Attys call for state to increase law school loan debt relief

Attys call for state to increase law school loan debt relief

Hundreds of lawyers this week called on the governor and state legislature to include in the state’s upcoming budget a bill from a Queens lawmaker that would increase the amount of student loan forgiveness for public interest attorneys saddled with debt from law school.

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Queens pols push bill to close illegal pot shops but details are hazy

Queens pols push bill to close illegal pot shops but details are hazy

Queens elected officials and advocates rallied on the steps of City Hall on Friday in support of a bill that they say will help the city crackdown on illegal pot shops – but just how that crackdown would look under the bill remains unclear.

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Courts make ‘significant progress’ toward modernization, report says

Courts make ‘significant progress’ toward modernization, report says

The state’s court system has “made significant progress” in the past year modernizing its relatively archaic courthouses, according to the inaugural report from the Court Modernization Action Committee.

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‘Unnecessary, inappropriate and dangerous’: Use of pepper spray skyrocketed on Rikers Island, new report finds

‘Unnecessary, inappropriate and dangerous’: Use of pepper spray skyrocketed on Rikers Island, new report finds

In a single month last year, Department of Correction officers used pepper spray on eight different detainees attempting to hang themselves, highlighting a concerning pattern in violation of department policy, according to a new report from the department’s citizen watchdog board.

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Worker injured at Rockaway construction site already under scrutiny

Worker injured at Rockaway construction site already under scrutiny

Another worker was injured at the construction site of a Rockaway affordable housing development being run by a construction company that lawmakers in January demanded be taken off the project, the Eagle has learned.

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Commission unveils mostly unchanged congressional district map

Commission unveils mostly unchanged congressional district map

The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a new state congressional district map that looks a lot like the one drawn by a court-appointed special master in 2022 following a litigious redistricting process that may not yet be out of the woods.

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