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Eric Adams—the Brooklyn borough president, former state senator and former NYPD captain—is now the Democratic candidate for New York City…
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice…
On June 29, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill to authorize safe consumption sites,…