‘Many vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness or in need of other services are shuttled into the criminal justice system in a cruel and costly revolving door, often leaving them rightfully distrustful of social services providers.’
Election 2021
Maya Wiley Pledges to Transform Policing. But Her Work in NYPD Oversight Left Some Disappointed.
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The mayoral hopeful spent a little more than a year as chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, where former staffers who spoke with City Limits say she did not improve the dysfunctional agency in tangible ways.
nyc council races
Five Democrats Look to Flip Queens’ Last GOP Council Seat Blue
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Council District 32 has had Republican representation since 2009. Five Democrats are running June 22 for a chance to turn the seat blue, while two Republican candidates hope to keep the district under GOP control.
COVID-19
ICE no está dando cifras sobre cuántos inmigrantes detenidos han sido vacunados en Nueva York
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Luego de una extensa batalla legal que ha tenido varias etapas, ahora ICE no quiere dar información básica sobre cuántos detenidos han sido vacunados o cuántos han recibido la primera dosis. Esto es lo que City Limits ha podido averiguar.
COVID-19
ICE Won’t Say How Many Immigrants Have Been Vaccinated at New York’s Largest Detention Facility
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After an extensive legal battle over its handling of COVID-19 at detention facilities, ICE will not provide basic information on how many detainees have been vaccinated at its Buffalo (Batavia) Center upstate. Here’s what City Limits has been able to find out.
Justice
Opinion: NYC Needs a Better Process for Holding Prosecutors Accountable
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‘We must remove prosecutors as the gatekeepers to making right the wrongs they inflicted in the past.’
Podcast: El Diario Sin Límites
Beneficiarios de DACA de vuelta a la Oficina Oval
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El 14 de mayo pasado, el presidente Joe Biden se reunió en la Casa Blanca con seis Dreamers, es decir, seis participantes que hacen parte de la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia o DACA. Hablamos con uno de ellos.
policing
Opinion: Close the Loophole that Lets Police Handcuff Women in Labor
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‘The NYPD updated their patrol guide to prohibit restraining arrestees in labor. But the policy will not be worth the paper it is printed on unless the NYPD educates officers. And if the department needs help, I will volunteer myself to visit each precinct with a bullhorn to hammer it home.’
Podcast: El Diario Sin Límites
¿Cómo ha sido el proceso de reunificación de familias inmigrantes y qué hacer si una familia fue separada?
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Para hablar sobre cómo ha sido el proceso de reunificación de familias inmigrantes invitamos a Amari Verastegui, asistente legal de las poblaciones vulnerables en La Red Católica de Inmigración Legal (Catholic Legal Immigration Network o CLINIC por sus siglas en inglés), una de las organizaciones que ayudado en el proceso de reunificar.
Voices of New York
Queens Community Joins Colombian Protests Against Police Brutality
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“I want to honor the lives of the people who are no longer with us, as well as that of those who are fighting in the streets,” one organizer of a solidarity protest in Jackson Heights told Spanish-language news site QueensLatino.
2021 elections
First NYC Mayoral Debate: How Did the Candidates Do?
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Eight Democratic candidates faced off Thursday in the first mayoral debate of the 2021 election, where crime and safety was a central focus of the discussion.