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 MoreRepresentative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreSuicides in state prisons have soared in the last several years, and solitary confinement is a leading contributor, a new report claims.
Read MoreWhile 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 MoreQueens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas has filed to primary State Senator Jessica Ramos for her Western Queens seat next year.
Read MoreA new federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the prison guards accused of brutally beating and killing 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi while he was incarcerated, arguing his constitutional rights were violated.
Read MoreThe New York State Legislature passed a package of prison reforms on the last day of the legislative session, sending the bills to the governor’s desk. However, the governor has not indicated if she plans to support the package or not.
Read MoreState lawmakers and legal advocates rallied in Albany on Tuesday for a new bill that would eliminate a host of administrative fees associated with criminal court proceedings.
Read MoreActivists 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 MoreDespite 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 MoreDoctors at Elmhurst Hospital, known as the epicenter of the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, rallied on Tuesday alongside their union Doctors Council SEIU, saying that they want more than pot and pan banging from city officials as they negotiate a new contract.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreAdvocates joined a handful of lawmakers in Albany on Monday to again call on the legislature and the governor to include a bill known as the End Predatory Court Fees Act.
Read MoreAs New York City and the Adams Administration – with support from Governor Kathy Hochul – fight the city’s Right to Shelter rules in court, a host of local electeds including, several from Queens, penned a letter to Hochul this week calling on her to keep the mandate in place.
Read MoreAs the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
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