Other features of the budget include $60 million toward retrofitting city government buildings for the city’s Green New Deal initiative and $5 million toward Vision Zero.
Read MoreAdvocates and attorneys now recognize that traffickers force their immigrant victims to perform various crimes in addition to sex work, such theft and drug offenses.
Read More“We don’t think that someone should have to sit on Rikers because they’re homeless and don’t have somewhere to go … “
Read More"All these new developers moving in are basically cashing in on the economic activity that the smaller businesses created.”
Read More“Will our Chief Law Enforcement Officer continue to tolerate the totally lawless environment that is Rikers Island … ?”
Read MoreThe venue will become one of the largest privately-owned art centers in the neighborhood.
Read MoreNot a single candidate received many contributions from Southeast Queens.
Read More“Immigrants cannot wait another year.”
Read MoreHank Beker, the Governor of the Kiwanis New York State District, served as parade grand marshall and led the procession to the ceremony.
Read MoreThe forum will take place at St. John’s University’ Little Theater on Thursday, June 13 at 6 p.m.
Read More“For generations, Rikers Island has been a place of despair for many New Yorkers caught up in a fractured criminal justice system.”
Read MoreThe bills would also abolish the “gay panic” defense, create a LGBTQ suicide prevention task force and restore LGBTQ veterans’ eligibility for state programs
Read MoreThis will be the third pop-up court OATH has held in Queens, and the second this month after a successful initiative at Councilmember Robert Holden’s office.
Read More“It is clear that former Assistant District Attorney Linda Fairstein, prosecutor in Central Park Five case, engaged in immoral, unethical, and illegal conduct.”
Read More“We want sex workers to be able to stand up for themselves and to stand up for each other.”
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