arrow NYPD sections off the scene of a shooting where shots were fired from a car that was driving on the Lower East Side on February 16th. A 57 year old woman who was an innocent bystander was struck in the buttocks. Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
Lawmakers in the state s Democratically-controlled chambers have introduced a bill that would allow non-profit violence interruption groups to access a federally-funded resource to help expand its programming.
The bill sponsored by Brooklyn state Senator Zellnor Myrie would allow these programs, including the Cure Violence program where reformed gang members are hired to defuse tensions between gangs before violence erupts to access a portion of the federally-allocated funds through the state Office of Victims Services. The office administers the fund that was created following the passage of the 1984 Victims of Crime Act by Congress. The funding sources made available those who ve been the victims of a crime,
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Kentucky restored voting rights to 178,000 with felonies. That s not far enough, advocates say Chris Kenning, Louisville Courier Journal © Matt Stone/Courier Journal Gov. Andy Beshear signs an executive order in 2019 in the state Capitol in Frankfort to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons who have served their sentences.
More than 178,390 Kentuckians who completed sentences for nonviolent felony convictions have regained their voting rights since Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2019 blanket pardon, meant to slash one of the country s highest voter disenfranchisement rates, a new report has found. © Matt Stone/Courier Journal The capitol rotunda was filled with visitors and the media for the executive order signing I believe in the law, Gov. Andy Beshear said. I also believe in redemption, in second chances. Around 140,000 non-violent felons will be able to vote again. Dec. 12, 2019