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All Three Casino Proposals Hit Jackpot
The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday dealt a winning hand to all three casino applicants vying for a lucrative commercial gaming license, unanimously giving Bally’s Bronx and Hard Rock Metropolitan Park and Resorts World in Queens the final approval needed to operate in New York City. The Bally’s and Resorts World licenses will […]
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Taxpayers Forked Out Another $1.3 Million for Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Defense
New York taxpayers shelled out another $1.3 million since late May to defend former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state police from a sexual discrimination case brought by a trooper he placed on his security detail, according to new figures released by the state comptroller’s office. That brings the state’s costs for the case alone […]
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State Commission Examines Lack of Diversity on Jury Panels
Manhattan public defender Eric Burse remembers the moment a panel of roughly 70 potential jurors filed into a criminal courtroom at 100 Centre St. in Lower Manhattan. He scanned the group quickly seconds before they’d be sworn in. What he saw stopped him cold. “There didn’t appear to be a single Black juror in the […]
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Has Youth Crime in New York Risen After Raise the Age?
This is part of Vital City’s ongoing series dissecting the data on matters of public controversy, especially in the realm of public safety. For more from Vital City, sign up for their newsletter. In April 2017, New York passed “Raise the Age,” a law designed to stop automatically prosecuting 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, making […]
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As U.S. Transit Takes a Dive, MTA Enjoys a Rarity: More Service and Stable Cash Flow
In the San Francisco Bay area, commuters face a series of grim possibilities in 2026: Bay Area Rapid Transit trains that run once an hour, shutdowns of entire lines, no service on weekends. The prospects for riders in and around Philadelphia are also bleak. While a judge’s September order overturned massive service cuts to dozens […]
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