An Opening for Defendants’ Rights on New York’s Highest Court
The court’s last term included a slew of cases rolling back defendants’ rights. Progressives hope to reset that trajectory.
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The court’s last term included a slew of cases rolling back defendants’ rights. Progressives hope to reset that trajectory.
Officers trained for the NYPD’s new Neighborhood Safety Teams average nearly double the number of substantiated civilian complaints than the NYPD as a whole.
Two years after the repeal of a state law that kept police performance records secret, documents narrating alleged NYPD abuse are starting to become public. But it could still be years until they’re all released.
Recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police.
As part of an initiative by Mayor Eric Adams, the city has swept the encampment where Jose Hernandez would often sleep nearly 10 times this year.
Twice this year, Kathy Hochul has ordered a State Police-run fusion center to beef up its social media monitoring. Documents show that analysts create fake accounts to do that work.
Adams promised they’d be different. But a roster compiled by New York Focus shows that officers who trained for the new teams allegedly beat, harassed, and illegally arrested people while previously working on plainclothes teams.
“Expect delays, expect secondary screening, expect frustration and expect to miss your train from time to time.”
A bill in the state legislature would prohibit police from interrogating minors before they consulted with a lawyer.
The final budget made changes to bail law, discovery law, pre-arraignment detention, involuntary commitment, and more.