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City’s Youth Lockups Are Failing Vulnerable Detainees, State Audit Finds
The city’s two juvenile detention centers are plagued with chronic absenteeism, a massive spike in contraband, and a failure to properly report thousands of serious incidents of violence and abuse, according to a new state audit. The 46-page review also found that only 53% of the young people surveyed got an initial interview and assessment […]
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How Sluggish Courts Help Keep Rikers Jails Full
Felisa Geddis got her first look at Dondre Richardson as police officers led him, handcuffed, from the 88th precinct house in Brooklyn on a Wednesday night in January 2020. Her 55-year-old cousin, L. Antonio Litman, had been stabbed to death nine days earlier, and the officers had arrested Richardson for the crime. She remembered her […]
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Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects
Sharp Trump administration cuts to Federal Emergency Management Agency spending on climate resiliency are threatening projects meant to protect against flooding from rainfall and coastal storms across all five boroughs. FEMA on Friday cancelled the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, jeopardizing about $882 million in grant funding for efforts across the country meant to […]
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LISTEN: Adrienne Adams Says ‘I’m the Change the City Needs’
“My vision for the city is to put the city back on track again. We are so tired of the trauma, we are so tired of the drama, we are tired of the scandal,” said City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams. “As the first woman mayor of the City of New York I’m […]
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NYU, Fordham Student Visas Yanked in Widening Federal Dragnet
Students at Fordham University and New York University had their visas revoked in recent days under President Donald Trump’s widening crackdown on foreign students, according to messages from school administrators. NYU President Linda Mills emailed students and faculty late Tuesday noting that “some members of our own community are among those affected” by recent government […]
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