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July 09, 2020

NYC grand juries will resume in August

July 09, 2020/ David Brand
NYC grand juries will resume in August

Counties will begin sending jury summonses over the next several days, state officials said.

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July 09, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, news, Law
grand juries, grand jury hearings, lawrence marks
July 02, 2020

Bail reform rollback takes effect six months after landmark law enacted

July 02, 2020/ David Brand
Bail reform rollback takes effect six months after landmark law enacted

More than two dozen offenses are once again bail eligible.

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July 02, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Crime, Law, news, politics
bail reform reform, bail reform, judges, janet difiore, albany, bail eligible
June 30, 2020

Appellate court reverses Queens robbery conviction, finding judge acted as prosecutor

June 30, 2020/ David Brand
Appellate court reverses Queens robbery conviction, finding judge acted as prosecutor

“The court's decision to elicit such testimony was an improper exercise of discretion and deprived the defendant of a fair trial.”

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June 30, 2020/ David Brand/
Law, Crime, Southern Queens, news
Queens criminal court, richard buchter, reversal, legal aid
June 30, 2020

Public advocate vows to block property taxes without bigger NYPD budget cuts

June 30, 2020/ David Brand
Public advocate vows to block property taxes without bigger NYPD budget cuts

“Unless it meets those needs, I will use my Charter authority to prevent the budget from being executed.”

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June 30, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Law, news, politics
jumaane williams, nypd budget, defund the nypd, police reform
June 29, 2020

De Blasio pledges to end solitary confinement in NYC jails

June 29, 2020/ David Brand
De Blasio pledges to end solitary confinement in NYC jails

“Decades of research show that solitary is ineffective, dangerous, and, too often, deadly.”

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June 29, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Crime, Health, Law, news, Rikers Island
board of correction, solitary confinement, #HALTsolitary Campaign, punitive segregation, coba, layleen polanco, rikers island
June 28, 2020

Top Forest Hills cop says NYPD monitoring neonazi vandalism 

June 28, 2020/ David Brand
Top Forest Hills cop says NYPD monitoring neonazi vandalism 

“I don't want any type of hate group coming in here to disturb an otherwise peaceful community.”

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June 28, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, Crime, Law, news
joseph cappelmann, nypd, 112th Precinct, white supremacists, forest hills, rego park
June 26, 2020

Appellate court reverses Queens teen’s 2018 murder conviction

June 26, 2020/ David Brand
Appellate court reverses Queens teen’s 2018 murder conviction

An expert on coerced confessions should have been allowed to testify, the judges ruled.

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June 26, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Law, news
Ron Kuby, rhiya trivedi, Barry Brown, Prakash Churaman, queens supreme court, rikers island
June 23, 2020

Eight years after public corruption bust, Monserrate pays back $80K restitution fee

June 23, 2020/ David Brand
Eight years after public corruption bust, Monserrate pays back $80K restitution fee

Monserrate was required to pay $79,434.49 in restitution.

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June 23, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, Crime, Law, news
Hiram Monserrate, jeff aubry, assembly, assembly district 35, corona, east elmhurst, jackson heights, lefrak city
June 22, 2020

Queens cop suspended for chokehold on Rockaway Beach boardwalk

June 22, 2020/ David Brand
Queens cop suspended for chokehold on Rockaway Beach boardwalk

“The horrifying encounter captures exactly the behavior that we have marched into streets these recent weeks to reform.”

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June 22, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Law, news, Rockaways
chokehold, david afanador, queens district attorney's office, nypd, rockaway beach
June 18, 2020

Council passes bill compelling NYPD to share surveillance strategies

June 18, 2020/ David Brand
Council passes bill compelling NYPD to share surveillance strategies

The measure would require the NYPD to publish its surveillance technologies and strategies.

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June 18, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Communities, Law, news
post act, public oversight of surveillance technology act, george floyd, facial recognition, legal aid
June 16, 2020

Council will vote on bill forcing NYPD to explain surveillance strategies

June 16, 2020/ David Brand
Council will vote on bill forcing NYPD to explain surveillance strategies

“New Yorkers deserve to know the type of surveillance that the NYPD uses and its impacts on communities.”

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June 16, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Law, news
post act, donovan richards, nypd, facial recognition, police reform, public oversight of surveillance technology act, corey johnson
June 16, 2020

Repeal of 50-a may prompt release of district attorneys’ problem cop lists

June 16, 2020/ David Brand
Repeal of 50-a may prompt release of district attorneys’ problem cop lists

“District attorneys, the city and law enforcement agencies can no longer hide behind Police Secrecy Law 50-a.”

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June 16, 2020/ David Brand/
Crime, Law, news, politics
50-a, queens da, melinda katz, internal database of cops with credibility issues, criminal court
June 11, 2020

Bogus Corona ‘loot-out’ warning spurred swarm of cops and exposed divide among pols

June 11, 2020/ David Brand
Bogus Corona ‘loot-out’ warning spurred swarm of cops and exposed divide among pols

Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Councilmember Francisco Moya say they regret the warning.

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June 11, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, Business, Crime, news, politics
jessica ramos, catalina cruz, francisco moya, corona, jackson heights, queens, looting, loot-out, nypd, over-policing
June 10, 2020

NYC expands Cure Violence model in Jamaica amid effort to end over-policing

June 10, 2020/ David Brand
NYC expands Cure Violence model in Jamaica amid effort to end over-policing

“We are involved in a human justice initiative where people at the center of the work that we do.”

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June 10, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Crime, equity, Law, news, politics, Southern Queens
adrienne adams, cure violence, erica ford, life camp, k. bain, 696 Build Queensbridge, over-policing, nypd, defund the police
June 10, 2020

'We should have responded differently' — An open letter to the Jackson Heights and Corona community

June 10, 2020/ David Brand
'We should have responded differently' — An open letter to the Jackson Heights and Corona community

Catalina Cruz addresses the preemptive response to an alleged “loot-out” that never happened.

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June 10, 2020/ David Brand/
Communities, Crime, Voices
catalina cruz, jackson heights, looting, nypd
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