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commission for criminal justice reform seeks input at public hearing
SILive STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.– Staten Islanders will have an opportunity to make sure their voices are heard about how to improve the New York City criminal justice system at a […]
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the mayor is all out of answers
The Village Voice In the last State of the City address of his first term, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood on the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater and returned to the theme […]
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video: #closerikers now mayor de blasio!
Closerikers.org “Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly failed to confront a human rights atrocity right in his own backyard. To live up to his own progressive values of justice, fairness, […]
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coba battles those who want to close rikers island
Amsterdam News New York City Councilman Danny Dromm of Queens wants to close Rikers Island. The Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association has something to say about that this election season. In […
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close rikers’ activists close in on de blasio re-election fundraiser
Metro As Mayor Bill de Blasio welcomed guests for a private re-election fundraiser in Park Slope Monday night, a group of uninvited visitors gathered outside to give them an earful […]
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call today: knife rights’ ny knife law reform bill to gov cuomo – let’s get it done!
Before It’s News Gilbert, AZ -Ammoland.com)- After three years of effort, Knife Rights’ Gravity Knife and Switchblade Law Reform Bill, S6483-A/A9042-A, has been transmitted to Governor Cuom…
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portland pilot program gets people charged with low level offenses help, not jail time
The Skanner To lower the number of people entering the criminal justice system, a program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, puts treatment ahead of arrests. In the coming […]
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‘i lost four years with my father’: protesters renew calls to shut down rikers
Rewire Rikers has become a symbol among activists of a rotten prison system, plagued with a history of reported excessive force used against inmates. More than 275 protesters held a […]
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held indefinitely: will anything ever change at rikers island?
City & State New York Last fall, a group of New School students decided to participate in some subway vandalism. After noticing the official MTA subway map didn’t have Rikers […]
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spending per inmate in city jails reaches $132,019
Amsterdam News The rate of fight and assault infractions in New York City jails skyrocketed 25 percent in Fiscal Year 2016, even as per-inmate spending grew to $132,019 and the […]
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defender organizations, elected officials call on cuomo to sign gravity knives reform legislation
Amsterdam News The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services joined with other defender organizations, community advocates, stakeholders and elected officials this week calling on Gov. Andrew C…
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the week ahead in new york politics, november 14
GothamGazette Members of the media, people in politics, and many others continue to explain Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the Presidential race, and to monitor his transition efforts. There a…
