Judge mows down Central Park Great Lawn protest
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A judge rejected a last-minute plea from anti-war activists who sued the city for a permit to hold a massive rally in Central Park the day before the Republican convention, saying they were too late.
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For a glimpse of the conflagration to come, check out the dueling reactions to Judge Charles Pickering&#39;s retirement from his short-lived tenure on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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NEW YORK -- Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters, abortion rights supporters, labor rights activists and anarchists are preparing to unfurl banners, march through the streets and rally in the parks, loosening a cacophonous roar of protest during the Republican National Convention.
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Madison Square Garden has asked a federal judge to reduce a portion of the $11.6 million in punitive damages a jury assessed against it for sexually discriminating against a former Knicks executive.
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National park officials and residents protest at the progress on restoring land dug up for a natural gas pipeline.
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A U.S. judge declared mistrials on Thursday for six men accused of plotting to wage war against the United States and blow up Chicago's Sears Tower after a jury acquitted one defendant but could not decide on verdicts for the others.
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NEW YORK -- With flowing fabric the color of a sunrise, &quot;The Gates&quot; - a massive public art installation in Central Park - was unfurled Saturday for the start of a 16-day stay transforming miles of footpaths in Central Park.
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Nearly 250 bicyclists were arrested during a mass protest that passed Madison Square Garden Friday night, the first major police crackdown on demonstrators just days before a wave of activists were expected to descend for the Republican National Convention.
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Some protesters-in-waiting seem to think that their right to free expression can&#39;t be separated from the right to trash New York City&#39;s Central Park.
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Incensed bird lovers intensified their protests on Saturday outside the ritzy Upper East Side apartment building that removed the nest of famed red-tailed hawk Pale Male
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NEW YORK - A federal magistrate has recommended tossing out a lawsuit brought by a group of Brooklyn property owners and tenants facing eviction for developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project.
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An investigation of New York StateÂs town and village courts found a trail of judicial abuses and errors Â and of governmental failure to curb them.
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The city's bid to force cyclists to obtain permits before their monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan was dismissed Thursday by a federal judge.
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Black New Yorkers angry over the police shooting death of a groom on his wedding day marched down Fifth Avenue on Saturday to demand better treatment by law officers.
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NEW YORK - More than 200,000 people expected to protest on the eve of the Republican National Convention will not be able to rally in Central Park.
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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federal judge in Manhattan refused yesterday to force the city to allow a rally on Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the Bloomberg administration and protest organizers failed