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No Pseudonymity for Lawyer Alleging Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
From Judge Ronnie Abrams yesterday in Doe v. Legal Aid Society (S.D.N.Y.): [1.] [Pseudonymity is more justified if] the litigation… The post No Pseudonymity for Lawyer Alleging Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment and Retaliation appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason 7 min read
As shelters fill, NYC weighs tents to house migrants
New York City’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the Big Apple as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies
The Independent UK 4 min read
NYC human trafficking victims forced into prostitution, fraud desperately seek a way out of the shadows
NEW YORK — Amber came to New York in 2012 to escape an abusive relationship and find work to support her young daughter. Not long after arriving, she was turning tricks for a trafficker who wouldn’t let her come home from work each day until she’d made him $1,000 —…
Tribune News Service 8 min read
New York City works to make space for rapidly rising number of asylum-seekers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces emergency contracts to help an increasing number of newly arrived immigrants access shelter
WEKU 10 min read
Tenants sue Pangea Properties alleging health and safety hazards
Pangea is one of the city’s largest landlords with 423 rental properties that include 7,500 units on the South and West sides, according to the lawsuit.
Chicago Sun-Times 5 min read
To some defenders, gun ruling could right a racial wrong
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists
The Independent UK 7 min read
Eric Adams hails progress at Rikers Island despite deaths and ‘full-fledged humanitarian crisis’ in city jails
25 people have died at the troubled facility since 2021. A federal monitor has ‘serious’ doubts about the city’s ability to fix it. But New York City’s mayor claims the era of ‘dysfunction’ is over
The Independent UK 5 min read
Broken windows policing a recipe for race-based enforcement, Legal Aid Society warns in new analysis
NEW YORK — Broken windows leads to broken trust of the police in minority communities, the Legal Aid Society says, citing new NYPD data showing 91% of typical quality-of-life arrests last year were of Black and Latino suspects.
Tribune News Service 4 min read
NYC parolees jailed on minor violations denied state-required court hearings, says Legal Aid Society
Ninety-one Rikers Island detainees jailed on parole violations have been denied in-person court hearings required by a new state law, defense lawyers say.
Tribune News Service 2 min read