A collage of New York City mayor candidates.
The race for City Hall
By POLITICO NEW YORK STAFF
05/04/2021 05:01 AM EDT
Updated
New York City’s June 22 Democratic primary is one of the most important mayoral contests in recent memory and is heating up every day. In a city that is roughly 7 to 1 Democrat, the primary could determine the next mayor, after almost eight years of a term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The crowded field includes more than two dozen hopefuls and based on early polls, fundraising and media attention, eight candidates appear viable in the first ever citywide ranked choice primary.
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For the detective about to retire, eliciting a serial killer s confession to a decades-old double murder was the chance at a swan song like no other a glittering victory in the final act of a decorated career.
For the aging, already-incarcerated serial killer known by the savage sobriquet of The Torso Killer revealing the grisly details of the massacre was not just a chance to unburden himself before he died.
It was a farewell present to the detective who spent nearly two decades chasing the truth through the black, twisted pits of a mass murderer s mind.
The confession was a long time coming generations of detectives suspected the River Vale native of the crime. But they d never been able to prove it.
Biden Falls Short On Criminal Justice Reform In First 100 Days By
Sarah Martinson | May 2, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT
President Joe Biden last week in an address marking his first 100 days in office urged lawmakers to pass legislation on policing reform and gun violence, but advocates say that he doesn t need Congress to take more action on criminal justice reform. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP)
President Joe Biden made a slew of campaign promises on the criminal justice reform front that he has made little progress on in his first 100 days in office, disappointing some advocates who believed he would prioritize criminal justice reform.
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In recent months, the city and state of New York have moved to decriminalize prostitution. State lawmakers repealed a law that made “loitering” to sell sex a crime. District attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens announced that while they would continue to prosecute pimps, sex traffickers and “johns” who pay for sex, they would be referring men and women involved in prostitution to social service agencies. The DAs dropped thousands of cases of unlicensed massage, prostitution and loitering dating back to the 1980s.
Interesting and critical accounting of Biden Administration s criminal justice work over first 100 days
This new lengthy Law360 piece, headlined Biden Falls Short On Criminal Justice Reform In First 100 Days, provides a fittingly critical review of the Biden Administration s criminal justice work over its first 100 days in office. I recommend the piece in full, and here are some highlights (along with an interesting graphic):
President Joe Biden made a slew of campaign promises on the criminal justice reform front that he has made little progress on in his first 100 days in office, disappointing some advocates who believed he would prioritize criminal justice reform.