{"title": "Thin Line Between Justice & Vigilantism: Public Safety, Police Legitimacy & Trust", "start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-28T20:00:00-04:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/blue-power-how-police-organized-protect-serve-themselves", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/law"], "description": "A lecture at John Jay College of Criminal Justice titled \"Thin Line Between Justice & Vigilantism: Public Safety, Police Legitimacy & Trust,\" the 32nd Lloyd George Sealy Lecture. Elliot Williams gives the keynote, drawing on his book \"Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation,\" which reexamines the 1984 subway shooting of four teenagers by Bernhard Goetz and the trial that split New Yorkers over whether he was a hero or a bigot. The book also traces figures including Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani, the NRA, and Rupert Murdoch, and links the case to today's debates about race, crime, safety, and the media. A book signing follows the program.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/thin-line-between-justice-vigilantism-public-safety-police-l-53318/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/thin-line-between-justice-vigilantism-public-safety-police-legitimacy-trust", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fac1c3f05a740234aaae4c02e1057143500bdb31b7da69426c2f276c3295c04f-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T18:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-28T20:00:00-04:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect & Serve Themselves", "start": "2026-11-03T17:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-blue-power-tickets-2002743928001?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "A book talk on \"Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect & Serve Themselves,\" a history of how American police unions and a rank-and-file movement won power above public oversight. Historian Stuart Schrader, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, narrates how officers organized from the 1960s onward to gain control over working conditions, impunity, and budgets. He is joined by discussant Dr. David Brotherton, a professor of sociology at John Jay College. The event is part of John Jay College's Future of Public Safety Initiative and is sponsored by the Office for the Advancement of Research.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/blue-power-how-police-organized-to-protect-serve-themselves-53322/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/blue-power-how-police-organized-protect-serve-themselves", "image": ""}, {"title": "Forgotten Law Enforcement: Behind the Gates with Correctional Staff at Rikers Island Jail", "start": "2026-11-12T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T18:30:00-05:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-forgotten-law-enforcement-tickets-2002729201955?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/prisons"], "description": "A book talk on 'Forgotten Law Enforcement: Behind the Gates with Correctional Staff at Rikers Island Jail', held in the Moot Court at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It is hosted by John Jay College's Future of Public Safety Initiative as part of a fall series of events on public safety. Dr. Simone Martin-Howard, an Associate Professor at John Jay, discusses her book, based on in-depth interviews with correctional staff at Rikers Island, focusing on the experiences of Black and Caribbean men and women working inside the jail system. Correction officers Karl Chin and Jeri Henderson serve as discussants, with moderator Erica Bond, Vice President of Justice Initiatives at John Jay.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-the-gates-with-correctional-53323/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-gates-correctional-staff-rikers-island-jail", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Future of Corrections in New York City", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-corrections-in-new-york-city-tickets-2003711711668?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/prisons"], "description": "A conversation in the Leaders of Justice Series at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards speaks with John Jay President Karol V. Mason about the future of corrections in New York City. Refreshments will be served, and the talk is cosponsored by the Office of External Affairs, the Future of Public Safety Initiative, and CEEDS. The event is described as non-partisan and educational, with views expressed being those of the speakers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-future-of-corrections-in-new-york-city-79236/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/future-corrections-new-york-city", "image": ""}, {"title": "Book Talk with Journalist and Author Trymaine Lee", "start": "2026-11-10T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "CUNY Graduate School of Journalism", "address": "West 40th Street 219, 10018 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchl9AL4Acth3epA5EFCLEmWRCSjTLQ5Bq7KKN6vImzSFRgfg/viewform", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/racism", "literature"], "description": "A book talk for “A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life In America” by Trymaine Lee. NABJ hosts the conversation about his journalism work, its impact on people of color, and how those experiences can become a book. NABJ also organizes pre-orders of the book, picked up at the event, supporting the small black book business “Tuma’s Books.”", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-talk-with-journalist-and-author-trymaine-lee-52247/", "official_url": "https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/events/book-talk-with-journalist-and-author-trymaine-lee/", "image": ""}, {"title": "When a Witness Recants", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Cinema Village", "address": "East 12th Street 22, 10003", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.fandango.com/cinema-village-aaefn/theater-page?format=all&date=2026-10-30", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/law"], "description": "A documentary screening about a 1983 Baltimore school murder that led to three teens being wrongfully imprisoned for 36 years. Directed by Dawn Porter, the film runs 112 minutes and follows Ta-Nehisi Coates as he investigates how the case affected the accused, witnesses and their community. It plays at a cinema in New York City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/when-a-witness-recants-51950/", "official_url": "https://www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/when-a-witness-recants.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5aea785957c31830e7dca4f39136281cf55934262d54d1f4c0a1a43c4ff3869-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Beryl Satter, Prof. of History, Rutgers University – “Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods”", "start": "2026-11-09T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "place": "College of Staten Island", "address": "Victory Boulevard 2800, 10314 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/civil-rights-movement"], "description": "A talk titled “Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods.” Beryl Satter, Professor of History Emerita at Rutgers University, will discuss her new book, Cash on the Block, published by Harvard University Press (2026); she is also the author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, which won several prestigious awards. The CLUE event is co-sponsored by the CSI Student Pre-Law Club, the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Department of Sociology/Anthropology. It takes place at the College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, in the Williamson Theatre, building 1P.