Should hot dogs and burritos be subject to the “sandwich tax”?
Sandwiches sold in the city are generally subject to a sales tax, according to state law. But to help restaurants and stores in the city figure out what is considered a sandwich, the New York State...
View ArticleShould Commissioner Bill Bratton scale back the NYPD’s ‘broken windows’...
The death of Eric Garner has put pressure on police to reconsider the tactics used to combat minor crime. Mr. Garner died July 17 from a heart attack he suffered after he was put in a chokehold by...
View ArticleShould the Germans behind the Brooklyn Bridge flag flap be prosecuted?
German artists Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke admitted to The New York Times to being the duo who scaled atop the Brooklyn Bridge and replaced an American flag with a white, homemade version of...
View ArticleShould NYPD officers wear body cameras?
After a man died while being arrested on Staten Island for selling loose cigarettes, Public Advocate Letitia James called for the city’s police officers to wear cameras to record their interactions...
View ArticleDo you agree with the city’s new marijuana policy?
The New York Police Department will stop arresting people found with 25 grams or less of marijuana for possession and instead issue tickets with a courtroom date. The change could spare tens of...
View ArticleShould police chokeholds be illegal?
Chokeholds are prohibited under police guidelines, but City Councilman Rory Lancman wants to go a step further. He plans to introduce legislation that would make chokeholds illegal. Under state law,...
View ArticleShould drones be banned in NYC?
In the wake of a drone inside a TGI Friday’s clipping a woman’s nose, two City Council members have introduced bills to ban the remote-control devices. One would restrict their use to the police, and...
View ArticleShould city inspectors give hygiene letter grades to barbershops and nail...
A City Council bill introduced Wednesday would create a letter-grading system for salons and similar shops. Bronx Borough President Rubén Diaz Jr. and Councilman Rafael Espinal introduced the bill that...
View ArticleShould policeman Peter Liang face trial?
On Wednesday, Officer Peter Liang pleaded not guilty to six charges ranging from manslaughter to failing to provide aid to the umarmed man he’d shot in a darkened stairwell in a Brooklyn housing...
View ArticleShould the city decriminalize turnstile-jumping, public urination and other...
The City Council is proposing to decriminalize a slew of minor offenses including jumping subway turnstiles, having an open container of alcohol or urinating in public, littering and biking on the...
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