Opinion: Legal assistance for immigrants is a moral imperative and an economic opportunity

Opinion: Legal assistance for immigrants is a moral imperative and an economic opportunity

“Hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in our state face the terrifying prospect of deportation and forced family separation, simply because they do not have access to legal representation in a complex and often unforgiving immigration system.”

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Officers, jail workers and detainee cuffed in Rikers smuggling scheme

Officers, jail workers and detainee cuffed in Rikers smuggling scheme

Three former correctional officers, a Rikers Island program counselor, a jails contractor and a detainee were all charged this week in federal court for scheming to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the city’s notorious jail complex.

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With nowhere else to turn, Ardila appears to form partnership with disgraced former pol

With nowhere else to turn, Ardila appears to form partnership with disgraced former pol

A year after sexual misconduct allegations made Western Queens lawmaker Juan Ardila persona non grata in Albany, the freshman lawmaker has teamed up with a disgraced former elected official who himself knows all too well the struggle of attempting to come back from scandal. 

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‘Overburdened’: Two neighborhoods in Queens bear brunt of new asylum seeker shelters

‘Overburdened’: Two neighborhoods in Queens bear brunt of new asylum seeker shelters

Two neighborhoods in Queens are home to a large percentage of the city’s migrant shelters and while locals say they are happy to help amid the crisis, they also want the city and other neighborhoods to step up.

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