Lawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates

Lawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates

The call for the Commission on Judicial Nomination to diversify the group of candidates for chief judge it will soon recommend to Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified after a group of nearly two dozen State Senators wrote to the commission this week.

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City changes plan for Briarwood homeless shelter

City changes plan for Briarwood homeless shelter

Following months of outrage from a local lawmaker and a group of vocal Briarwood residents, a proposed homeless shelter for the neighborhood will now have an age restriction on the population it soon will serve.

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Public defenders look for answers about monkeypox on Rikers

Public defenders look for answers about monkeypox on Rikers

Though there has yet to be a case detected in the city’s jails, the Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to be more transparent with its plans for vaccinating and treating its incarcerated population for monkeypox.

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