New York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreAdvocates joined a handful of lawmakers in Albany on Monday to again call on the legislature and the governor to include a bill known as the End Predatory Court Fees Act.
Read MoreAs New York City and the Adams Administration – with support from Governor Kathy Hochul – fight the city’s Right to Shelter rules in court, a host of local electeds including, several from Queens, penned a letter to Hochul this week calling on her to keep the mandate in place.
Read MoreAs the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
“The men and women who are incarcerated, they need their packages back, they need to feel connected to the family members – it's as simple as that.”
Read More“Attorneys who have worked on issues of indigent defense, housing, civil rights, and immigration, however, have a different perspective that can move our state forward in a way that represents all its people.”
Read MoreCriminal justice reform advocates, legal aid groups and community organizations gathered in Albany on Wednesday to testify on behalf of a senate bill to eliminate mandatory minimums on court fines.
Read More“We are here to raise our voices, to exercise the power of the people and demand an end to the predatory and dangerous reliance on court fees.”
Read More“It creates a perverse incentive for localities and the state to criminalize people.”
Read More“Having to depend on people, but not having that opportunity because I still have fines and fees to pay has been very harrowing, very discouraging and repulsive.”
Read More“I will be voting for whoever the Democratic nominee is for president and I think a lot of DSA members will too.”
Read MoreThe NYPD has used the law to deny public access to records of officers involved in high-profile incidents of police brutality.
Read MoreThe worker became homeless after leaving her job, and is raising her now 4-month-old daughter in a Queens homeless shelter.
Read More“We want sex workers to be able to stand up for themselves and to stand up for each other.”
Read More“Housing is a human right and we have the power to legislate that.”
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