To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.
At peaceful gatherings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, the signs, scenes and shouts spoke for themselves.
Judicial posts, important though they are, rarely see much campaigning or media coverage and are usually omitted from voters’ guides.
While advocates are happy they won this concession, it only applies to the June 23 primary. A lawsuit to make absentee voting in future elections accessible is ongoing.
There were concerns that a sudden influx of people into the city’s jails could exacerbate the spread of coronavirus among those detained.
Bincheng Mao launched the East Coast Coalition for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (ECC) with some college friends, calling for young people to come fight against racism.
As the crowd surged east, filling the block, one of the lead organizers beckoned his fellow marchers to stay close together. ‘We’re going to take the highway,’ he said.
There appears to be no accurate record of how many people per month or per year require the services of an interpreter to exercise their right to access to justice.
Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.
Los defensores dicen que hay un déficit en el número de intérpretes para algunos idiomas, pero el coordinador de la oficina de acceso a idiomas dice que “no hay escasez. Hay una necesidad”.
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