New York City has finalized a settlement to resolve dozens of lawsuits over the mass arrest of protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention. More than 1,800 people were detained during the RNC, many held in squalid conditions and for far longer than legally allowed. The $18 million settlement would end all pending lawsuits after a decade of legal wrangling and bring New York City’s total tab for RNC abuses to $34 million. It awaits final approval from a federal judge.