DA Race Drama: Malik’s team takes on Cabán, with more objections pending
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“[We] intend to file general objections to the petitions of several candidates to ensure they do the same.”
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State expands program for free immigrant legal services
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The Liberty Defense Project also provides support services for immigrant families and rapid-response legal counsel for immigrants caught in raids and sweeps.
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OP-ED: Community jails are a bad idea
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“We need to close Rikers. But the answer to the violence and conditions is not to replace it with community jails.”
Read MoreQueens County Committee members call for transparency in letter to Meeks
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“It is our belief that the Democratic County Committee of Queens County should be a democratic, transparent, inclusive, accountable, and accessible organization.”
Read MoreKatz, Malik and Cabán first to file DA petitions
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In order to appear on the ballot, candidates must file at least 4,000 valid signatures from registered Democrats who live in Queens County.
Read MoreStaffer accuses Grodenchik of sexual harassment
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“No one should ever be made to feel uncomfortable in the workplace and singled out for unwanted attention.”
Read MoreActivists call on Cuomo to fully staff state Parole Board
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‘New York's new death penalty is death-by-incarceration.’
Read MoreLocal leaders: 345 Queens community board members begin terms
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Borough President Melinda Katz appointed 345 Queens residents to the borough’s 14 boards.
Read MoreLocal leaders join amicus brief challenging citizenship question
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Immigrants’ rights advocates say the citizenship question will discourage noncitizens from completing the Census.
Read MoreU.S. Rep. Velázquez demands $300M for Superfund sites
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“Given the public health effects that environmental sore spots can have on families and children, this is a question of social and environmental justice.”
Read MoreState budget includes ‘One Day’ law provision for immigrant offenders
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The act will amend New York Penal Law to shorten the maximum jail sentences for certain class A misdemeanors to avoid triggering deportation proceedings.
Read MoreSex workers condemn massage parlor raids amid proposed crackdown in Flushing
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“NYPD out of massage parlors!” they chanted, in English and Mandarin.
Read MoreOp-ed: Before you can help small businesses, you have to save them first
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“For our nightlife business owners, there are serious, unintended consequences to having no rights when leases expire.”
Read MoreHow Will District 19 Spend $1 Million?
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A new gymnasium or a portable STEM lab? Why not both?
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