No matter what your take is on the public advocate’s signature plan, the attacks on it reveal how much more acceptable it has become to talk about haves and have-nots in the city.
New York is one of only two states that regularly tries 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. Efforts to reform the system have run into opposition.
A Foster has held the 16th district Council seat since 1978. Now term limits are forcing a change, and a crowded field is vying for the opening.
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