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Adams discusses gun laws on The View

By Morgan C. Mullings

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City Hall protesters urge NYC prosecutors to do more to review possible wrongful conviction cases

By Dean Moses

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Supreme Court spurns Catholic hospital appeal over transgender patient

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley, Reuters

‘When did you become God?’ Protesters press Bronx DA Clark to act as Rikers Island death toll hits 14

By Dean Moses

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White House blocks Trump attempt to withhold documents related to Jan 6 attack

By Jan Wolfe, Reuters

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NYPD touts drop in murders, shootings in September – but rates remains far higher than before COVID-19 pandemic

By Robert Pozarycki

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies

By Lawrence Hurley and Nate Raymond, Reuters

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Supreme Court’s Sotomayor allows New York school vaccine mandate

By Andrew Chung, Reuters

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de Blasio touts faster inmate processing time on Rikers Island as sign of easing crisis

By Robert Pozarycki

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Hochul allows more virtual court hearings to free up Rikers Island staff

By Kevin Duggan

Queens

Shea breaks with de Blasio on decarcerating Rikers Island, says inmates ‘deserve to stay’

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

The week ahead: de Blasio on the clock for promised trip to problem-plagued Rikers Island

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

After NYC jail officials ignored suicide prevention plan, five detainees took their own lives

By Reuven Blau, THE CITY

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‘Torture island’: Calls grow louder for mayor to shutter Rikers, address inhumane conditions

By Dean Moses

Queens

De Blasio sparing rod, offering spoils for Rikers Island corrections cops working triple duty

By Robert Pozarycki

Gracie Mansion protesters urge de Blasio to act over latest Rikers Island inmate death

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Biden administration seeks to lift U.S. refugee cap to 125,000

By Mica Rosenberg and Lisa Lambert, Reuters

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After latest Rikers Island death, de Blasio acknowledges more improvements coming

By Morgan C. Mullings

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Op-ed | ‘Less is More’ act may mean more trouble than its worth

By Thomas Kenniff

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De Blasio pledges to visit chaotic Rikers Island before his term is up

By Ben Brachfeld

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Emergency plan aims to help inmates, NYC ‘get the hell’ off Rikers Island: de Blasio

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens

‘I just witnessed an attempted suicide’: Elected officials shaken during latest Rikers Island visit

By Dean Moses

Business

Newest eviction moratorium takes effect in NY as Hochul signs special session bill

By Robert Pozarycki

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De Blasio, women’s leaders condemn ‘dystopian’ Texas abortion ban, SCOTUS ignorance

By Robert Pozarycki

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