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Despite the extraordinarily low crime levels and the near total absence of drugs from the city’s public discourse these days, nearly a quarter of a million people in New York…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Government Justice

A Cop’s Death Accelerates the City’s War on Crack

On Feb. 26, 1988, members of a drug gang murdered a 22-year-old rookie police of?cer named Edward Byrne, who was sitting guard in a patrol car outside the home of…

BySean Gardiner 3Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Cocaine: A Club Drug Becomes Enemy No. 1

Sometime in 1975, Colombian drug dealers, who were already well established in the world’s marijuana market with their high-grade Colombian Gold, wrested control of the cocaine importation business from Cuban…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Heroin: From the Civil War to the 70s, and Beyond

The heroin story of the 1990s was ignored, by and large, until it became so popular that some among the white celebrity set developed addictions that subsequently received a good…

BySean Gardiner 2Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Soldiers, Prisoners, Casualties—A Drug War's Characters

Just because the drug trade and the law enforcement crusade against it aren’t as obvious as they were in the past doesn’t mean drugs and the war against them have…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Government

Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument

In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2008

Uncategorized

Advocates Work With U.N. For Civil Rights At Home

After a trip to Geneva, activists find that a local bill to advance “human dignity and equality” is moving forward in City Council this week.

ByCarolyn Whelan 0Comments

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Dec 2007

Justice

CONTRACTING FOR CHANGE: ACS CHALLENGES PROVIDERS

Amid likely budget cuts and threats to valued programs, the Administration for Children’s Services is forging ahead in remaking its delivery of services.