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Demystifying the New York Parole Board’s Murky Decisions
In New York, many incarcerated people don’t know how to secure their freedom. A court fight could clear up the lethally opaque process.
December 18, 2023
Police Discipline Comes Before the Court of Appeals
The state’s top court will settle disputes between Rochester, Syracuse, New York City, and their police unions next week in three cases that could reshape police discipline across the state.
October 13, 2023
Human Rights Watchdog Investigates Landlords, Teachers, and Dentists — But Not Cops or Prison Guards
The state Division of Human Rights considers prisons, jails, and police departments exempt from human rights law.
August 10, 2023
Will a Fear of Fires Burn New York?
Prescribed burns are banned in New York’s largest tracts of forest, but some rangers say they need to torch the brush to save the trees.
July 25, 2023
How a Superhighway Split Syracuse
In Syracuse, the I-81 viaduct has two groups at war. One wants to tear it down, one wants to leave it up — all in the name of environmental justice.
July 6, 2023