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Sen. Jamaal Bailey says it would end the “double jeopardy” of a conviction and financial struggles.

Elmira, N.Y., May 27—State Senator Tom O’Mara (R-C-I, Big Flats) is denouncing any upcoming moves by the Democrat supermajorities in the state Senate and Assembly to enact two pieces of pending legislation that would continue to radically reform New York’s parole system and make it easier for more violent criminals to be released from prison. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, in an interview on Capital Tonight earlier this week, said that the two measures currently awaiting action in t...

Organisers at the 2019 launch of DecrimNY, a coalition of more than 20 groups fighting to decriminalise sex work in New York. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) New York is poised to finally repeal a discriminatory loitering law known as the “Walking While Trans” ban. The state legislature is expected to vote through a bill repealing the law in the coming weeks, after years of dedicated advocacy, education and outreach by sex worker-led organisations. The Walking While Trans ban, ...