City University of New York News

Miriam Cohen's niece, Debra Allee, receives the flag at her aunt's funeral. Cohen, who passed away on Veteran's Day at age 101, was the nation's oldest female marine.

By Patricia Zapor Source: Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 BALTIMORE - An ongoing study of the causes and contexts of sexual abuse by priests delves into a broad assortment of factors, including societal trends, treatment approaches over the decades, the character of seminaries in different generations and even comparisons of when abusive ...

BALTIMORE -- Researchers at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reporting initial findings in their look into causes of the Catholic church's 2002 sexual-abuse scandal, yesterday said they can't attribute it to gay priests or seminaries for teenagers.

Published Friday 20 November 2009 01:17am EST. A collection of quilts and photographs wove the biography of artist Faith Ringgold and her family together with the story of Harlem on Thursday night.

A preliminary report released by John Jay College of Criminal Justice shows no evidence that gay priests are any more likely to molest children than are heterosexual clergy.

Published Friday 20 November 2009 01:12am EST. As the 2010 congressional races heat up, longtime U.S. Representative of Harlem Charlie Rangel no longer seems invincible.

The president of the New York Public Library has announced plans to retire. Paul LeClerc said in a statement that he will retire in the summer of 2011.

BALTIMORE Gay Catholics and victims of clergy sexual abuse are hailing preliminary results of a study commissioned by U.S. Catholic bishops that says gay priests are no more likely than straight clergy to sexually abuse minors.

When Gallatin fifth-year undergraduate Ara Cho started working for a criminal defense lawyer a year ago, she assumed she would only be working on homicide cases.

After 16 years at the helm of one of the world's largest library systems, Paul LeClerc announced on Wednesday that he would step down as president of the New York Public Library in the summer of 2011 to give the institution plenty of time to search for a replacement.

With the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind and his four alleged co-conspirators in New York, the city gets the dubious title of Terror Trial Capital of America.

A new Baruch College report points to the need to encourage the creation of new small businesses that show long-term viability and can hire more employees.

Researchers at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, reporting initial findings in their look into causes of the Catholic church's 2002 sexual-abuse scandal, yesterday said they can't attribute it to gay priests or seminaries for teenagers.

Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rudy Giuliani.

As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.

A preliminary report commissioned by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops finds no evidence that gay priests are more likely to abuse children.

Governor David Paterson of New York doesn't think the Justice Department's decision to bring 9/11 terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, to trial in a civilian court in New York City is a good one.

David M. Kennedy, a nationally recognized expert on inner-city youth violence, arrived in the city on Monday about the same time that a young man was shot twice in the city's Mount Hope neighborhood.

Astrid and Celina Bertoncini got a bonus yesterday on their way into Manhattan to see "Mary Poppins" on Broadway - the Cortlandt residents got to meet a couple of Radio City Rockettes.

The state Board of Regents is considering innovations to improve teaching. The policy-making board will consider new requirements for incoming teachers to demonstrate knowledge of a subject and classroom skills that can be linked to effective instruction.