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Category Archives: Legislation Tracking
Common Core Faces Battle in New York City
The federal government is facing stiff resistance around the country as it attempts to implement core curriculum. This new curriculum is aimed at standardizing education across state lines and raising educational achievement. Although some states have rejected the proposal based … Continue reading
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Cash-Strapped City Agencies Selling Land
With less tax revenue and less help from the federal government, a lot of NYC’s branches of government are getting fiscally creative. Libraries, schools and other government-owned properties are being sold as a way to infuse cash into severely impoverished … Continue reading
NYPD Reaches Out to At Risk Youth
The NYPD is piloting a new program aimed at keeping youthful offenders away from a life of crime. This new program, which is equal parts police work and social service, is aimed at the highest risk teenagers, ones who have … Continue reading
City Rethinking Litigation Strategy
New York City has been trying out a new legislative strategy to deal with civil rights lawsuits it deems weak or frivolous. Civil rights suits typically deal with false arrest, excessive police force, and discrimination. Previously the city would try … Continue reading
Day Laborers Asserting Rights Post-Sandy
Although Hurricane Sandy will end up costing the city untold sums, some people have seen their skills become more valuable in a post-storm economy. Day laborers are in high demand, and they are using their new found scarcity to rally … Continue reading
Lower East Side 7-11 Sparks Controversy
We have spoken in the past about gentrification and transformation in some of the city’s most historic neighborhoods. These concerns are coming to light in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where a 7-11 is slated to open in the … Continue reading
Cellphone Searches Under Scrutiny
We have discussed in the past how legislative bill tracking in New York City often mirrors national legislation. As a growing number of local police forces ask the courts for more clear directives regarding seized or stolen cellphones and the … Continue reading
Legalized Marijuana for New York?
Elections always bring a fair share of bills and new legal precedents to contend with. This election season was notably light on measures for the public to vote on in New York. Instead, the big news came from three separate … Continue reading
Last Legal Challenge to New York: Same-Sex Marriage Law Rejected
The last legal challenge to New York’s same-sex marriage bill officially died last week as the New York Court of Appeals rejected the challenge to the law by conservative groups. The conservative groups who led the charge acknowledge that they … Continue reading
Masked Protests Going to Court
A law dating back to 1845 will be scrutinized in an upcoming legal battle. The law, which states it is illegal for three or more masked people to stage a protest, has been invoked in the past to break up … Continue reading
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