A criminal justice reform would give thousands a clean slate — if only they would apply
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“Fewer than 1 percent of the expected pool of eligible people have accessed the law.”
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Park Service partners with human rights group to counter anti-Semitic graffiti in Breezy Point
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Vandals scrawled “gas chamber,” anti-Semitic messages and other racial slurs on the walls and playground at a private beach club.
Read MoreTwo Queens men sentenced for assaulting Rikers guards
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Two men who began assaulting a group of correction officers are headed to prison.
Read MoreOpinion: Candidate Bloomberg and the delayed apology
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Do enough voters care about candidate Bloomberg to switch loyalties from anyone they may be currently supporting?
Read MoreSunnyside man convicted of assault in one-punch death case
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Steven O’Brien pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, for punching Danny McGee in the face.
Read More‘Disorderly’ teens cause confusion at Queens Center Mall
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Someone also reportedly started throwing fake money off of a balcony.
Read MorePair of prosecutors blast upcoming bail and discovery reforms
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Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan has been an outspoken opponent of the bail reform measures for months.
Read MoreCity leaders blast ‘vampire’ Monserrate’s bid for Assembly
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Disgraced former lawmaker Hiram Monserrate’s bid for state Assembly has prompted strong responses from several local leaders.
Read MoreNew commercial waste law could spare SE Queens from truck-clogged streets
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The law puts restrictions on the more than 90 largely unregulated companies that truck millions of tons of trash per year to stations in Southeast Queens.
Read MoreForest Hill stockbroker convicted for bogus currency trading scheme
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Jason Ari Amada posed as an experienced foreign currency trader and stole more than $489,000 from clients who had invested in his venture.
Read MoreQueens DA-elect Katz names transition team
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Katz, the current Queens Borough President, filled out the team with several defense attorneys, nonprofit leaders and activists.
Read MoreNYC pols to Albany: Legalize It
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Advocates and lawmakers are reigniting the effort to remove weed from the penal code and end the racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Read MoreQueens judge appointed to state ethics committee
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Buggs is the lone Queens judge on the committee and replaces Queens Supreme Court Justice David Eliot.
Read MoreLyft driver convicted of sexually assaulting sleeping passenger
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At some point during the ride, the woman fell asleep and did not wake up until she felt the driver sexually assaulting her.
Read MoreTwo years on, state record sealing law has underwhelming impact in NYC
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Advocates blame the results on the law’s limited scope and a lack of awareness of the measure.
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