Freezing Out Immigrants: The Denial of Due Process in New York State Courts
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Frequent raids on immigrant communities and deaths in immigration detention centers have galvanized an “Abolish ICE” movement nationwide.
Judge Halts Deportation of Maspeth Taxi Driver, Father of 2
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A federal judge issued a stay of deportation for Edisson Barros, a Maspeth taxi driver and father of two, just hours before he was scheduled to be deported, according to Telemundo and attorneys from Legal Aid.
Read MoreGlendale Residents Raise Money To Fight Shelter For Poorest New Yorkers
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Glendale and Middle Village residents are raising money to block a potential homeless shelter for the city’s poorest residents — even before the city has issued an official proposal.
Read MoreOp-Ed: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
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Examples of abuse and predation are prevalent in Queens. Every day scammers and schemers target senior citizens as well as younger people with impaired cognition. Individuals who fail to plan for their own potential impairments diminished capabilities also face future consequences.
CUNY Defenders Go Where Most Lawyers Rarely Venture
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The drive to Dannemora, the upstate hamlet that contains the Clinton Correctional Facility, can take seven hours. The ride to Attica can take eight. But those distances don’t stop students in the CUNY Law Criminal Defense Clinic from gassing up their cars and heading to the Canadian border to meet with the clients they represent, says clinic director Steven Zeidman.
Jig Is Up For Howard Beach Bonanno Family Loan Shark
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Ronald “Ronnie G” Giallanzo, a Howard Beach loanshark and Bonnano family captain, will have to pay a $1.25 million penalty and sell his Howard Beach mansion as part of a sentence handed down in Brooklyn’s federal court Wednesday.
Read MoreBrandeis Association Confronts Resurgent Anti-Semitism
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In recent weeks, racists have scrawled swastikas on boulders in College Point and a kiosk in Flushing. Two weeks ago, a white supremacist group unfurled a banner in Washington Heights and posted stickers throughout the city. Meanwhile, anti-semitism routinely seeps into or masquerades as debate about Israeli policy.
Addabbo and NYLAG Team Up To Counsel Rockaway Residents
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Next month, a mobile legal center will pull up to Rockaway Beach Boulevard and provide free legal assistance to peninsula residents. It is one of the latest Queens stops for the innovative van.
Queens House of Detention Set to Re-Open As Rikers Closes
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The vacant Queens House of Detention is one step closer to re-opening as a key component of the city’s plan to shutter Rikers Island.
Read More‘Blade Runner’ Star’s Alleged Laptop Theft Was Publicity Stunt
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Actress Sean Young was accused of stealing two laptops from an Astoria movie production company that recently fired her, but by Wednesday, the devices appeared at her attorney’s office in Manhattan.
Read MoreJudge Nixed Trial Move For Drug Kingpin El Chapo
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Federal court judge Brian Cogan ruled against a motion by the defense of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to move his trial out of Brooklyn and into Manhattan during a hearing Tuesday morning at the Eastern District of NY courthouse.
Read MoreAdvocates Rally for Prosecutorial Watchdog Despite DA Resistance
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More than 100 organizations rallied in New York City Monday to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a law creating a prosecutorial misconduct commission.
‘Blade Runner’ Star Questioned for Astoria Laptop Theft
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Actress Sean Young was under investigation Monday in Queens after the alleged theft of two laptops belonging to a production company that fired her from a new film she was directing.
Read MoreFlushing Freshman’s Death Inspires Statewide Anti-Hazing Bill
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Five years after the brutal hazing death of a Baruch College freshman from Flushing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an anti-hazing bill into law that advocates say will protect students from dangerous initiation rituals as they return to school, sports teams and Greek societies.
Read MoreFrom 100K Applicants to 130 Trainees: The Path to Becoming a Court Officer
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The court officers who staff Queens courts are an elite group, selected from among thousands of applicants after demonstrating the physical ability, mental aptitude and emotional temperament to succeed in the role.
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