The languages served will be Russian, Yiddish, Haitian Creole, Polish and Italian. One site will serve Russian and Arabic speakers. There are already Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Bangla interpreters at many sites.
Inadequate salaries for public defenders and junior prosecutors lead to a system staffed by less skilled and experienced attorneys and potentially worse outcomes on both sides.
‘The issue is more nuanced than the common portrayal of a statewide, across-the-board teacher shortage crisis. Any effective solution must begin with a more accurate understanding of the problem.’
Andrew Cuomo has focused a lot of money and attention on infrastructure. Whether the city’s transit system has received sufficient love from the gov is a matter of much dispute.