Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won the mayoral primary, said the department was racist and homophobic in a social media post. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Apologies”
Alice Sebold Apologizes to Man Wrongly Convicted of Raping Her
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2021
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after the author identified him as her attacker in an assault she described in her memoir “Lucky.” Source: New York Times
Liquor Laws Once Targeted Gay Bars. Now, One State Is Apologizing.
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2021
New Jersey’s attorney general will apologize and vacate penalties against bars shuttered in the 20th century for allowing gay patrons to congregate. Source: New York Times
Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2021
A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies. Source: New York Times
Racist Incident From Bronx Zoo’s Past Draws Apology
By Gotham Rex on July 29, 2020
The Wildlife Conservation Society apologized for an incident from 1906 when a Central African man was placed on exhibit at the zoo, and for its association with two eugenicists. Source: New York Times