Civil Rights
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‘Gravediggers of public housing’: Tenants disrupt NYCHA meeting
NYCHA’s board voted Wednesday to demolish, sell, or convert 1,763 apartments citywide, part of a shift away from traditional public housing that residents say amounts to displacement and privatization.
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Legal protection expires for Haitians and Syrians, exposing thousands to ICE
Temporary Protected Status has ended for Haitians and Syrians in New York, and Salvadorans could be next.
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Report reveals New York’s prison system plagued by racialized abuse, cover-ups
A new 277-page review found racialized abuse reported at rates as high as 79% and a staged cover-up after guards killed Messiah Nantwi.
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‘End the torture’: Home care workers stage sit-in outside Julie Menin’s home
Speaker Menin vowed to end the 24-hour shift for everyone. Workers say her rewrite excludes union members from that protection.
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Rochester man sues DHS after agents tracked him for criticizing ICE
David Streever fired off an angry email in January comparing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s former leader to a Nazi official. Five months later, federal agents showed up at his home and followed him to a hotel while he was traveling with his 7-year-old daughter.
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Families demand accountability as Trump admin pushes NYC hospitals to abandon trans youth
NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian cut gender-affirming care for trans youth under federal pressure. When prosecutors subpoenaed patients’ medical records, families and LGBTQ+ allies fought back.
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United Nations calls NYC’s 24-hour home care workday ‘torture’ as New York’s officials stall to act
Immigrant women home care workers say they’ve been exploited for decades. Now the United Nations agrees.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won’t give Juneteenth off unless union workers give up another holiday
Workers and civil rights advocates push back as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blocks paid time off for the holiday for the fourth time.
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How a loophole helping New York hedge funds exploit the Global South might finally close
The New York State Senate has passed the Champerty Fix Act, a bill to close a 20-year-old loophole that lets vulture funds sue the world’s poorest countries for profit in New York courts. Now it heads to the Assembly.
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New York lawmakers, organizers visit NJ ICE facility as hunger strike continues
US Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Wednesday, where roughly 300 detainees have refused food and work for five days over squalid conditions inside the facility.
