Get Tough On Sex Offenders, Councilmembers Urge
By AVRIL REGIS City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other officials proposed Tuesday a plan to increase jail time and toughen laws for sexual predators. …[read more]
Month: October 2012
Madoff Aides Indicted on More Fraud Charges
By RYAN SIT Additional charges, some dating back to the 1970’s, were brought against longtime employees of Bernard Madoff in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday, …[read more]
Quinn Moves to Boost Local Small Businesses
By NAKIA COPELAND City Council speaker Christine Quinn and the Bloomberg Administration announced Tuesday several measures to boost local small businesses, including abolishing automatic fines …[read more]
Pain Pill Abuse on the Rise in Long Island, Officials Say
By CONOR FEBOS A recovering heroin addict told stories Tuesday of pain pill abuse that nearly took her life, as officials focused on the growing …[read more]
NYCLU Charges Prisoners Put in Solitary for Minor Offenses
By STEPHANIE BERZON The New York Civil Liberties Union today accused the state Department of Corrections of overusing solitary confinement in New York prisons even …[read more]
Survivor of Brooklyn Gang Shooting Says He Chose Snitching Over Murder
By GILBERTE SAINT-PRIEUX & AVRIL REGIS The surviving victim of a gang shooting three years ago testified Tuesday in a Brooklyn courthouse that he did …[read more]