ABA releases guidelines on prosecuting misdemeanor cases
/“A prosecutor must avoid offering, negotiating and entering pleas on terms that knowingly misrepresent the consequences of acceptance.”
Read More“A prosecutor must avoid offering, negotiating and entering pleas on terms that knowingly misrepresent the consequences of acceptance.”
Read MoreQueens accounts for more low-level weed prosecutions than Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island combined.
Read MoreThe appointees also participated in an orientation about board rules and members’ responsibilities, according to Borough President Melinda Katz’s office.
Read MoreQueens resident Kevin Paniagua was sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted murder in June 2018.
Read MoreThe strike was held in solidarity with drivers striking around the world, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and London, according to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
Read More“We should put people before profits, and treat housing as a human right, not a commodity.”
Read MoreMany New Yorkers don’t qualify for health insurance because they are undocumented, and Queens has the highest percentage of undocumented immigrants of any borough.
Read More“Gov. Cuomo’s unique clemency power can be the difference between permanent exile or being able to stay with loved ones and community.”
Read More“ACS must devise a way to deal with these situations that does not involve handcuffs.”
Read More“A disturbing number of [NYPD] officers use excessive force, unlawful search and seizure of citizens [and] bring charges against citizens with no legal basis.”
Read More“When we celebrate our progress as a city, he is one of the architects of that progress.”
Read MoreShe died Sunday at a hospital after police found her, critically injured, in a blazing car at a Springfield Gardens intersection.
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Read MoreStar NFL defensive back Devin McCourty said he plans to remain engaged with the race to replace Richard Brown, who died Friday.
Read MoreCameron “Neno” Brown was killed while walking alongside the school bus in order to transfer to a van that would take him to his aunt’s home after school on April 17.
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