Queens Councilmember blasts height, questions parking at site of proposed jail
/“The height of this building is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to me.”
Read More“The height of this building is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to me.”
Read MoreOnly two Queens councilmembers, Rory Lancman and Robert Holden, responded to request for comment last week.
Read MoreQueens last year sent 2,501 misdemeanor defendants to Rikers Island, more than any other borough in the city.
Read MoreMalik most recently served as deputy attorney general at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Read MoreLippman, former chief judge of the Court of Appeals, also commended Lancman’s commitment to closing Rikers jails.
Read MoreICE arrests inside and around New York courthouses increased by 1700 percent between 2016 and 2018.
Read MoreIn the months leading up to her announcement, Malik has been an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform on social media.
Read More‘For 30 years, the Queens Criminal Courthouse has been a revolving door for people of color.’
Read More“Our country is waking up to the role prosecutors play in mass incarceration — that movement has come to Queens.”
Read More“The Proud Boys assaults should be a wake up call to the entire city that we need to have strategies in place to prevent white supremacist violence.”
Read MoreAnd there’s still at least five months to go before the primaries.
Read MoreA borough of nearly 2.5 million residents generates countless stories, all with a varying impact on individuals and the community.
Read More“This is just another concerning issue of how the NYPD is failing sexual assault victims.”
Read More“The immigration hardship plea policy is the minimum that any DA candidate running in a city like New York, and Queens specifically, needs to have.”
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