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The Fate of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural Is More Complicated Than You Think
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...
Career NYC crook who has dodged jail despite dozens of burglary busts is finally held without bail
Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests — mostly for burglary and criminal mischief — in a Manhattan crime spree that dates back to 2018, the NYPD confirmed.
‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners
In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...
Queens Chronicle7h
Two charged in Flushing hit-and-run
A Queens woman who allegedly was driving the rental truck that killed Flushing resident David Opiela in a hit-and-run wreck ...
RNS on MSN13h
Mayor Adams' new director of hate crime prevention sees God in every New Yorker
The most ethnically and religiously diverse city in the world, says Vijah Ramjattan, could use a new approach to its hate ...
Inside Climate News3h
New York Mayoral Candidates All Strut Their Green Credentials
Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a ...
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Adams pushes Albany to loosen more construction bidding rules, with industry support
For the third straight year, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is pushing state lawmakers to loosen bidding rules for infrastructure projects in hopes of bringing down costs — a proposal that has ...