Age Justice
Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors
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Provider after provider, several with tears in their eyes, expressed dismay at the city’s inadequate reimbursement rate for meals.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
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As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers
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‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
Age Justice
Alarm Over Proposed Cuts to State Program Overseeing Home-Health Aides
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Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Hudson Valley Lawmaker on Commuter Concerns About Congestion Pricing
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‘We have to make sure we make the investments throughout the MTA region if were going be successful,’ Sen. David Carlucci told the WBAI program. ‘We also have to address the issue of double tolling.’
The Max & Murphy Show
Max & Murphy: Corey Johnson Defends His Plan to Put NYC in Charge of NYC Transit
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‘I want to have substantive conversation about that with the governor and with the state legislature, and not have it just be dismissed out of hand.’
ACD
Opinion: Loophole Means Criminal Charges Set to be Dismissed Still Upend Lives in NYS
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An ‘ACD’ is a common mechanism in our criminal legal system to dismiss and seal all charges. But while pending, the charges are accessible to the public – including employers.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams on His Win, His Past and the Mayor
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The WBAI hosts break down the results from the special election for public advocate and speak to winner Jumaane Williams about his victory and his next steps.
2020
Max & Murphy: Bill de Blasio … Presidential Candidate?
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Go ahead and diss Hizzoner’s apparent flirtation with a run for the highest office in the land. Just do it for the right reasons.
Age Justice
A Snapshot of Poverty Among Older NYers Shows Pockets of Deep Need
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While the poverty rate among older New Yorkers declined slightly, a massive surge in the over-65 population meant more people were living in poverty. In some areas, the poverty problem grew more serious.