Southeast Queens leaders to screen marijuana legalization doc
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Leroy Comrie and Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman host a screening of the Netflix Documentary “Grass is Greener.”
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Crosswalks may soon become ‘no texting’ zones
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Fines for breaking the law would range from $25 for a first-time offense to $250 for multiple violations in a short time span.
Read MoreNY Appeals court rules that farmworkers have right to organize
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‘This is a victory for farmworkers, as we have finally had our day in court.’
Read MoreQueens DA seeks $1.5M to adhere to new discovery law
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‘The statute will require a massive retooling of our discovery procedures requiring us to process all of these materials on cases.’
Read MoreEx-vice cop and wife plead guilty to brothel scheme
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Retired Vice Squad Detective Ludwig Paz and his wife Arelis Peralta were the ringleaders of the scheme, which facilitated prostitution at eight properties in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreQueens transit advocates rally for bus cameras to catch bad drivers
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“Riders have worked tirelessly to win bus lanes. But it will all come to nothing if those lanes are blocked and the rules go unenforced.”
Read MoreLawmakers keep focus on massage worker’s death in Cabán endorsement
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“This isn’t a crack in the justice system that [Yang Song] happened to fall through.”
Read MoreJamaica man charged with killing wife with knife and cutting board
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“This crime is a tragic case of the most extreme outcome of domestic violence.”
Read MoreDe Blasio says city will shrink planned jails
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De Blasio told reporters that the city would revise the size of the proposed jails, including a 270-foot-tall facility behind the Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens.
Read MoreAG James: End ‘arbitrary and capricious’ gravity knife law
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“I believe it’s high time that gravity knives be removed from the penal code.”
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AOC backs Cabán in Queens DA Race
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The endorsement is likely to further galvanize progressive voters and raise Cabán’s profile a month before the election.
Read MoreManhattan judge determines city unlawfully jailed juvenile parolees
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“This is a major victory, but the damage has already been done for hundreds of youth.”
Read MoreLancman and top revenge porn lawyer stress consequences for cyber sex assault
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“When they go to the police or someone else who should protect them … more often than not, they are turned away.”
Read MoreJamaica woman dies after husband stabs her multiple times
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Isabel Galeano, 42 was found by 103rd Precinct cops just before 2 p.m. on Monday with multiple stab wounds to her torso and a laceration to her hand.
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