Clean Slate Act takes effect
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Millions of New Yorkers will soon see their criminal convictions automatically sealed after a bill known as the Clean Slate Act took effect over the weekend.
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Unconstitutional NYPD stops rise under Adams, monitor says
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The number of illegal stops made by the NYPD has risen each year Mayor Eric Adams has been in office, a new report found.
Read MoreProsecutors knew witness to ‘93 Queens murder had bad vision – they’re retrying the man she ID’d anyway
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More than three decades after Michael Robinson was convicted of murder – and more than a year after that conviction was overturned – the reliability of the only witness to the slaying is being called into question.
Read MorePolice misconduct in Queens drives ballooning cost of settlements
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The city is on pace to hand out a record amount of tax-payer dollars to settle police misconduct cases this year, thanks in no small part to a number of cases where police misconduct led to the wrongful convictions of Queens residents.
Read MoreNearly 50 convictions dismissed after former detective found guilty of perjury
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Nearly 50 people who had previously been found guilty of various misdemeanor charges in Queens had their records cleared this week after the shoddy work of one NYPD detective called the integrity of the cases into question.
Read MoreRikers detainee dies after guards ignored plea for medical attention, attys say
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A 23-year-old Rikers Island detainee died Sunday night after experiencing a medical emergency that her attorneys say went ignored by jail staff.
Read MoreCity asks judge to halt solitary ban
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The Adams administration said this week that it plans to mount a legal challenge to a law banning solitary confinement in New York City’s jails, around two months before it is supposed to go into effect.
Read More‘Dysfunction remains the reality’: Legal Aid makes final arguments for federal takeover of Rikers
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Despite the city’s instance that if given more time it can turn around its troubled jail complex on Rikers Island, the Legal Aid Society said in a Thursday court filing that enough was enough, and reiterated its call for a federal judge to strip control of the jail from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed authority.
Read MorePublic defenders call on judge to dismiss landlord suit brought against court system
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Several months after a group of landlords sued the state’s court system over its handling of eviction cases, a group of Queens-based organizations and the Legal Aid Society are attempting to put an end to the landlords’ lawsuit.
Read MoreCity fails to offer school to young detainees on Rikers, LAS says
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Young detainees on Rikers Island are being deprived of their right to take high school classes while behind bars, the Legal Aid Society alleged in a new filing in federal court this week.
Read MoreOn election day, advocates say detainees need better ballot access on Rikers
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Though only a small fraction of eligible voters made their way to the polls on Tuesday for the all but predetermined presidential primary, one group of New Yorkers who may have wanted to make the election day trip was unable to.
Read MoreAdams admin says it doesn’t need to enact Council housing voucher law
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The Adams administration late Tuesday officially asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by the City Council and the Legal Aid Society over the administration’s refusal to implement a law expanding eligibility for the city’s housing voucher program.
Read MoreMan in DOC custody dies in Bellevue jail ward
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A man being held in a Bellevue Hospital jail ward awaiting a new trial after winning an appeal of his 2018 murder conviction died over the weekend.
Read MoreGov’s cut to criminal public defense remains as budget deadline nears
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Governor Kathy Hochul may have reversed her plans to strip $100 million from a fund meant to pay for civil legal services in New York, but a similar proposal to take funds from an indigent defense attorney fund remains on the table as legislators and the governor head into the final week of negotiations over the state’s budget.
Read MoreQueens DA calls for slight budget boost
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The Queens district attorney on Wednesday appeared before the City Council to ask that the legislative body increase her office’s budget by around $5 million in the upcoming fiscal year.
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