Staten Island

NYPD officer suspended

NY cop repeatedly punched Black schoolgirl in the head, video shows

Published by

Amazon, union organizer head to court over COVID-based class racial-bias lawsuit

Published by
Raekwon thegrio.com

Raekwon reflects on life, career and culture in new memoir

Published by
Jason Serrano thegrio.com

Judge throws out man’s guilty plea after bodycam footage reveals NYPD drug planting

Bodycam footage appeared to show an NYPD police officer planting drugs in the car Jason Serrano. was riding in.
/ November 2, 2021
Staten Island Designated As 'Yellow Zone' As It Sees Rising Covid Rates

Massive crowd gathers outside of NY bar shut down for violating virus rules

A massive crowd gathered outside of a Staten Island bar, Mac’s Public House, that was shut down for violating coronavirus rules.
/ December 3, 2020
Ramsey Orta theGrio.com

Ramsey Orta, man who filmed Eric Garner’s arrest, released from prison

Ramsey Orta, the man, who filmed the chokehold death of Eric Garner has been released from prison. He says that he wishes he never filmed the killing.
/ June 9, 2020

Shoppers run woman without mask out of Staten Island store in viral video

Grocery store shoppers in Staten Island, N.Y. went viral after they decided to enforce the store’s social distancing rules when a customer wouldn’t comply.
/ May 26, 2020
Alafia “Laf” Rodriguez and Ana DeSousa theGrio.com

NY man charged in fatal shooting of pregnant woman and her boyfriend

A Staten Island couple, Alafia “Laf” Rodriguez and his girlfriend Ana DeSousa were gunned to death in their home in what appears to be a revenge killing.
/ May 13, 2020
Wu-Tang Clan

With namesake district honors, Wu-Tang finally gets its props in Shaolin

25 years after their groundbreaking debut, New York City is honoring the nine-member rap collective the Wu-Tang Clan by naming a district in their home borough for them
/ May 8, 2019
Patrick Alford thegrio.com

City contributes $6 million to trust fund for 7-year-old boy who was ripped from family and vanished while in foster care

New York City officials agreed to shell out $6 million into a trust to settle a case after a Staten […]
/ December 17, 2018