At last week’s rally at Madison Square Garden, Donald Trump yet again pledged to “launch the largest deportation program in American history.” According to him, deporting millions of immigrants, including those who are undocumented and those who are here legally, will free up millions of jobs, especially for Black and Hispanic Americans.  The Republican presidential […]

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A new holistic reproductive health center in the northwest Bronx is providing wellness services to people giving birth in a borough with few options for that type of care.  The clinic, called Maryam, opened its doors in March and has been slowly ramping up services. Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, who has made combatting maternal […]

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Sheena Wright has resigned from her position as one of Mayor Eric Adams’ appointees to the board of the New York City Housing Authority, THE CITY has learned. Wright, one of several top Adams’ aides caught up in ongoing federal investigations of corruption at City Hall, put in her resignation letter from the board on […]

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The NYPD’s relatively new policy of handcuffing almost all people during their first court appearance unfairly violates defendants’ civil rights, according to a class-action lawsuit filed late Thursday by the city’s largest public defender group.  The Legal Aid Society contends the practice defies the due process standard enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and is “dehumanizing” […]

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Incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Queens) is once again facing off against Republican challenger Tom Sullivan after holding onto her seat by just 15 votes two years ago.  Many local early voters, though, said on Thursday they’ve paid little mind to what’s expected to be a tight rematch, instead letting the names at the top […]

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