Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, the nation’s biggest restaurant worker nonprofit, is being sued for discrimination by former employees, including in Oakland When a Black woman wanted to talk about racial inequities during a work Zoom call, a supervisor allegedly put her on mute. read more
An investigation into an arrest by two Buffalo police officers captured on cellphone video holding down and punching a man led to no charges, the Monroe County District Attorney confirmed Friday night. The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office decided not to press charges against Officers Ronald Ammerman and Michael C. Scheu after an assistant district ... more
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two Buffalo police officers seen on video punching a man in the face while he was on the ground won’t face criminal charges stemming from the encounter last year, a prosecutor has decided. “We reviewed the orders of when they could use force, and we came to the conclusion that no ... more
Quentin Suttles says the want police reform and the officers involved, held accountable.
The attorney representing one of the women who is suing former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak says she’s happy the Legislative Ethics Commission wants him to pay a 100-thousand dollar fine.
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New York State will pay $750,000 to a former doctor at the Albion Correctional Facility to settle her 11-year old claims of race discrimination. The suit by Dr. Gwendolyn Cole-Hoover, an African-American, accused several nurses and supervisors at Albion of creating a racially hostile workplace and improperly disciplining her on several occasions. “She was constantly ... more