The City Sun controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1989
Publication of the Central Park victim's identity
The City Sun and the Amsterdam News published the name of the woman attacked in Central Park. Managing editor Utrice C. Leid defended the decision as a response to what she viewed as unequal media treatment in the earlier Tawana Brawley case. The action became a contentious episode involving victim privacy, journalistic ethics, and racialized differences in news coverage.