Tag: Rudolph Giuliani

Then U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman at a 2019 press conference announcing the arrest of Michael Avenatti for extortion. U.S. Attorney General removed U.S. Attorney Berman from his post on orders of President Donald Trump. Screenshot of YouTube video : Source : U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York (Fair Use)

After U.S. Attorney General William Barr met with NYPD officials, chaos reigns as U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman was fired amidst ‘tensions’ with White House and City Hall

Geoffrey Berman’s removal as U.S. Attorney revealed tensions with Mayor Bill de Blasio — but no indication of any accountability at the NYPD over abuses.

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The public rebellion against police brutality in New York is raising questions about whether Federal prosecutors in New York City consider Federal civil rights discretionary in their application. Source : Public Domain by BlaueBlüte (CC0 1.0 Universal) ; photograph was cropped from original.

As DOJ ignores racism and police brutality at NYPD, unanswered questions about whether Federal civil rights are subject to discretionary enforcement

U.S. Attorneys Richard Donoghue and Geoffrey Berman remain mum about the Justice Department ignoring racism and police brutality at NYPD.

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NYCHA RAD list leak
Mayor Bill de Blasio's latest announcement of RAD conversions coming to NYCHA appears to confirm data obtained by Progress New York about the partial privatisation of public housing in New York City. Progress New York/Photo Illustration

de Blasio’s latest announcement of RAD conversions confirms the leaked list of NYCHA public housing developments facing private landlord management

A list of public housing apartment developments identified for partial privatisation in 2020 appears to confirm data obtained by Progress New York, which reportedly revealed which NYCHA public housing developments would be put into the hands of private landlords under the controversial RAD programme.

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The New York City Housing Authority was founded years before the Nation passed the U.S. Housing Act, a law that created a framework for local Governments to create public housing agencies. The New Deal promise that housing would be treated as a social good is now under threat of privatisation. Photo Illustration/Progress New York

Feds consulting with de Blasio, as he privatises NYCHA, despite past campaign finance controversies from real estate donors

Bill de Blasio, who faced accusations of undertaking official acts on behalf of his donors, is negotiating the sale of public housing to real estate developers. How the Feds tolerate the corruptive role of money in politics undermines the public good — including public housing.

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"I am not a biased judge," is what U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl proverbially claimed during a Court Conference 19 October 2017, to nobody's belief. Photo Illustration/Fair Use (President Richard Nixon photo by Associated Press ; John Koeltl by NYU)

To restore public confidence in the U.S. District Court for S.D.N.Y., Judge John Koeltl must resign

EDITORIAL : No amount of reasoning, or judicial complaints, has compelled S.D.N.Y. Judge John Koeltl to introspectively examine the causes or sources of his bias and misconduct. As a result, he must resign.

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