Advocates rally to defend Raise the Age
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A coalition of legal advocates called on lawmakers to defend a state law that prevents youth under 18 from being prosecuted on Wednesday.
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Councils slams city over overcrowding at youth detention centers
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Leadership for the city’s two juvenile detention centers faced heavy scrutiny by the City Council during an oversight hearing on Monday after recent reports found that children under their supervision were without bedrooms and missing classes.
Read More‘Who could I tell?’: Council grills DOC after victims detail sexual abuse on Rikers
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Around a year after hundreds of lawsuits were filed against the Department of Correction by New Yorkers who said they were sexually abused while incarcerated on Rikers Island, top officials in the DOC attempted to convince fuming lawmakers on Thursday that they were taking the allegations seriously.
Read MorePols aim to put brakes on illegal truck parking
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Several elected officials from Queens say they’ve had enough of large, commercial trucks parking on the borough’s residential streets, and that they want the NYPD to start enforcing the illegal practice.
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