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Advocates, City Council push for polling place, more ballot curing on Rikers as elections board says hands are tied by state law
Prison rights advocates and New York City Council members say that’s because there’s no in-person polling place on the island, the absentee ballot request process is…
Department of Correction pushes for more staff, overtime in $1.4B budget as advocates call for downsize in borough-based jails move
Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards at the agency’s Tuesday City Council budget hearing. Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit. Touting a $1.4 billion plan…
Court ruling on law prohibiting income discrimination against prospective tenants could shut many low-income New Yorkers out of housing, advocates say
An upstate court ruled a state law that required landlords to accept Secion 8 housing vouchers. Photo by Susan De Vries An appeals court has struck…
FIRST on amNY: Immigrant advocates take Trump admin to court over ICE activity inside 26 Federal Plaza, claims First Amendment rights violated
FILE – An ICE agent grabbing hold of an immigrant at 26 Federal Plaza in 2025. Photo by Dean Moses Attorney Stephen Kelly, Father Fabian Arias,…
Advocates urge state to nix Cross Bronx Expressway expansion plan ahead of crucial deadline
A view of traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway. Photo by Jonathan Portee Advocates against a state plan to widen the Cross Bronx Expressway on Monday…
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — Families for Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives are turning their grief into action, demanding the New York City Department of Transportation make…
Roxbury, NJ detention center: Immigration advocates, community leaders protest proposed ICE facility
ROXBURY, New Jersey (WABC) — Immigration advocates and community leaders are gathering in New Jersey on Saturday to protest ICE’s plans to convert a warehouse into…
Bronx advocates urge Mamdani to restart Tremont Avenue busway project as alternative to state Cross Bronx plan
The Cross Bronx Expressway. Photo by Adrian Childress Advocates with the Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Coalition rallied at the Bronx River Art Center on Wednesday,…
Advocates testify for package of bills aimed at protecting houses of worship and schools as NYPD raises some concerns
The New York City Council held its first hearing on Wednesday regarding a package of legislation aimed at protecting houses of worship and schools and combating…
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani needs to break New York City’s two-decade cycle of delays and release critical documents about toxins that swirled around Ground Zero, causing the…
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