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Crime Falls, but Why -- and at What Cost?

Oct 14, 2009

Photo (cc) Marcos Vasconcelos Photography This is one in a series, to run between now and Election Day, examining Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record in key areas. For more on the mayor's

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:21 AM)

 

New Law Protects Assets During Divorce

Sep 23, 2009

Photo (cc) Angela Rutherford The mere mention or even the thought of divorce often sets off a race to the bank with each spouse trying to get hold of assets ahead

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:30 AM)

 

State Now Protects Jobs of Domestic Violence Victims

Aug 20, 2009

Photo (cc) idoloony Refusing to hire, discharging or in any other way discriminating against a victim of domestic violence in the workplace now violates New York State law. Being a victim

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:29 AM)

 

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Aug 03, 2009

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A Legal Victory for Tenants

Jul 21, 2009

Photo (cc) sardinista "Your aged parents or your home" is not a choice anyone would want to face, especially when your parents are 78 and 80, and your New York apartment

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:28 AM)

 

The Race to Fill Morgenthau's Shoes

Jul 20, 2009

Image by Ya-Hsuan Huang In 1975, U.S. troops finally left Vietnam, a not-yet-20-year-old Bill Gates launched Microsoft, and the Weather Underground and Symbionese Liberation Army were seen as terrorist threats. As

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:41 PM)

 

Parents in Prison, Children in Foster Care

Jul 20, 2009

Photo (cc) Robert Crum Jacob Gunther was just a toddler when the state removed him from his home. But when he finally reconnected with his mother as a teenager, dim memories

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:21 AM)

 

Political Intrigue in a Personal Injury Case

Jun 30, 2009

When Jashar Maliqi, 43, left Kosovo and entered the United States in 2003 via Canada, he possessed no valid documents authorizing him to be in this country. In other words,

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:28 AM)

 

Staying Out of Jail -- and in Upper Manhattan

Jun 08, 2009

Photo (cc) Netream Every year, hundreds of inmates released from New York State prisons return to the streets of upper Manhattan. Many will not remain in the neighborhood for long. Instead,

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:21 AM)

 

New York's Gun Battle

May 18, 2009

Photo (cc) .::LINUZ::. GUNS AND THE MENTALLY ILL On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech Campus. It marked the single largest loss of life

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