Opinion: NYC must end racial disparities in maternal mortality
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Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer is a candidate for Queens borough president.
Read MoreQueens criminal court will have just one Black man on the bench after state cuts judges
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There will be one Black male judge in a courthouse where 38% of defendants are Black men.
Read MoreNYPD’s ‘COVID-19 related’ arrest data reveals more racial disparities in Queens enforcement
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The array of offenses include fights caused by jumping a line while waiting to enter a supermarket and a bank robbery.
Read MoreSignificant racial disparities affect every community board in Queens
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White people are overrepresented on every single Queens community board. Latinx residents are underrepresented on all but one.
Read MoreNearly every single person arrested for weed in NYC this year was black or Latinx
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Black and Latinx New Yorkers accounted for 94 percent of all low-level marijuana arrests in New York City during the first six months of the year.
Read MoreOPINION: New Lawsuit Confronts ‘Alarming,’ ‘Unjustifiable’ Racial Disparities
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In an opinion piece for the Eagle, Council Member Rory Lancman explains the lawsuit he filed against the city to release fare evasion arrest data. // Photo by Harrison Leong
Police Reform Group Charges That Queens Weed Busts Discriminate
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There’s a new marijuana policy coming to town and the latest arrest data from the New York Police Department reveal the vast racial disparities that prompted the change.
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