Public defenders urge mayor to fund pay parity in video message
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“It’s an issue of value. So it’s valuing our clients. It’s valuing the people that do the work.”
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‘Scoop’ — city seizes and freezes 46 ice cream trucks in $4.5 million ticket scheme
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“No New Yorker is above the law — especially those who try to ignore public safety laws and create dangerous situations for pedestrians, bikers and drivers.”
Read MoreQueens DA’s Office hosts 70 summer interns
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Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan himself began his career as a prosecutor after serving as an intern in the DA’s office.
Read MoreJudge derails MTA’s dismissal of disability discrimination case
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The majority of the MTA’s 472 subway stations are currently inaccessible for people with disabilities.
Read MoreBalloons not bars: organizers try new tactic in campaign to close Rikers
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The city has said it will fully close Rikers — the 10-jail complex that currently houses just over 7,500 people — by 2026 but activists want it shut down now.
Read MoreSenate bill would raise pay for car wash workers vulnerable to wage theft
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“Wage theft is also rampant, and many of these immigrant workers are exploited at the hands of a system that does not protect them.”
Read MoreSuspect identified in scary rape of 78-Year-oId Rosedale womany
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Ryan Bayard, 30, allegedly raped the woman in the early morning Sunday, while allegedly repeating, “I like old ladies.”
Read MoreCity will open Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes ahead of schedule
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The office will operate within the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and serve to coordinate hate crime responses by city agencies, district attorney’s offices and the NYPD.
Read MoreRikers bridge vigil memorializes detainees who died
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“We’re moving the conversation from brick and mortar to the lives that are affected.”
Read MoreFormer Queens judges and prosecutors contribute thousands to Lasak’s campaign
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Former judges and prosecutors have donated thousands of dollars to Lasak’s campaign.
Read MoreCity comptroller tours Queens ahead of likely mayoral Run
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“This is not the last conversation we’re going to have.”
Read More4 of Queens’ 5 CUNYs are searching for new presidents
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York College on Monday became the fourth Queens CUNY school seeking a new president, after Marcia Keizs announced that she will step down.
Read MoreJackson Heights death ruled a homicide after nearly four months
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Rafael Huertas, 56, was surrounded by drug paraphernalia and covered with a plastic sheet, according to sources.
Read MoreZines from Queens: mobile library showcases local works
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Their work will remain on display at The Art Like Air & Water exhibit in the Central Queens Public Library until June 30.
Read More‘There’s no trust there’ — town hall attendees question neighborhood policing
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“There’s no trust there.”
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