On a recent spring afternoon, a handful of former and current Columbia students chained themselves to the locked campus gates while demanding that the university cut ties with Israel and companies profiting off of its war in Gaza.  A small crowd cheered on the direct action, but the whole gathering was modest in size compared to […]

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While working as a resident in a Bronx medical clinic a few years ago, Isuree Katugampala discovered how sharing concerns about a patient’s safety with her supervisor could lead to dire and unintended consequences. The mother of a toddler had confessed that, on occasion, her husband’s jealousy escalated to hitting her.  The mother said the […]

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A New York State Supreme Court has extended a temporary restraining order blocking Mayor Eric Adams from allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from operating an office on Rikers Island.  Following a brief hearing in court in Lower Manhattan Friday afternoon, Judge Mary Rosado decided to postpone any decision until after a formal hearing on […]

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Michael Jenkins, a founder of the Wall Street trading firm Jane Street, contributed $650,000 earlier this month to the political action committee Ending Homelessness & Building a Better NYC, which has been backing City Council candidate Wilfredo López in The Bronx. The donation, filed on April 16, follows $950,000 Jenkins gave in November that was […]

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Citing attacks from the Trump administration and overcrowding on Rikers Island, advocates for transgender people behind bars are pushing local lawmakers to codify how transgender detainees are identified and housed in gender-aligned units.  In recent months, the White House has tried to force the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move transgender women back into […]

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