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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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Jun 2009

Justice

Ecuadorians In NYC Mull A Migration Home

Ecuadorian immigrants living in New York weigh incentives to return home amid the city’s economic downturn.

ByAndrew Silverstein 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Government

Second In Command: The Veteran's Case

In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2009

Economy

After 'Rock' Reform: System Still Needs Help

The state’s drug laws are improved — but prisons still have ‘a huge feeder system called the criminal justice system in the state of New York,’ says John Jay Prof.…

ByDemetria Irwin 0Comments

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Apr 2009

Government

Eternal Agitation Is The Price of Living Here

Among the many tenants who have toiled to make a Harlem apartment complex livable, one woman fights every day for civilized conditions.

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Apr 2009

Economy Education Housing and Homelessness

The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings

Is the Obama administration causing a New York brain drain?…a fresh face at the New York Urban League…MAS is now headed by a “starchitect”…and more.

ByNekoro Gomes 0Comments

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Apr 2009

Uncategorized

What Will It Take To Alter Makeup of Top Schools?

Efforts to raise the achievement of students of color, and increase their admissions into the city’s competitive high schools, have seen limited success.