New York has always been a city defined by neighborhoods. Each of the Five Boroughs has a character. When you get right down to it, every block in every one of those boroughs is a community to itself. Even if it isn’t a city known for neighborly friendliness, most folks know that someone on the […]
Hundreds if not thousands of social workers in New York took to the streets in the wake of the police killings of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and George Floyd. The senseless murders they protested were just the tip of the iceberg: police violence, in particular against minority and impoverished parts of the population, is common
New York is the bold new face of the American bail reform movement today. Add that to the list of the many other innovations and social justice efforts where New York leads the way. Bail reform across the country seeks to remove the economic injustice of cash bail and bond requirements from pre-trial incarceration decisions.
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