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Essex County Drops ICE Amid Growing Public Pressure
However, County commissioners will replace ICE revenue by housing inmates from neighboring Union County.
Dear Billy,I’m fully vaxxed. I’m in my mid-40s and in good health but going back out into the world…
Rezoning Revamp: Neighborhood Groups Wary of Speaker Johnson’s Top-Down Process
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has introduced legislation to revamp the city’s 46-year-old process for making land-use decisions. The…
Support our Troupes: Workers at Smaller Theaters Win Pay & Labor Equity
As of April 2, entertainment venues in New York have the green light to resume operations at 33% capacity,…
Poor Queer Studies Enters Daily Life
It’s a well-documented fact that the US system of higher education steers all but the most exceptional Black, Brown…
Why Americans Can’t Have Nice Things
In the summer of 2010, 15-year-old Dekendrix Warner slipped down a clay-surfaced bank in a shallow recreation area in…
Courting The Left in Manhattan DA’s Race
Three decarceral candidates are vying to replace Cy Vance. But will Wall Street’s favorite prevail over a fractured field?
Alice Neel: Painting People Left Out of the Picture
In a world that viewed portrait painting as an affectation of the rich, Alice Neel (1900-1984) believed all people…
Since Dec. 14, 2020, over 127 million people across the United States have received at least one dose of…
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