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City Plans to Build, Renovate Jails

Jul 11, 2011

Photo by Videot The city is renovating the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue near Brooklyn Heights but has abandoned plans to expand the facility. (To read about Gov. Cuomo's prison

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:23 AM)

 

'Who's Your Daddy' and the Laws of Marriage

Jun 21, 2011

< Photo by Joao Saidler Like marriage itself, the laws of marriage are in constant flux. But one thing that has not changed is that a child born to a married woman

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:37 PM)

 

Bloomberg Pushes For Control Of Juvenile Justice System

May 16, 2011

Photo provided by New York Public Library New York State reformatory, plumbing shop, circa 1921. Every year New York City sends of its most troubled teens hundreds of miles away, Far from

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:40 PM)

 

Concerns Raised over City Role in Deporting Immigrants

May 04, 2011

Photo by Craig Hennecke Karen Barrueto created this artwork after visiting someone in a federal detention center for immigrants in south Texas. Growing up in Mexico City, Ricardo Muniz dreamed about being

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:22 AM)

 

Prosecutors Grapple with Marijuana Arrests

Mar 29, 2011

Photo (cc) Curtis Gregory Perry Several years ago in a private conversation, a Fire Department paramedic explained the tension between the New York Police Department and EMS when their units respond

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:22 AM)

 

Slicing the Fire Department

Mar 11, 2011

Photo (cc) xiaming In 2009, it was 16. In both 2010 and 2011, the magic number grew to 20. For the past three years, the Bloomberg administration has threatened

Last Updated (Wednesday, March 21, 2012 02:04 PM)

 

Court Considers Who's Responsible for False Confession

Mar 04, 2011

Photo (cc) mwalshhme What happens when a man says he's guilty of murder, but state-of-the-art-science says he's not? That is the question the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court,

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:22 AM)

 

Building a Better Buildings Department

Feb 23, 2011

Photo by Jason Kuffer The Department of Buildings had issued 13 violations for this Manhattan site where a 2008 crane collapse killed seven people. The tragic deaths this month of two veteran

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 08:01 AM)