Valdez to run for Congress, setting up NY-7 showdown
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Queens Assemblymember Claire Valdez launched a campaign to succeed Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday.
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Brooklyn BP launches NY7 bid while Queens candidates wait in the wings
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced his bid to succeed retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday, making him the first major candidate to throw their hat in the ring to represent the Queens and Brooklyn district.
Read MoreDemand for parole reform continues ahead of new year
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With a little over a month until lawmakers return to Albany, lawmakers and advocates reignited a multi-year long effort to reform the parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals.
Read MoreVelázquez to retire, opening up a new race in Queens
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Representative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreState greenlights controversial gas pipeline off Queens coast
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The controversial natural gas pipeline that will run just miles from Queens’ shores secured its final approval from the state on Friday.
Read MoreBrooklyn Defender union calls on embattled boss to step down
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Labor tensions escalated on Thursday as elected city officials and union members called for the executive director of the city’s second-largest public defense group to step down, less than a week after she was accused of attempting to break up her organization’s attorneys’ union.
Read MoreThreat of mass legal aid strikes averted, but picket lines persist
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While the threat of a mass legal aid strike in the city has passed, over 100 attorneys and staffers at a trio of legal services providers have remained on the picket line with little hope of returning to work any time soon.
Read MoreGonzález-Rojas launches insurgent campaign against Ramos
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A host of Queens elected officials immediately jumped to back State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas in her bid to unseat State Senator Jessica Ramos, which the lawmaker officially kicked off Monday night.
Read MoreQueens teen released from ICE custody
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A Queens high school student arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in June was released from a holding facility in Texas on bond this week.
Read MoreGonzález-Rojas to primary Ramos
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Queens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas has filed to primary State Senator Jessica Ramos for her Western Queens seat next year.
Read MoreICE detention of Queens student endangers New Yorkers and court system, Adams admin says
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The recent federal detention of a Queens high school student by ICE and continued federal deportation actions in the city are endangering New Yorkers as well as the sanctity of the city’s court system, the Adams administration said in a court letter this week.
Read MoreOfficials and activists rally after latest death in New York’s prisons
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Activists and elected officials rallied in Albany on Tuesday to call for prison reforms after a 22-year-old incarcerated man was killed after allegedly being beaten by prison guards over the weekend.
Read MoreGov leaves out atty student loan relief from budget
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Despite widespread support from lawmakers, district attorneys and public defenders alike, Governor Kathy Hochul did not allocate the $4 million in her recently released Executive Budget Proposal needed to enable legislation that would expand the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Service Attorney Loan Forgiveness program.
Read MoreQueens’ rookie legislators prepare to take office
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While they differ in their background, politics and their paths to elected office, come January, Claire Valdez and Larinda Hooks will both have the same new title: New York State assemblymember.
Read MoreQueens socialist pol announces bid for mayor
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Western Queens Assemblymember and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani officially launched his long-rumored bid for mayor of New York City on Wednesday.
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