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NYC Stop-And-Frisk Appeal Could Be Over After Election
Image: CBS New York A federal appeals court block of a judge’s ruling that found the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy discriminated against minorities may be short-lived, depending on the outcome of next...
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Some Parents Upset After L.I. School Removes Religious References From...
Image: CBS New York The song “Silent Night” is at the heart of a concert controversy on Long Island. Kings Park school officials removed several religious references, including “Holy infant” and...
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Dustup could hurt Michael Grimm’s reelection
Image: AP New York Rep. Michael Grimm was already facing a tough reelection. His post-State of the Union blowup could make it even tougher. A moderate Republican who represents a swing Staten Island...
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Seventh death confirmed in Harlem gas leak explosion
Rescuers combing the rubble of two collapsed East Harlem apartment buildings discovered a seventh victim early Thursday as they continued to search for more missing people. Image: WABC video still via...
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Tear down the ‘blue wall of silence': New York Dem destroys sheriff who...
Image: Raw Story A New York Democrat shut down a black conservative Wisconsin sheriff who blamed police violence on black criminality. David Clarke, the Milwaukee County sheriff, described...
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Escaped Murderers Sweat and Matt Remain on Run for Third Day
Image: Twitter Cops and canines painstakingly searched early Monday for any sign of two escaped murderers whose brazen prison breakout triggered an around-the-clock manhunt and unusual reward offer. As...
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Proposes Bill To Restore Voting Rights To Ex-Felons
NY Rep. Hakeem Jeffries discusses his proposed bill that will restore the right to vote to ex-felons who have served their time. Image: felonvoting.procon.org/ The premise of Rep. Jeffries’ bill is...
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Thousands of life jackets have been laid outside the British Parliament to...
Image: Quartz As the United Nations summit on migrants and refugees begins in New York, campaigners in the UK have created a”life jacket graveyard” on Parliament Square in London to raise awareness of...
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The Roots of Mass Incarceration
Two hundred young Black and brown men hauled into Southern District of New York Federal District Court in Manhattan on federal conspiracy charges, 70 brought into Eastern District of New York Federal...
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New York City is home to some of the world’s worst public schools for children with special needs, places that warehouse students in chaotic and unsupportive environments. A growing number of affluent...
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New York State passes its own ‘Green New Deal’ Most aggressive climate bill...
New York City and State are enacting strict new energy policies amidst federal inaction on climate change [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters] New York’s Senate has passed the state’s own version of the Green...
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Mother Jones-Amazon Won’t Close Its Facilities. So Workers in New York Walked...
Bebeto Matthews/AP Employees at the tech giant join others across the country striking for better conditions amid coronavirus. Dozens of workers at a New York City–based Amazon fulfillment center...
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