Newyork
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City Council Likely to Limit Criminal Background Checks by Landlords
For years, advocates have pushed to limit how New York City landlords can use criminal records to screen tenants.
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The Mayor Calls Solitary a Safety Measure. They Call It Torture.
Prolonged periods of being locked up alone can cause heart disease and mental health problems, experts say. Backers say the…
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New York City Is Set to End Most Uses of Solitary Confinement
The City Council vote has highlighted a broader debate over whether solitary confinement is torture or a legitimate form of…
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He Was Wrongly Convicted of Killing Her Father. She Set Out to Free Him.
Karen Dannett stared at her computer screen on June 9, 2014, and thought about what she might write. Finally, she…
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New York City, for Some Jews, Feels Newly Tense
Tovah Feldshuh was sitting on the subway recently, headed uptown, when she encountered something she had never witnessed in her…
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Field Trips Today: Museums, but Also Wastewater Plants
Though school trips have evolved as science curriculums have changed, 400,000 children still flock to the American Museum of Natural…
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Ex-N.Y.P.D. Officer Sentenced to 22 Months for Her Role in Jan. 6 Riot
Sara Carpenter slapped a police officer while wielding a tambourine when former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol,…
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New York to Consider Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved People
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will create the nation’s second statewide task force to examine possible reparations for…
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A New Push to Improve Mental Health Care for Homeless New Yorkers
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, is calling for more treatment teams and psychiatric beds to address a mental health…
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Will These Contentious Bills Become Law in New York?
The proposals include one that would ban noncompete agreements and another that would consider the possibility of paying reparations to…