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May 16, 2012
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Stop-and-frisk lawsuit gets class status
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A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging the New York Police Department unlawfully targeted blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk crime reduction program.
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NYC Council passes banking bill
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The New York City Council passed a bill requiring banks receiving billions in municipal funds to detail their lending practices, including mortgages and foreclosures, in struggling neighborhoods.
May 14, 2012
23:00
Senate Dems Look to Nat'l Issues for Help
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Redistricting, corruption trials and the rise of a breakaway faction of Democrats willing to put up candidates to challenge incumbents. In spite of the bad news, Senate Democrats hold out hope.
May 07, 2012
23:00
Cuomo Proposes a New Agency to Help Disabled
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation on Monday that would create a new state agency to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and neglect of disabled people.
May 06, 2012
23:00
Council Politics Taint Discretionary Funding
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A new study says that politics play too large a role in how the City Council's discretionary funds are divided among its members.
May 02, 2012
23:00
Critics Attack Influence of the Committee to Save New York
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly decried the influence of money in politics but he has been the beneficiary of one group's intense spending. Jonathan Camhi looks at the Committee to Save New York.
May 01, 2012
23:00
State Legisalture Battles Over Minimum Wage Increase
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NYC isn't the only place for wage debates as state legislators are in the grips of a clash over a minimum wage increase.
April 30, 2012
23:00
Quinn Presses Ahead on Living Wage
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Council Speaker Christine Quinn took her sharpest stance against the Mayor yet passing a Living Wage bill he has promised to veto all the while defending the Mayor to his critics.
April 26, 2012
23:00
Federal Reports Warn of Staff Shortages at DEC
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Federal reports warn of staffing shortages at the Department of Environmental Conservation in areas that are "critical to protecting public health."
April 20, 2012
23:00
In Our Backyards is using crowd funding ...
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In Our Backyards is using crowd funding and neighborhood volunteers to kickstart local green projects.

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