Hispanic advocates claimed Tuesday that the Long Island police department that investigated the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant fails to adequately investigate crimes committed by whites against Latinos. In a complaint to the U.S. Justice Department, the national advocacy group Latino Justice contended that the Suffolk County Police ...

Steve Levy’s speech last night about race and immigration the “first time he apologized directly to the family” of an Ecuadorian man killed by 7 high school kids recently. The mayor in Toledo, Ohio is following Michael Bloomberg and eyeing a 5-cent tax on plastic bags.“Council members, stop!” said Christine Quinn when Jimmy Oddo and Charles Barron were ...

Michael Bloomberg is introducing Joe Crowley at a breakfast hosted by the Association for a Better New York at the Regency Hotel. Last night, Bloomberg hung out with Vito Lopez. Representative-elect Mike McMahon, who the mayor endorsed, isn’t happy about the city’s plan to rescind the property tax rebates. David Paterson proposed closing several youth detention centers, a ...