PATERSON — Councilman Luis Velez would pay a $2,000 fine and be allowed to continue holding public office under a tentative agreement made public on Thursday, Oct. 30, involving the criminal charge ...

Councilman Luis Velez’ was approved for a pretrial intervention program in a case in which he was accused of pulling a City Hall fire alarm.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before being censured by by the House , Dec. 7, 2023. automation The House voted Thursday to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for ...

Jamaal Bowman, the disgraced fire alarm-pulling former congressman who illegally managed a middle school without a principal’s license, is “pushing hard” to be the city’s next schools chancellor and ...

House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when the ...