Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Are Running On Big Promises Of Reform
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Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is likely stepping down at the end of the year, leaving a wide-open field for candidates who are vying for one of the most influential jobs in law enforcement, one that could set the tone for criminal justice reforms in New York City and across the country.
Meanwhile, eight candidates have jumped into the race, often focusing on issues of inequity and systemic racism in law enforcement, following the #MeToo movement and the police killing of George Floyd. Two candidates have already committed to cutting the District Attorney’s budget by 50% if elected (Tahanie Aboushi and Eliza Orlins) and, in a telling lightning-round segment at a forum hosted by Color of Change on Wednesday night, five of eight candidates said “yes” when asked if they would “defund the police.” (One candidate, Diana Florence, declined to answer, Tali Farhadian Weinstein and
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A steady stream of Latino students was arriving on college campuses. Then the pandemic hit. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Hannah Natanson, John D. Harden Julianna Alvarez, 17, like many students during the pandemic, has suffered a drop in grades that could affect her chances of attending college. As of Dec. 1, submissions to the Common Application are down 3.3 percent among Latino students. (Taylor Glascock for The Washington Post) Julianna Alvarez, 17, had it all worked out. She would get into John Jay College of Criminal Justice this fall. She would pay tuition by winning a merit scholarship. After becoming the first person in her family to graduate college, she’d find a job at the Drug Enforcement Administration, then work her way up to special agent, so she could spend her life helping “the whole world.”
Netflix paid fake heiress Anna Sorokin $320,000 for her life story to be adapted for a new Shonda Rhimes show - and she used the money to pay off her victims
Anna Sorokin, 29, has already used the money to pay $199,000 in restitution to the banks she scammed
Another $24,000 has also been paid in state fines
Her funds were initially frozen by New York state in May 2019 under the Son of Sam law
Ahead of her expected release, however, Albany County judge Richard Platkin ordered the Office of Victim Services (OVS) Thursday to unfreeze her accounts
In April 2019, Sorokin was convicted of multiple counts of attempted grand larceny, theft of services, and larceny in the second degree
Domonic Bearfield, associate professor, joined the editorial board of
PAR (Public Administration Review), a publication of the American Society for Public Administration. His research focuses on issues related to governance in public administration and on improving the understanding of public sector patronage. Bearfield obtained his doctoral degree from SPAA, his master’s degree from the University of Delaware, and his bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University.
Rachel Emas
Rachel Emas has been named co-book review editor for the
Journal of Public Affairs Education. Emas is an assistant teaching professor and the director of the Master of Public Administration Program at SPAA. Her research interests include sustainability and sustainable development policy, public service education, and policy implementation. She earned her doctoral degree from Florida International University, her master’s degree from the University of Central Florida, and her bachelor’s degree fr