Charles Lane

Republicans want the county executive, comptroller and legislators to be capped at 12 years total.

Richard Zavada and Patrick McCrann pled guilty to steering contracts to vendors in exchange for cash, vacations and college tuition payments.

They said Nassau police disproportionately polices nonwhite people, is not transparent about it’s data, is non-compliant with language access laws and does not have enough non-white police officers.

According to New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s annual report, the MTA’s debt service is expected to grow 55% over the next 10 years.

Nearly 60% of New Yorkers think the state’s bail laws have made crime worse and only a third think the most recent changes will decrease crime.

It follows major reforms in 2020 that significantly tightened the rules around evidence. Many prosecutors complained the original law went too far, saying some defendants got their charges dismissed because of minor paperwork errors.

According to her 2018 lawsuit, teacher Andrea Bryan was asked to “translate slave talk” and told that a bag of peanuts in the lunchroom was “for whites only.”

The $5,000 per semester scholarship is open to Black, African American or Caribbean American descendants of enslaved people.

Cameras have picked up many vehicles blowing by stopped school buses, and captured a motorist hitting a child and dozens more close calls.

Connecticut homeowners will see the largest share of sharp increases with 11% of homes facing increases of $100 a month or more.