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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

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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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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Jan 2009

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

All Together Now: Toward A Better Land Use Process

An expert in local “progressive community-based planning” explains what that means and how to do it.

ByNicholas Jahr 0Comments

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Nov 2008

Government

Volunteer Shelter Network Up In Arms Over Changes

A proposed reorganization of homeless drop-in centers and overnight beds by the city has advocates crying foul.

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Acorn Led Financial Sector With Warnings on Lending

The national advocacy group appears to deserve recognition for its prudent — and ignored — early advice about home loan practices.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Jul 2008

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Without Enough Money, What's Next For NYCHA?

Could the simple necessity of public housing shape a financially stronger future?

ByKaren Loew 0Comments

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Jul 2008

Government

Sometimes, Even Cops Don't Like Cops Taping Protests

In September 2004, the NYPD issued Interim Order 47, which created a system for police commanders to approve videotaping of protests, requiring merely that the taping have a “permissible operational…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jul 2008

Government

Has Government Transparency Suffered?

The Bloomberg administration has made much of city government more transparent. But the mayor and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly have kept their share of secrets too.

ByBronx News Network 0Comments

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Jul 2008

Government

Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests

During the week of the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NYPD arrested more than 1,800 people for protesting—more than 1,100 of them on one day. As a whole, the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Cocaine: A Club Drug Becomes Enemy No. 1

Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument

After 'Rock' Reform: System Still Needs Help

All Together Now: Toward A Better Land Use Process

Volunteer Shelter Network Up In Arms Over Changes

Acorn Led Financial Sector With Warnings on Lending

Without Enough Money, What's Next For NYCHA?

Sometimes, Even Cops Don't Like Cops Taping Protests

Has Government Transparency Suffered?

Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests

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