PUBLISHED 9:00 PM ET Apr. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:00 PM EDT Apr. 22, 2021
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Parole reform is gaining steam in New York.
On Wednesday, a bill cleared the state Legislature that will restore the voting rights of people out on parole, and this could be just the beginning.
According to advocates, the parole system now is disproportionately affecting people of color who make up about 70% of those under community supervision.
“The parole system as it exists right now prolongs the incarceration of survivors of violence, the majority of who are Black and Latinx survivors,” said state Senator Julia Salazar.
This bill has drawn criticism, however, for its broadness.
PUBLISHED 2:46 PM ET Apr. 23, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:46 PM EDT Apr. 23, 2021
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New York state Democratic lawmakers that have been calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign or step aside have been appearing with him at his press conferences this week.
This includes Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who was the first high-ranking Democratic state official to call for him to resign after numerous women came forward accusing the governor of sexual harassment.
She joined the governor at a press conference in Yonkers this week to urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated, but the optics raised eyebrows.
When questioned on Friday about his working relationship with the majority leader, Cuomo likened calls for his resignation to political posturing.
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Albany may have been soaking up all of the crime and corruption attention lately, but New York City is getting back in the game. Brooklyn City Council Member Chaim Deutsch has
pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud charges, fessing up to filing false information that allowed him to avoid $82,000 in taxes.
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Voting rights advocates are beginning to wonder if the gusto to transform New York s elections embraced by state lawmakers last year changes many considered necessary adjustments, if still a work in progress will extend into the pandemic s second election cycle and the decisive New York City primaries in June.
There are already signs it has waned with the completion of the presidential election, the availability of vaccines, and new sights set on New York s full reopening. Many improvements to last year s provisions which included the near-universal expansion of absentee voting are still on the table, and some emergency measures have expired as New Yorkers gear up for another pandemic-era election.