Public advocate vows to block property taxes without bigger NYPD budget cuts
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“Unless it meets those needs, I will use my Charter authority to prevent the budget from being executed.”
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De Blasio pledges to end solitary confinement in NYC jails
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“Decades of research show that solitary is ineffective, dangerous, and, too often, deadly.”
Read MoreTop Forest Hills cop says NYPD monitoring neonazi vandalism
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“I don't want any type of hate group coming in here to disturb an otherwise peaceful community.”
Read MoreAppellate court reverses Queens teen’s 2018 murder conviction
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An expert on coerced confessions should have been allowed to testify, the judges ruled.
Read MoreEight years after public corruption bust, Monserrate pays back $80K restitution fee
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Monserrate was required to pay $79,434.49 in restitution.
Read MoreQueens cop suspended for chokehold on Rockaway Beach boardwalk
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“The horrifying encounter captures exactly the behavior that we have marched into streets these recent weeks to reform.”
Read MoreCouncil passes bill compelling NYPD to share surveillance strategies
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The measure would require the NYPD to publish its surveillance technologies and strategies.
Read MoreCouncil will vote on bill forcing NYPD to explain surveillance strategies
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“New Yorkers deserve to know the type of surveillance that the NYPD uses and its impacts on communities.”
Read MoreRepeal of 50-a may prompt release of district attorneys’ problem cop lists
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“District attorneys, the city and law enforcement agencies can no longer hide behind Police Secrecy Law 50-a.”
Read MoreBogus Corona ‘loot-out’ warning spurred swarm of cops and exposed divide among pols
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Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Councilmember Francisco Moya say they regret the warning.
Read MoreNYC expands Cure Violence model in Jamaica amid effort to end over-policing
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“We are involved in a human justice initiative where people at the center of the work that we do.”
Read More'We should have responded differently' — An open letter to the Jackson Heights and Corona community
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Catalina Cruz addresses the preemptive response to an alleged “loot-out” that never happened.
Read MoreState lawmakers vote to repeal 50-a with support from all seven Queens senators
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“It’s time we start listening to those who are closest to the pain.”
Read MoreWith grand juries on hold, New York City courts move to preliminary hearings
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There have been at least 19 preliminary hearings in Queens.
Read MoreDozens of protestors arrested in the Bronx were abruptly shipped to Queens
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About 60 people arrested while protesting police violence in the Bronx were sent to Queens Central Booking.
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