Oct 30, 2019 – Maybe New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has been working with dishonest people for so long it’s lost sight of what the truth is. Clearly, something is amiss when DOCCS promises to reduce solitary confinement but instead turns out to
Anticipating difficulty in counting every New Yorker, State lawmakers included $20 million in this year’s state budget for outreach, but so far, those funds have been held up by the Cuomo administration. “The funds have not been allocated,” said state Senator Zellnor Myrie of
The Parks Department will not be lowering the fence height at the East Village’s Joseph C. Sauer Park after the community pushed back against the plan that was part of upcoming renovations. The decision was announced by Assembly Member Harvey Epstein and Councilwoman Carlina Rivera on Oct. 18,
Sydney Ireland was told by Boy Scouts of America she can’t become an Eagle Scout until 2020; so she took the next step without BSA backing. After years of fighting tirelessly for the right for young girls to join the Boy Scouts of America and earn the Eagle Award, Boy Scouting’s
Staff and supporters of 99.5 WBAI FM — the decades-old, listener-supported radio station recently barred from broadcasting local programming by its parent organization, the Pacifica Foundation — took to the steps of City Hall Tuesday to denounce what they have deemed “a rouge takeover.” Hours
Subcontracted workers took to the Con Edison building in Manhattan to protest for better jobs and better wages. Con Edison cleaners took to the front of 4 Irving Place in Manhattan last week to tell the power company that they’re struggling to get by on current “poverty” wages. They’ve called