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Acting Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio has faced formal complaints for berating and threatening lawyers in more than a dozen incidents.
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City policies have proven so volatile, even aid workers urged asylum seekers to get out of New York if they can.
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The assemblymember wants to unseat Nico Minerva, right hand to party boss Keith Wright. The Manhattan Democrats vote on Thursday.
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A seemingly minor change in access to city jails has made it much harder for a lauded debate course to recruit volunteers.
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The Adams administration said the city would replace discontinued Rikers courses. “I can say for certain that that’s not true,” one worker told New York Focus.
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The mayor is putting New York City’s landmark climate and jobs law in jeopardy, our columnist argues.
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As a humanitarian crisis deepens, the state’s $25 million solution is off to a slow start. An in-depth look at the opaque program reveals a raft of logistical hurdles and strict eligibility requirements.
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The iconic public defense organization is due back in its Brooklyn office Monday. Attorneys, reporting health complications, say they’ve dreaded the return.
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A raucous emergency meeting featured escalating alarm, bewilderment, a hot mic, dueling accusations of conflicts of interest, and a dramatic vote with two surprise twists.
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New York’s labyrinthine “rate case” process, explained.
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Mixed evidence was piling up about a signature New York drug policy experiment. Then the state stopped releasing the data.
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New York’s top elected officials showered the Brooklyn party with praise, but is it doing anything to support its candidates?
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It was hard enough to get back on Social Security and Medicaid after incarceration. Then Eric Adams slashed reentry services.
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Police will receive photos of defendants with curfews and report alleged violations to District Attorney Melinda Katz.
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Comptroller Brad Lander is scrutinizing the climate impacts of private equity investments — an area his counterpart in Albany has yet to address.
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So-called “de-escalation units” were supposed to help people cool off after violent encounters. But months after their implementation, Rikers staff still use the old brutal methods.
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Nearly a year and a half after they were supposed to fix their system, jail officials still don’t know how long they’re keeping people in notorious intake pens.
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As ASA College prepares to shut its doors after years of controversy, New York continues to shell out tuition subsidies to for-profit colleges — at rates higher than any other state.
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Under federal law, the public housing agency is required to hire low-income tenants. Records show it has often missed the mark.
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By liberally allowing landlords to purchase renewable energy credits, the new Adams rule would defang Local Law 97.