davis, 30, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to second degree murder and first degree manslaughter for the death of Ki-Suk-Han...
NY judge issues anti-'stop and frisk' ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Police Department likely turned a blind eye to violations of the constitutional rights of thousands of individuals detained at private residential buildings in the Bronx in a stop-and-frisk program that's under assault in the courts, a federal judge said Tuesday...
NY Gov. Cuomo to propose assault weapon ban
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take his sky-high popularity into his third year with an agenda to ban assault weapons, raise the minimum wage and revive the still-slow economic recovery...
Stephen Jackson sprained his ankle on waitress serving Bloomberg
(AP) - Spurs forward Stephen Jackson has left San Antonio's game against the Knicks after spraining his right ankle when he crashed into a waitress working the sideline in front of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire marries Alexis Welch
theGRIO REPORT - New York Knicks power forward Amar'e Stoudemire has been sidelined on the bench for weeks due to an injury...
Lenora Fulani's Independence Party accused of faking member numbers
theGRIO REPORT - Accusing the organization of inflating its membership through intentional voter confusion, the News claims that voters intending to register to vote as "independent" are accidentally registering for the Independence Party en masse...
Gun used in Colombus Circle murder linked to another shooting
theGRIO REPORT - The execution-style shooting of 31-year-old Brandon Woodard in Columbus Circle could be a familiar case of same gun, different shooter...
Cop allegedly moonlighting as a pimp fired by NYPD
theGRIO REPORT - The NYPD has fired Brooklyn cop Monty Green after finding him guilty of promoting prostitution...
