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Alicka Ampry-Samuel works out of a two-story office building overlooking an expanse of vacant land, in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. She grew up a few blocks away, in one of the area’s nearly two dozen public-housing complexes. When she was fifteen, her closest friend, a girl she’d known since early childhood, got into an argument with a boy from another housing development. “And he pulled out a gun,” Ampry-Samuel said. The funeral was held at the St. Paul Community Baptist Church, a local institution. Teen-agers filled the pews. In the eulogy, a pastor told Ampry-Samuel and others to honor their friend’s life by “going to school and serving God.”
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On Verge Of Retirement, Manhattan DA To Stop Prosecuting Prostitution
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Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance will stop prosecuting people arrested on charges of prostitution and unlicensed massage, a policy change his office describes as the first of its kind in the state.
Vance made the announcement during an appearance in court on Wednesday, when he dismissed 914 prostitution and non-licensed massage cases dating back to the 1970s, as well as more than 5,000 “loitering for the purpose of prostitution” cases, following New York State’s repeal of the so-called “walking while trans” statute earlier this year.
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Most years, the race of district attorneys is not the subject of political chatter but like everything else about this election cycle - nothing is typical.
For starters, the race for Manhattan D.A. is crowded with eight candidates in the mix after Cyrus Vance, Jr., announced he would not seek reelection.
Following the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, the candidates addressed the urgent need for criminal justice reform with some offering more progressive agendas than others.