What Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety does in the aftermath of tragedy
Some elected officials are still waiting to see the effects of the mayor’s gun violence prevention plans.
Criminal justice reform advocates push against judges’ recertification
Like the rest of the judicial system, the process for approving judges to serve past 70 is opaque.
Hochul to select man she granted clemency to help oversee state prisons
Alexander Dockery’s nomination is one of a number the state Senate will need to vote on before session ends.
Opinion: Don’t let the late budget block priorities like banning ‘excited delirium’
There are only a few days left in the legislative session to ban this racist pseudoscience.
Opinion: The light that shines behind the prison walls
Without external scrutiny, the state prison system will return to a state of opacity where inefficiency and neglect go unnoticed until it is too late, and too expensive, to fix.
Opinion: Why does New York shackle women during labor?
The Anti-Shackling bill and CARE Act would ensure we treat all pregnant New Yorkers, including those in police custody or incarcerated, with the care they and their newborns deserve.