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June 17, 2021

Queens street vendors rally for protection against fines as COVID recovery continues

June 17, 2021/ Guest User
Queens street vendors rally for protection against fines as COVID recovery continues

“All we want to do is work hard and contribute, but the city we love chooses to fine us rather than help us grow our businesses.”

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June 17, 2021/ Guest User/
Business, Communities, equity, news, Law
street vendor project, street vendor, corona, jessica gonzalez-rojas, City council, Department of Consumer and Worker Protections
June 17, 2021

Nearly two dozen judges decide not to return to bench

June 17, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Nearly two dozen judges decide not to return to bench

Statewide, 14 justices who had their recertification approved in the spring decided not to return this week.

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June 17, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
Law, news
Supreme Court, carmen velasquez, bernice siegal, Ira Margulis, joseph esposito, Daniel Lewis, oca
June 14, 2021

Bill to prevent mass judicial layoffs passes legislature

June 14, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Bill to prevent mass judicial layoffs passes legislature

“We saw the necessity [of these bills] to protect the integrity of the judges.”


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June 14, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
news, Law
oca, judges, leroy comrie, Ira Margulis, judges over 70, Supreme Court
June 14, 2021

OCA welcomes back Supreme Court justices

June 14, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
OCA welcomes back Supreme Court justices

“I never knew what retirement was until I got a taste of it and it's not as great as it may seem.”

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June 14, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
news, Law
Janet DiFiore, bernice siegal, oca, Supreme Court, joseph esposito
June 10, 2021

Advocates urge parole reform in final hours of New York’s legislative session

June 10, 2021/ Guest User
Advocates urge parole reform in final hours of New York’s legislative session

“The data from this report confirms what many know: The Parole Board treats white people better than Black people.”

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June 10, 2021/ Guest User/
Communities, equity, Law, news
parole reform, Elder Parole, nyu law, vincent southerland, fair and timely parole, prison
June 10, 2021

Court to host summit addressing racial bias in jury selection

June 10, 2021/ Guest User
Court to host summit addressing racial bias in jury selection

“Our staff and our judges and court leaders have never stopped working during the pandemic to reform our systems and practices and improve the administration of justice.”

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June 10, 2021/ Guest User/
equity, news, Law
Franklin H. Williams Commission on Equal Justice, Equal Justice in the Courts, janet difiore, darcel clark, jury
June 08, 2021

In-person arraignments to return to Queens in July

June 08, 2021/ Guest User
In-person arraignments to return to Queens in July

“The time is right to restore face-to-face interaction.”

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June 08, 2021/ Guest User/
Communities, Law, news
court, criminal court, Court Reopening, janet difiore
June 08, 2021

BOC approves new plan to end solitary

June 08, 2021/ Guest User
BOC approves new plan to end solitary

“These reforms are necessary for a safer and more humane jail system, for people in custody and staff.”

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June 08, 2021/ Guest User/
Law, news, Rikers Island
Board of Correction, rikers island, solitary confinement, Layleen Polanco, halt
June 08, 2021

Despite warning from big tech, antitrust bill passes in NY Senate

June 08, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Despite warning from big tech, antitrust bill passes in NY Senate

“We have a problem that there is tremendous market power in very few hands.”

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June 08, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
Law, news
ANTI-Trust, michael gianaris, 21st Century Antitrust Act, state senate
June 07, 2021

Call to end solitary confimement continues on anniversary of former inmates’ deaths

June 07, 2021/ Guest User
Call to end solitary confimement continues on anniversary of former inmates’ deaths

“They say they’re gonna end solitary, yet they want to keep people in a cage within a cage.”

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June 07, 2021/ Guest User/
Communities, equity, Law, news
Layleen Polanco, Kalief Browder, solitary confinement, halt soiltary, rikers island
June 06, 2021

Judicial candidate Devian Daniels want to give Queens voters a choice

June 06, 2021/ Guest User
Judicial candidate Devian Daniels want to give Queens voters a choice

“I'm running because I think voters should have a choice.”

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June 06, 2021/ Guest User/
Elections 2021, Law, news
Civil Court, devian daniels, election
June 04, 2021

Queens men wrongfully convicted finally freed, a lifetime later

June 04, 2021/ Guest User
Queens men wrongfully convicted finally freed, a lifetime later

“It wasn’t an easy road but we never gave up.'“

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June 04, 2021/ Guest User/
Crime, equity, news, Law
rohan bolt, gary johnson, george bell, Queens District Attorney, wrongful conviction
June 03, 2021

Queens DA won’t re-try wrongfully convicted trio

June 03, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Queens DA won’t re-try wrongfully convicted trio

“I wasn't surprised. I was gratified, but I wasn't surprised.”

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June 03, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
news, Law
queens da, rohan bolt, george bell, gary johnson, Conviction Integrity Unit, wrongful convictions
May 28, 2021

Homegrown Queens attorney nominated to the bench

May 28, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Homegrown Queens attorney nominated to the bench

Gary Miret thought he was being pranked.


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May 28, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
Law, news
courts, Gary Miret, court of claims
May 27, 2021

Back where it all began: Queens judge appointed to court he argued in as a young lawyer

May 27, 2021/ Jacob Kaye
Back where it all began: Queens judge appointed to court he argued in as a young lawyer

“I'm ecstatic – I am humbled by it and I’m sometimes in disbelief that this happened.”

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May 27, 2021/ Jacob Kaye/
Law, news, politics
Joseph Zayas, Andrew Cuomo, courts
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