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PRISON GUARD 'BEAT-UP SQUAD’ KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, OPERATED FOR YEARS, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES'S OFFICE KNEW IT
2023 DEPOSITION IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WARNED STATE OFFICIALS OF PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ THAT KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
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HOCHUL DELAYS PUTTING NEW YORKERS BACK TO WORK, WANTS MIGRANTS TO HAVE JOBS INSTEAD
LEGISLATURE PASSED CLEAN SLATE BILL IN JUNE, BUT GOV. KATHY HOCHUL ASKS PRES. JOE BIDEN TO SPEED UP WORK PERMITS FOR MIGRANTS INSTEAD OF SIGNING IT


CUOMO ACCUSERS FIGHT EFFORT BY FORMER GOVERNOR TO CLEAR HIS NAME
KAITLIN MOODY JOINS LINDSEY BOYLAN AND CHARLOTTE BENNETT FIGHTING CUOMO SUBPOENAS FOR PHONE RECORDS, TEXTS, TESTIMONY

TROOPER’S LAWSUIT AGAINST CUOMO FACES TOUGH FIGHT; 1 OF ONLY 2 FILED AGAINST HIM
4 TROOPERS’ SWORN TESTIMONY CLOUDS ANONYMOUS TROOPER’S SEX DISCRIMATION CASE AGAINST ANDREW CUOMO

CUOMO SUBPOENAS FORMER STATE SENATOR ALESSANDRA BIAGGI IN ESCALATING FIGHT TO CLEAR NAME
SEEKS COMMUNICATIONS WITH LINDSEY BOYLAN, CHARLOTTE BENNETT AND REPORTERS

CUOMO ACCUSER CLEARS CUOMO: MEDIA LIED FOR "CLICKS AND EYEBALLS"
"I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR DIDN’T SEXUALLY HARASS ME,” ANA LISS TESTIFIED.

THE #METOO PLOT TO BRING DOWN NY GOV. ANDREW CUOMO
NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD-STORY WHAT WENT ON BEHIND-THE-SCENES

UPDATED: NYPD FIRES ITS OWN WATCHDOG; APPROVED DISCIPLINE OF TOP NYPD COP JEFFREY MADDREY
THE NYPD’S HIGHEST-RANKING UNFORMED OFFICER, JEFFREY MADDREY ALLEGEDLY ENJOYS “WHITE SHIRT IMMUNITY” FROM ACCOUNTABILITY

INSIDE THE GAMER PLOT TO 'SHUT DOWN' NYC
GAMER KAI CENAT AND HIS AMP CREW PLOTTED OPENLY ON THE INTERNET TO ‘SHUT DOWN’ NEW YORK CITY, NYPD FAILED TO STOP IT

GOV. HOCHUL, TRIBE SET FOR HIGH STAKES POLITICAL POKER GAME OVER STATE THRUWAY, GAMBLING
GOV. HOCHUL AND SENECA NATION TRIBE TO NEGOTIATE DISPUTE OVER LAND, FUTURE OF THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AND $100s OF MILLIONS IN ANNUAL REVENUE

‘GREATEST PROSECUTOR’ WAS ALSO THIEF, STOLE LAND TO COMPLETE NYS THRUWAY AS GOV, TRIBE SAYS, COURTS AGREE
FEDERAL COURTS ORDER STATE TO RENEGOTIATE SHADY 1954 LAND DEAL WITH TRIBE ALLOWING IT TO COMPLETE NYS THRUWAY

NYPD, NY POLICE COVER UP FOR CROOKED COPS 3 YEARS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD-INSPIRED LAW MADE RECORDS PUBLIC
-GOV. KATHY HOCHUL AND ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES WORKING TOGETHER TO STYMIE PUBLIC ACCESS TO POLICE DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
-ONE ALLEGEDLY CORRUPT TOP NYPD COP WAS IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION

NYC TO PAY LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS SETTLEMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTERS
TOTAL COST SO FAR FOR THE NYPD’S VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF PEACEFUL POLITICAL DISSENT FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE: $36 MILLION AND COUNTING.

NYPD BEGINS BLOCKING PRESS AND PUBLIC FROM LISTENING TO ITS RADIO BROADCASTS
NYPD RADIO BROADCASTS IN SIX BROOKLYN PRECINCTS GO DARK IN HISTORIC FIRST. PART OF CITY-WIDE UPGRADE TO DIGITAL RADIOS CAPABLE OF ENCRYPTED TRANSMISSIONS THAT WILL MAKE ALL NYPD BROADCASTS SECRET IN 2024.

NY'S GOVERNOR WANTS TO GIVE WORK PERMITS TO NEWLY-ARRIVED MIGRANTS, BUT SHE WON'T GIVE ONE TO A LIFE-LONG NEW YORKER
EDITORIAL. PREVIOUS DEMOCRATIC PIONEERS PROMISED NEW YORKERS A “NEW DEAL” BUT KATHY HOCHUL, THE EMPIRE STATE’S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR, SEEMS INTENT TO SERVE HER CONSTITUENTS A “RAW DEAL”

'MOST INFAMOUSLY OBSCENE BOOK’ IN HISTORY PROTECTS DRAG AND WHAT AMERICANS THINK
AVANT GARDE ARTISTS IN NEW YORK CITY FOUGHT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH JAMES JOYCE’S ULYSSES AFTER IT WAS BANNED FOR OPENING “ALL THE SECRET SEWERS OF VICE” IN 1920.

TRIBE'S DECADES' LONG FIGHT TO REGAIN STOLEN LAND NEARS END
NEW YORK STOLE MOHAWK LAND IN 1796. NOW THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IS ABOUT TO WIN THE RIGHT TO BUY IT BACK IN A LANDMARK LEGAL SETTLEMENT. BUT SHOULD IT BUY IT OR SHOULD NEW YORK GIVE IT BACK?

HOW TRUMP BEATS THE RAP AND GETS RE-ELECTED
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 38 FEDERAL FELONIES FOR BASICALLY STEALING TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS AND TRYING TO COVER IT UP. BUT HE’S HOLDING SEVERAL ACE CARDS THAT, IF HE PLAYS THEM RIGHT, COULD GET HIM ACQUITTED AND RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT.

'I BROKE A MAN DOWN': NYPD COP WHO SODOMIZED ABNER LOUIMA GETS EARLY RELEASE, BACK IN NEW YORK
NYPD OFFICER JUSTIN VOLPE RAPED ABNER LOUIMA WITH A BROKEN BROOM STICK IN A BROOKLYN POLICE PRECINCT BATHROOM IN 1997. HE QUALIFIED FOR EARLY RELEASE UNDER TRUMP LAW.

MAINE'S JUSTICE SYSTEM IS 'FAILING,' CHIEF JUDGE SAYS, BUT DEMOCRAT GOV. BLOCKS FIX
FORMER PROSECUTOR JANET MILLS IS POSING AS A PROGRESSIVE WHILE OVERSEEING 'LITTLE MISSISSIPPI' CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED COURTS AND INDIGENT DEFENSE