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New Yorkers would avoid jail time for nonviolent parole violations, and children under age 12 could no longer be arrested as juveniles under bills that passed the state Legislature Thursday.
The 2014 state monitor report found that of the 9,000 kids who attend public schools, 91% identify as Black or Latino, while 99% of the 24,000 private school students are white and go to yeshivas.