melinda katz Archives

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Defensores y abogados dijeron que la mayoría de las personas que se enfrentan a cargos por trabajo sexual en Queens son inmigrantes, cuyos procedimientos de inmigración y capacidad para encontrar…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Jan 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Investigations Justice Labor

The Immigrant Sex Workers Caught Up in ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’

Advocates and defense attorneys said the majority of people facing a prostitution charge under the city’s crackdown in Queens are immigrants, whose immigration proceedings and ability to find better jobs…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

07

Nov 2023

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged

“The district attorney decides who to charge with crimes, what crimes to charge, what length of sentence to seek, and what, if any, alternatives to incarceration they will offer. Despite…

ByClaire Stottlemyer 0Comments

07

Nov 2023

Government Politics

It’s Election Day in NYC. Who’s On the Ballot?

In Tuesday’s general election, there are 35 City Council races with more than one candidate on the ballot, as well as contests for Queens District Attorney, Civil Court, Surrogate and…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Government Justice

El largo camino hacia la justicia para las víctimas del robo de salarios en Nueva York

Más de tres años después de que 15 trabajadoras de una lavandería presentaran su primera denuncia ante Letitia James, la fiscal general de Nueva York, las empleadas -todas ellas mujeres…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: The Queens DA Race and the State of Police Reform

The weekly WBAI public affairs show gets an update on the recount in the Queens Democratic district attorney primary and checks in with a top advocacy group about where criminal-justice…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Late Addition to Rockaway Plan Stirs Concerns at Queens BP Hearing

At eight o’clock the night before Melinda Katz’s hearing, the de Blasio administration announced changes to the rezoning.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

Trabajadoras sexuales inmigrantes en medio de la “Operación Restaurar Roosevelt”

The Immigrant Sex Workers Caught Up in ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’

Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged

It’s Election Day in NYC. Who’s On the Ballot?

El largo camino hacia la justicia para las víctimas del robo de salarios en Nueva York

Max & Murphy: The Queens DA Race and the State of Police Reform

Late Addition to Rockaway Plan Stirs Concerns at Queens BP Hearing

Newsletter

Trabajadoras sexuales inmigrantes en medio de la “Operación Restaurar Roosevelt”

The Immigrant Sex Workers Caught Up in ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’

Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged

It’s Election Day in NYC. Who’s On the Ballot?

El largo camino hacia la justicia para las víctimas del robo de salarios en Nueva York

Max & Murphy: The Queens DA Race and the State of Police Reform

Late Addition to Rockaway Plan Stirs Concerns at Queens BP Hearing

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