Correction’s Tax ‘Problem’

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Correction’s Tax ‘Problem’
A recent ruling by a Federal judge has placed the city on the defensive regarding allegations that it employed a double standard in disciplining correction officers who tried to evade paying taxes.
More than a decade ago, a Department of Investigation probe [...]

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Family of Slain Student Thanks Gothamist Readers

Family of Slain Student Thanks Gothamist Readers

Glen Wright

Given the sometimes scurrilous nature of anonymous website commentary, it’s often regrettable when the families of victims read blog posts about deceased loved ones. So we’re relieved that the comments on Gothamist’s coverage of the devastating mistaken-identity murder of 21-year-old Glen Wright have been heartfelt. Wright, beloved [...]

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Hit Mayor’s Lack of Recall About FDNY Bias Issues

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Hit Mayor’s Lack of Recall About FDNY Bias IssuesDeposed in Vulcans’ Test SuitBy ARI PAUL
MAYOR BLOOMBERG: On hot seat over FDNY test.“The answers of a politician.”
That’s how Richard Levy, a lawyer for the Vulcan Society of black firefighters, [...]

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66% of all persons sentenced to life are non-white, and 77% of juveniles serving life sentences are non-white.

July 22, 2009 (USA Today, New York Times)
The Sentencing Project Releases National Report: 1 in 11 Prisoners Serving Life Sentences

A new report released by The Sentencing Project finds a record 140,610 individuals are now serving life sentences in state and federal prisons, 6,807 of whom were juveniles at the time of the crime. In [...]

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NY offers online driving class

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newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–onlinedrivingcour0524may24,0,4555553.storyNewsday.comClick and save: NY offers online driving class
May 24, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y.
New Yorkers who pay about $50 to drive down a cartoon road on their computers can save hundreds of dollars off their car insurance.
Under a program launched this month, New York joins 26 other states that [...]

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Data show minority juveniles arrested more often

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Data show minority juveniles arrested more often
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated Press Writer
May 21, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y.

 
With data showing black and Hispanic juveniles in New York arrested, detained and confined to custody far more often than whites, state officials are looking for ways to reduce that disproportion.
Data show minority children statewide are arrested almost twice as often [...]

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Paterson Is Said to Seek Deal in Drug Law Revision

Paterson Is Said to Seek Deal in Drug Law Revision
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Gov. David A. Paterson will introduce legislation this week that would roll back the state’s tough drug sentencing statues, known as the Rockefeller drug laws, by restoring significant power to judges in sentencing first-time, nonviolent drug offenders, a senior administration official said.
But the [...]

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PRISON PANEL CALLS FOR ‘REVOKING’ PAROLE

City Limits WEEKLYWeek of: February 9, 2009Number: 674

PRISON PANEL CALLS FOR ‘REVOKING’ PAROLE

The governor’s Sentencing Commission garnered attention for its call to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Less noticed was its call for practically eliminating discretionary releases from state prisons. > By Jarrett Murphy

When the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform [...]

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Billy Mitchell, Apollo Theater Historian

Billy Mitchell, Apollo Theater Historian
 Last month, the Apollo Theater kicked off its 75th anniversary season by announcing a wide-ranging program of performances, projects dedicated to the venue’s history and opportunities for the community to interact with the legendary space. One person closely associated with the Apollo is Billy Mitchell, its in-house historian who has been [...]

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SODOMY COP BEGS ‘PARDON’

SODOMY COP BEGS ‘PARDON’
LOUIMA ATTACKER ASKS BUSH FOR JAIL RELEASE

By MURRAY WEISS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDITOR

UNFORGIVEN: Disgraced cop Justin Volpe has served 12 of his 30 years in jail for sodomizing Abner Louima (inset) with a broomstick in a Brooklyn station house.

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