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‘Selfish’ Bill de Blasio, Wife Heckled for Taking Walk in Prospect Park

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, along with his wife Chirlane McCray, traveled to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park over the weekend, where they took a stroll and were heckled by locals in the area.

Kyle Morris

27 Apr 2020, 6:29 PM PST

Man Sets Himself on Fire, Dies in a Climate Change Suicide

A gay man and attorney who worked on high-profile LGBT cases, including a challenge the Boy Scouts ban on homosexual members, set himself on fire on Saturday at a public park in New York City to protest fossil fuels and climate change, according to a suicide note.

Penny Starr

15 Apr 2018, 4:04 PM PST

The body of lawyer and environmental activist David Buckel was found in Prospect Park New York burnt to death. Picture: YouTube