More Than a Victory: Hector LaSalle Lessons
The fight over Hector LaSalle’s nomination to NY’s top court discredited the myth of judges as neutral actors. And that’s a good thing.
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New York
Will Supreme Court Scrap NY Rent-Control Laws?
Landlords who want NY’s rent control laws abolished are hoping the Supreme Court will take their case.
Fired Twitter Office Cleaners Denounce Company’s Dirty Labor Practices, Demand Jobs Back
“They want to cut costs on the backs of the most vulnerable workers,” one union leader said during a rally outside Twitter’s NYC headquarters.
Massive Evidence Storage Facility Fire Sheds Light on Sloppy NYPD Practices
The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.
Time to Scrap the Useless Civilian Complaint Review Board
The NYPD Doesn’t Take It Seriously. Neither Should We.
How the New York Democrats’ Midterm Debacle Unfolded and What Comes Next
A cascading series of blunders by leading NY Democrats handed half of Congress to the Republicans. Can the state party’s dysfunction be reversed?
Kingston Rent Guidelines Board Cuts Rents by 15%!
Landlords are outraged by the first-ever rollback.
Students Still Want to Read Books but NYC’s Public School Libraries Are Being Forgotten
Students still want all the magic you can find in a library, yet 60% of NYC schools don’t have one that’s functioning.
Kingston Tenants Win Historic 15% Rent Reduction
A grassroots tenant-organizing victory comes after Orlando and several cities across CA adopted rent control on Tuesday.
A Donald Trump acolyte’s race-baiting campaign shows that he learned a thing or two from his mentor.