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A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all Black and Latino drivers in Nassau County claiming local police act with racial bias when they make traffic stops.
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The Nassau County Police Department blamed its disproportionate arrests of Black and Hispanic people on the large number of malls along the Queens-Nassau border.
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In a letter to Nassau County, Democratic state lawmakers are urging the county to respond to a report that faulted the police department for not answering calls from Spanish-speaking residents.
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The number of people working from home in Connecticut tripled in recent years.
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Volunteer testers who called Nassau County police precincts and headquarters and spoke only Spanish, received help about 50% of the time, according to a new report by advocacy groups.
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According to data released by the Nassau County Police Department, fewer people are being rearrested while awaiting trial for their first alleged crime. This comes after state data last month showed that rearrests had fallen 5% in the second year of the new bail laws.
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Twenty residents will exchange stories this weekend about growing up Black in New London.
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They said Nassau police disproportionately polices nonwhite people, is not transparent about it’s data, is non-compliant with language access laws and does not have enough non-white police officers.
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Officials say the new COVID-19 omicron sub-variant, BA.2, is slowly spreading in New York.
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A winter snowstorm that hit central and eastern Connecticut on Friday left several cities and towns with over a foot of snow.