GOVERNMENT
How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Could Affect Defendants in NYC
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Some defendants as recently as three weeks ago accepted plea offers that may not exist under the new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
bottle beach
Next 100 Days: How Park Service Cuts Will Hurt NYC’s Most Neglected Beach
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When most New Yorkers hear about cuts to the National Parks Service, they think about Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon, not the wetlands around Cross Bay Boulevard on the way to the Rockaways or the beach on top of a landfill behind the tollbooths on the Marine Park Bridge.
Brooklyn
Next 100 Days: Proposed Cuts Pit President Trump Against Youth of Cypress Hills
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If you want to understand the likely impact of the president’s proposed cuts to federal programs, you need look no farther than a Brooklyn neighborhood where those initiatives make a daily difference.
Budget
Next100: Cleaning Up the City’s Most Radioactive Block Threatened by Trump’s EPA Cuts
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Wolff-Alport is one of three federally designated Superfund sites in New York City, but unlike the other two, the EPA has yet to find a responsible party who can pay for this cleanup.
Next 100 Days: State Drops Prisoner Medical Move Because of Trump Rhetoric
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Getting prisoners on Medicaid 30 days prior to release would have been a game changer for re-entry services with national implications.