By RICHARD STEIER
In slightly less than 10 minutes, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Cooperman April 25 lifted the weight shouldered by three Detectives the previous 17 months by finding them not guilty in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell.
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By ARI PAUL
Governor Paterson April 24 asked other leading staff officials to cut their operating costs by 3.35 percent as trouble already loomed for the budget adopted just three weeks earlier, and signaled that state hiring will be curtailed. More...
Rise and Fall of New Directions
By ARI PAUL
How did a reformist opposition caucus struggle for a decade and a half in one of the city's most rambunctious unions, only to die a year after it came to power? This is the question Transport Workers Union Local 100 officer and New Directions co-founder Steve Downs attempts to answer in "Hell on W... More...
Enacts Bill
By MIA GOLDBERG
Governor Paterson April 23 signed a bill increasing the penalty for assaulting Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs) and City Marshals from a misdemeanor to a felony. It will go into effect July 22. Face Jail Time The law raises the offense to assault in the second degree, a Class D felony, carryin... More...
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