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SNAP Is Funded Again. States Still Have to Deal With Trump’s New Eligibility Restrictions.
With the government shutdown ended and funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assured through September 2026, millions of Americans are about to start getting regular food aid again. But the strain on the nation’s largest anti-hunger program isn’t going to let up entirely, and more of the burden is about to shift to the […]
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US Tennis Association Sues NYC Over Queens Casino Plan
The United States Tennis Association National Tennis Center sued New York City on Wednesday, accusing the Eric Adams administration of violating the terms of its long-term lease on the National Tennis Center in order to aid Mets owner Steve Cohen in his plans for a nearby Queens casino. The center, which runs the US Open […]
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Brooklyn DA Backs Reduced Sentence for Notorious Child Molester
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is backing a bid to re-sentence a prominent counselor in the Hasidic Jewish community who was originally sentenced to 103 years in prison for repeatedly abusing an adolescent girl. The move to support leniency for the counselor, Nechemya Weberman, has alarmed advocates for abuse survivors as the long-running case returns […]
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Dozens of Electeds Call on Tisch to OK Disciplinary Proceeding Against Cop in Fatal Shooting
Elected officials, advocates and family members of a 37-year-old man who was gunned down years ago by an off-duty cop urged NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Thursday to let the officer’s disciplinary trial proceed, calling it an important test of her willingness to hold officers accountable. They did so in person outside police headquarters in […]
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Rikers-Reform Fight Awaits Mamdani as Advocates Release Jails ‘Blueprint’
While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutter Rikers Island and shrink the city’s jail population. Now, as he prepares to take office in just over a month and a half, a coalition of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers, family members and advocates are demanding that Mamdani make good on […]
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