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VIDEO: Escaping Discrimination
Leave your thoughtsThe story of Bianey Garcia, a 24-year-old transgender woman. Garcia helps LGBT immigrants stay in the U.S. and avoid persecution…
There is blood on hands of those who demanded dead cops
Leave your thoughts“What do we want?” drones the blood chant. “Dead cops!” comes the reply. Done. Thus does rhetoric have consequences. There…
President Obama creates Task Force on 21st Century Policing, STLs Brittany Packnett among members
Leave your thoughtsObama appoints task force on police practices
Leave your thoughtsPresident Obama appointed members of a task force Thursday assigned to recommend police practices that can improve relations between officers…
Treading Water: Renters in Post-Sandy New York City
Leave your thoughtsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the New York City region on October 29, 2012 and within a matter…
Medicaid incluirá servicios para transgéneros de NY
Leave your thoughtsTratamiento de terapia hormonal y cirugía de reasignación de género serían costeados a través del programa de salud. El gobernador…
Islip officials frustrated with pace of Clemente Park cleanup approval by state
Leave your thoughtsTown of Islip officials yesterday questioned what they called a lack of progress in getting state Department of Environmental Conservation…
City issues first sick-leave violations
Leave your thoughtsThe city has issued violations to a half-dozen businesses for failing to comply with the new paid-sick-leave law — the…
Organizaciones piden participar en proceso de limpieza
Leave your thoughtsEnvían carta a DEC para formar parte de grupo de trabajo comunitario. Las recomendaciones del Departamento de Conservación Ambiental, que…