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A Powerful Legal Tool, and Its Potential for Abuse
By Joaquin Sapien The 20-year-old document – labeled the Hotel Custody log by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office – is not easy to decipher. It contains a list of New York City hotels beside columns labeled “Date In” and “Date Out.” … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Brooklyn, District attorney, law, New York City, Prosecutorial misconduct
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Race, Lead, and Juvenile Crime
By Kevin Drum I know, I know: I’m a broken record on the subject of lead exposure in kids and crime rates 20 years later. But there’s lately been a renewed focus on black crime and black incarceration rates, as … Continue reading
Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism
By Mychal Denzel Smith On Monday, US district court judge Shira Scheindlin dealt a serious, but non-lethal blow to the New York City police policy known as “stop-and-frisk.” After weeks of testimony and evidence presented in the case of Floyd v. City … Continue reading
Court ruling could doom living-wage law
By Andrew J. Hawkins A judge’s decision to strike down the city’s prevailing-wage law provides the Bloomberg administration an opening to get rid of another City Council statute it doesn’t like: the 2012 living-wage law. The administration’s lawyers believe that … Continue reading
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Tagged City council, income, labor, Living wage, Michael Bloomberg, middle class, money, New York City, politics, Prevailing wage, unions, Wage
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Why Isn’t NYC Promoting Morning-After HIV Meds?
By Tim Murphy Last Wednesday, in scorching midday heat, about twenty members of the longtime HIV/AIDS activist group ACT UP held a protest in front of Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s entrance at Madison Avenue and 100th St., their shirts soaked … Continue reading
8 Cities Where 911 Systems Recently Failed
By Dana Liebelson New Yorkers are living with the fear that their city’s breakdown-prone emergency dispatch system could fail them when they need it most. It’s a fear that other major American cities have lived with for years. New York … Continue reading
After Zimmerman Verdict, Activists Face A New, Tougher Fight
By Gene Demby Phillip Agnew was blindsided by the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. The decision came down late on a Saturday night. Agnew was expecting the neighborhood watchman who killed Trayvon Martin to be found guilty. Agnew, 28, leads … Continue reading
Five Real Issues Facing The People Of New York City That Dont Involve Anthony Weiners Sex Life
By Rebecca Leber Ever since reports emerged linking former Congressman and New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D) to another sex scandal, news media have opted to heavily recycle stories about Weiner’s sex life. One story printed in the … Continue reading
Sprint hops aboard NYC subway DAS project
By Tammy Parker Sprint (NYSE:S) agreed to a contract that will enable it to use Transit Wireless’ distributed antenna system (DAS), which is being rolled out across the New York City subway system. Wireless customers of Sprint and its sub-brands–Boost Mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged Boost Mobile, cellular, New York City, New York City Subway, Sprint, technology, Virgin Mobile, wireless
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