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Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bratton at a June street renaming to honor Detective Rafael Ramos, one of the police officers killed in 2014.

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Workplace Deaths in NYC Hit Six-Year High in 2014

Jarrett Murphy | December 17, 2015

The 78 fatalities marked a 39 percent increase over 2013 but the tally was still far below those of the worst years for worker deaths.

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Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

Lynn Ellsworth | December 17, 2015

The looming City Council debate about the mayor’s rezoning proposals should grapple with a deeper question: Should New York accept a future as a hyper-dense metropolis, or try to recapture a human-scaled city?

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Heavy Burdens and Unfair Fights in Immigration Courts

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

Far from the debate over immigration on the campaign trail, the reality of U.S. policy plays out in immigration courthouses, where lawyers can be hard to come by, detention without a hearing is the norm and the judge you’re assigned can be the difference between deportation or a right to stay.

On the Border of Justice

Immigrants’ Fates Depend on Access to Lawyers

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

Statistics show the whether or not an immigrant is detained during their case, and whether or not they have a lawyer, have enormous bearing on outcomes in immigration court. New York City is leading an effort to make the system more just.

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Immigration Court Crisis Weighs on Lawyers, Families

Batya Ungar-Sargon | December 17, 2015

The courtrooms where immigration justice plays out in and near New York City are where overtaxed lawyers, desperate families and shackled inmates bear the human weight of a broken system.

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