City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

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City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters

By Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Aspects and Angles / shutterstock.com  Mayor Eric Adams says he hopes to meet with president-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar.” But meanwhile his team is getting government troops away from immigrants vulnerable to deportation. New York City officials are racing to scale back the use of National Guard […]

The NYPD’s Policy of Handcuffing Nearly Everyone Arraigned Violates Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

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The NYPD’s Policy of Handcuffing Nearly Everyone Arraigned Violates Civil Rights, Lawsuit Alleges

By Reuven Blau, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Ron Adar / shutterstock.com The city’s largest public defender group says the practice of restraining people accused of nonviolent crimes behind their backs for initial court appearances is dehumanizing and prejudicial. The NYPD’s relatively new policy of handcuffing almost all people during their first court appearance unfairly violates […]