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/beryl-satter-prof-of-history-rutgers-university-cash-on-the-52048/", "official_url": "https://www.csi.cuny.edu/beryl-satter-prof-history-rutgers-university-cash-block-broken-promise-reinvestment-black-urban-neighborhoods", "image": ""}, {"title": "12 ANGRY ELECTRICS", "start": "2026-11-09T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "La MaMa", "address": "East 4th Street 66, 10003 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1294153", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/law", "stage"], "description": "\"12 ANGRY ELECTRICS\" is a solo theatre show, part of the Poetry Electric series, running about 70 minutes. Written and performed by Emmy Award winning William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James), it takes on Sidney Lumet's film \"12 Angry Men\" with one performer playing all 12 jurors. The show weaves in other real jury trials — Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Rittenhouse and more — to ask what justice in America means, with guest speakers leading a pre-show talk and a talkback after.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/12-angry-electrics-66704/", "official_url": "https://lamama.org/poetryelectric-12angryelectrics/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3ab6f299d8b600ec7dccd656323886e18cebfdfd217676d05a522e8419652a25-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Changing Lanes & Anti-car films", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Interference Archive", "address": "7th Street 314, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/special-screening-changing-lanes-2025-tickets-2003830314412?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "society/activism"], "description": "A screening of four documentaries about social movements that challenged the policing and commodification of urban mobility and embraced freedom of movement beyond the automobile. The films include Still We Ride, The Wreck of the New York Subway, Marathon de Triporteurs, and Changing Lanes, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers of Changing Lanes. It takes place at Interference Archive, 314 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/changing-lanes-anti-car-films-53178/", "official_url": "https://interferencearchive.org/event/changing-lanes-anti-car-films/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4cd2fc69af89f4cca2af1ce1992fe8a690d61f3e1db633875c89563e4f1d7eb6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The War on Cars - Live", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hunter College", "address": "Park Avenue 695, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=dd8a9cfd-b4c0-4a82-92e9-711a163b143f&envId=p-rzKFBb2xVk253Ulcjd_x1w&zone=usa", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society"], "description": "A live event in which podcasters Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon of The War on Cars give news and commentary on the latest developments in the worldwide fight to undo a century's worth of damage wrought by the automobile, approaching the topic from all angles, from politics to pop culture. It features Janette Sadik-Khan of Bloomberg Associates, former NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner, and special musical guest Pondless, the urbanist synth-pop sensation. The event is organized by Urban Policy & Planning at Hunter College and is open to everyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-war-on-cars-live-66611/", "official_url": "https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/event/the-war-on-cars-live/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3abd4a94b11ce980d9081b4599aaf308e62dca7808dab1d2498eb896e2dfa4c4-600.webp"}, {"title": "In-Person Fully Registered: Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth, with Bianca Bosker", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "$15/$10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=297", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/true-crime", "society/crime"], "description": "The New York Society Library hosts an in-person lecture with author Patrick Radden Keefe, joined by writer Bianca Bosker, about his book London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth. The in-person event is fully registered, with a waitlist, though space remains for the livestream. The book follows the Brettler family investigating the death of their son Zac, a young man who jumped from a London tower after living under a fictitious identity as the heir to a Russian oligarch. It examines their belief that something more nefarious than suicide occurred, and the seedy truths behind glamorous London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/in-person-fully-registered-patrick-radden-keefe-london-falli-79661/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/patrick-radden-keefe-london-falling", "image": "https://noky.io/images/397545943ba540518b17a8c7b95ca3f77c08628f9aa25289313b5edecb859d91-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Photobook Talk: Andrew Lichtenstein — This Short Life", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Bronx Documentary Center", "address": "Courtlandt Avenue 614", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "society/activism"], "description": "The Bronx Documentary Center hosts a photobook talk in which documentary photographer Andrew Lichtenstein presents his book This Short Life. The book combines photographs with oral histories to profile 12 Americans working toward a more just and equitable society during a period of political and social upheaval, exploring activism, community and imagined futures. Lichtenstein's third book in a trilogy about America, it shares stories of struggle, sacrifice and redemption through intimate portraits and first-person testimony. The talk covers the people and stories in the book and his collaborative approach, and is followed by an audience Q&A, with books available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/photobook-talk-andrew-lichtenstein-this-short-life-51499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7669a18a43b98154fe0217ca8bed7028d52841c3d14c209f72c2f04e696c6ac6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "New York: A Documentary Film", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "SVA Theater", "address": "West 23rd Street 333, 10011 New York", "price": "Ticket prices start at $10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-a-documentary-film-shadows-of-the-past-screening-and-qa-tickets-2002228880480?aff=ebdssbdestsearch", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/new-york"], "description": "A screening of Episode 9, \"Shadows of the Past,\" of the docuseries New York: A Documentary Film, followed by a talkback and Q&A. It was made by director Ric Burns and co-writer and co-producer James Sanders, who debuted the five-part series on PBS in 1999, and is hosted by Open House New York. The episode explores the forces that shaped New York in the second half of the 20th century, as the city fell into the most threatening period of decline and disorder in its history, then rose again thanks to a stunning drop in crime. It ends in the summer of 2001, with a safe and secure New York unaware of a new threat from beyond its borders.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/new-york-a-documentary-film-56267/", "official_url": "https://svatheatre.com/events/new-york-a-documentary-film-shadows-of-the-past-screening-and-qa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7768043317c0571df38e62b28d9d2bc22d1fde8ade62752499f3d6cafaec2d5b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Rozina Ali discuss Crossing the Red Line & Seasons of Fury", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books Are Magic", "address": "Smith Street 225, 11231 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "An evening of conversation at the bookstore Books Are Magic on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Journalists Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Rozina Ali discuss the books Crossing the Red Line and Seasons of Fury. The talk takes place at the shop's Brooklyn location.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/akbar-shahid-ahmed-and-rozina-ali-discuss-crossing-the-red-l-51405/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}