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One of the children preparing to visit Albion prison prepares a card for her mother.
Almost three quarters of the 2,422 women in New York state prisons are mothers. In part 1 of a three-part series, we follow one group of children as they travel nearly 400 miles to meet their moms on the inside.
A coalition of elected officials, parents, unions and advocates wants the New York City school system to try more aggressive tactics for saving troubled schools before closing them.
The state’s high court allowed foster children to pursue claims that they were denied services and boosted a case challenging the state’s indigent defense system.
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