Which members of the state legislature won their seats in special elections? Minutes before State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges yesterday, he resigned from the seat he held after winning a special election in 1994. Now, Gov. Cuomo is expected to announce another special election to choose a new senator for […]
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How often do NYC tech startups survive for the long haul? Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that Cornell University and Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have won the city’s competition to build a new applied sciences school, which will be located on Roosevelt Island. The Mayor shared the stage at the press conference with David Karp, […]
Are people facing deportation entitled to due process? This week, a study in Cardozo Law Review showed that immigrants in New York City facing deportation proceedings frequently do not have lawyers. In the city, 60 percent of detained immigrants do not have counsel by the time their cases are complete, and 27 percent of nondetained […]
