Racial, ethnic and gender disparities persist on every Queens community board. New applicants can change that
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The disparities are revealed in a new analysis by the Eagle and Measure of America.
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Biden orders DOJ to phase out contracts with private jails, including Queens lock up
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A 2019 federal contract to operate the Queens jail is potentially worth $313,281,779.
Read MoreCouncilmembers back bill to issue resiliency report card for NYC infrastructure
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“As a city on a sea we’re literally on the front lines.”
Read MoreVeteran prosecutor leads Queens DA’s new restorative justice bureau
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The bureau consolidates the Diversion and Alternative Sentencing Unit and the Crime Victims Advocate Program.
Read MoreFemale probation officers of color sue NYC for discrimination in pay and promotions
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“For too long our work has been undervalued because our members are predominantly women and people of color.”
Read MoreFormer Queens senate staffer missing weeks of pay while living in homeless shelter
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“I have no money at all.”
Read MoreJurors need COVID vaccines too, de Blasio says
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“Everyone who participates in a jury should have the opportunity to get vaccinated.”
Read MoreNew York attorneys spotlight Queens' lone pandemic-era jury trial
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“We made it through preparations as seamlessly as possible, but it was certainly challenging.”
Read MoreQueens court employee charged with threatening to kill AOC, Schumer and Pelosi
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Federal prosecutors detailed a “chilling series of calls for direct violence against members of Congress”
Read MoreNYC 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
Read MoreRacist 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.”
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