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Editorial: Gradual improvement at Rikers not enough when lives are at stake

We commend New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Comptroller Brad Lander for their unannounced visit to the great shame off the coast of Queens: Rikers Island.

Tribune News Service

NYC officials demand credit card giants start tracing gun purchases: ‘Why would you not want to do this?’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and Comptroller Brad Lander are seeking to use the New York City government’s retirement investments as leverage to pressure the credit card industry into launching a system for tracing gun purchases, arguing that such a mechanism could help prevent future mass shootings.

Tribune News Service

Sign of hope: Labor's tide is rising

As NYC pension funds go after Amazon, Rev. William J. Barber takes on Dollar General's notorious labor practices

Salon

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New York will pay $7m to wrongly convicted Wu-Tang Clan studio worker who spent 23 years in prison for murder

Grant Williams was convicted in 1997 of fatally shooting Shdell Lewis, but a judge vacated the conviction last year

The Independent UK

NYC to pay $7M to man wrongfully convicted in 1996 killing

New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

Race and Gender Checks Coming to a Boardroom Near You

New York City pressures Wall Street banks to report "self-identified gender, race and/or ethnicity of individual directors."

Reason

Amazon union takes fight to the C-suite

As union fights for contracts, big pension funds with billions in Amazon stock plan an assault on corporate board

Salon

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NYC comptroller: Don't blame bail reform for higher crime

Two years into New York’s bold quest to eliminate pretrial incarceration for most crimes, state officials are considering abandoning some reforms amid public pressure to curb rising violence

The Independent UK

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