NYC shifts street vendor oversight from police to consumer agency
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New York City police officers are no longer tasked with enforcing street vendor regulations
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Racist double standard in policing clear at Capitol riot, says Fortune Society head
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“If that had been a Black Lives Matter protest there’d be buses around the block waiting to take in thousands of arrested people.”
Read MoreNY attorney general sues NYPD, seeks independent monitor over racial justice protest crackdown
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“The unlawful policing practices officers engaged in at these protests are not new.”
Read MoreNYC's DNA database swells, even as some samples are removed
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The number of DNA samples has increased, even as the city removes some individuals.
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'Dead men can’t pass shit laws': Queens Proud Boy busted with ammo stockpile
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“Here in New York we are target rich. Dead men can’t pass shit laws.”
Read MoreSome New York court staffers are eligible for COVID vaccines, others are not
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Not every court system staffer has been allowed access to the potentially life-saving doses.
Read MoreQueens activists take eviction protest to Maspeth landlord's doorstep
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“Illegal lockouts are always a crime, but to do it during a pandemic is even worse.”
Read MoreCuomo says New York will legalize weed, sports betting in 2021
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More than 3/4 of New Yorkers arrested for low-level weed offenses were Black or Latino in 2020.
Read MoreNY State Bar wants to kick out Giuliani for stoking ‘attempted coup’
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NYSBA bylaws forbid members from attempting “the overthrow of the government of the United States.”
Read MoreNonprofit housing lawyers push Biden to block evictions, fund NYCHA
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“We implore you to fulfill the housing plan and budget promises you made on the campaign trail.”
Read MoreMayor ‘deeply disturbed’ by video of Queens cop kneeling on man’s neck
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The city has launched a “full investigation.”
Read MoreQueens state senate candidate joined pro-Trump march on U.S. Capitol
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Elisa Nahoum received 37 percent of the vote in a November 2020 state senate election.
Read MoreNew York court leaders move to address systemic racism after landmark report
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“The report on equal justice tells us that these experiences continue to happen.”
Read MoreNY union-backed measure would create workplace COVID protections, employer fines
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“We know this won’t be the last pandemic that we will have to contend with and we want to make sure workers are protected and have a voice.”
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