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Personality
Norman Siegel: Civil rights is a marathon, not a sprint
A Q&A with the civil rights attorney, who is still rabid about defending the Constitution and the First Amendment.
Albany Agenda
Politics
$10 million tax credit for businesses advertising in local media gets Albany rally
Supporters will meet at the statehouse to ask Gov. Hochul to fund the Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act in this year’s budget.
Personality
Personality
Leading NYU’s charge to make New York a science and tech center ‘second to none’
An interview with Juan de Pablo, executive dean of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering and the University’s inaugural executive vice president for Global Science and Tech.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Adams administration cracks down on late payments to nonprofits
The mayor will make an executive order to create better communication channels between government and providers.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Advancing a long career in child welfare to the next level
An interview with Jennifer March as she joins the New York Foundling.
Criminal Justice
Politics
Hundreds of deaths in state prisons go unexplained
A City & State investigation found a lack of reporting on people who have died while in custody, as well as for those who were compassionately released, going back decades.
Politics
Politics
Muriel Goode-Trufant takes on corporation counsel post, but with criticism
While many have sung praises over Eric Adams’ pick for New York City’s top lawyer, critics worry she will rubber stamp the mayor’s use of executive orders.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: Yet another hearing about sexual violence on Rikers Island
This time the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee chair Sandy Nurse voiced her frustration at the Department of Correction’s continuing failure to provide transparency.
Policy
Policy
NYC paid $160 million in settlements under Child Victims Act
Payouts were mostly for cases filed against the Department of Education, as former investigators at an independent watchdog claimed they were told to reverse substantiated allegations of child sex abuse.
Heard Around Town
Personality
Dustup at Gracie over DOC official’s lack of social media postings
Press secretary Annais Morales told Miriam Singh, the agency’s compliance officer, that other agency staff deserved their turn.
Adams probes
Politics
Direction of Rikers receivership could soon change if Eric Adams is out and Jumaane Williams takes over
Should the mayor no longer be in office before Nov. 12, the public advocate would be in charge and answering a judge’s order to outline what a receiver’s role will look like.
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Policy
Policy
Where do first responders turn when they need help?
An anonymous mental health care program created in 2019 for NYPD members could become the blueprint for a national program.
News & Politics
Politics
One of NYC’s most storied political clubs invests in its future by preserving its past
The Village Independent Democrats finds new home for its seventy-year old records trove in the Village Preservation Society’s Archives
News & Politics
Politics
Will new correction officers union contract boost recruitment for DOC?
The agency losing five officers to attrition for every new hire is offering raises and bonuses, although some of the promised perks in the deal have come into question.
NYPD
Policy
How $1.2 billion in NYPD civil litigation case settlements and monetary awards went unreported
An investigation of public records shows the Law Department’s mandated reporting has not provided full transparency.
New York City
Personality
Family of man incarcerated at Rikers who died after botched heart surgery wins $6.1 million jury award
Juan Francisco Hidalgo Flores died at a prison ward at Bellevue Hospital.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: A look at the new New York City Department of Correction Commissioner’s attempts at transparency show slow to no progress
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, previously the first deputy commissioner of the department, made tall promises to the Board of Correction that she didn’t deliver on.
Politics
Politics
DOC critic Jacqueline Sherman tapped for reappointment to Board of Correction
The mayor's office had hoped to replace Sherman when her term expired, but a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign succeeded in keeping her on the board of the jails watchdog.
Policy
Policy
DOC stopped providing tampons to detainees – despite 2016 law mandating it
The Department of Correction has a problem with menstruation, amid fears that tampons will be used to smoke drugs and menstrual cups will be used for “splashings.”
Policy
Policy
Judge rejects state prison system’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit over solitary confinement
The class action lawsuit was filed by a group of people incarcerated in state prisons, including one man who was sent to solitary confinement for 120 days after throwing sugar packets and urinating on the floor.
