Youth activists march through St. George to site of Eric Garner’s death
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 100 youth activists marched from Borough Hall to the Bay Street spot where Eric…
Category: Policing and Criminal Justice
Crime and Punishment Have Both Plummeted in Bushwick
Leave your thoughtsAbove: Officers from the 83rd Precinct on an Easter visit to see sick kids at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Crime.…
Albany votes to legalize e-bikes days after green-lighting driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Leave your thoughtsState lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would legalize e-bikes and e-scooters in New York City after a deal was reached…
Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Driver’s Licenses
Leave your thoughtsAs a single father, there’s nothing more important to me than my daughter’s well-being. When she’s sick or has a…
Allowing undocumented immigrants access to driver’s licenses would be boon for both New York and New Jersey, study says
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — Allowing nearly 1.2 million driving age immigrants in the tri-state area access to driver’s licenses could fatten the…
Activists hope to put pressure on banks that finance Homestead migrant detention center
Leave your thoughtsCritics of the Homestead detention center for unaccompanied migrant children have hung signs in the trees expressing their contempt for…
This Is How Sex Workers Will Change the Law
Leave your thoughtsMore than 100 sex workers, trafficking survivors, and advocates traveled to Albany, New York, on Tuesday to lobby state lawmakers…
DA Candidates Stake Out Positions on Sex Work Decriminalization
Leave your thoughtsJennifer Orellana, a transgender woman and former sex worker from Jackson Heights, asked six of the seven announced candidates for…
New York Sex Workers Are Working to Decriminalize Their Trade
Leave your thoughtsBianey García arrived in New York City from Mexico in January 2005, 14 years old, alone and without a warm…
‘The Police Act Like We Are Nothing’
Leave your thoughtsA new coalition of people in the sex trades wants New York to become the first state to fully decriminalize…