Justine Olderman
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No More Pretrial Punishment | Justine Olderman | INQUEST
When I first joined the Bronx Defenders as a young lawyer in 2000, I quickly realized that the most critical part of my job wasn’t trying cases or negotiating pleas; it was keeping the people I represented off of Rikers Island. At the time, the jail complex, which sits on a spit of land in the middle of the East River, held 15,000 people who had been accused but not convicted of a crime and were awaiting their day in court.
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 25- 31
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. If you know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar, email jeanmarie@citylimits.org.
After Spending Big, SuperPACs Failed to Beat New York Progressives for Senate Seats
Progressive Bronx incumbent Gustavo Rivera and DSA-endorsed Kristen Gonzalez both seemed likely to prevail in their State Senate races, despite being targeted by SuperPACs that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to undermine the progressive candidates, stuffing mailboxes with flyers and running digital ads disparaging them or boosting their opponents. Kristen Gonzalez Campaign, NYS Senate Media Services Left: Kristen Gonzalez after her primary win.
Scenes From New York's Sleepy Second Primary
By 6 p.m. Tuesday, 237,888 New York City residents had voted in the unusual August primary, where some neighborhoods were home to heated State Senate and Congressional races while other neighborhoods had no candidates on the ballot at all. Polls close at 9 p.m. David Brand Lifelong Bronx resident Sam Dascoli, outside P.S. 108 in Morris Park. Read more government & politics coverage here. By 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, the polling place at P.S. 108 in the Morris Park section of The Bronx was a ghost town.
Opinion: Delivering New York’s Cannabis Promise as Licensing Begins
“For these licenses to serve their purpose, individuals who were targeted for arrest and prosecution must be first in line and have access to non-predatory resources and legal support to help them build the generational wealth long denied by the War on Drugs.” City Limits New York state recently announced that the application period for the first batch of retail cannabis licenses will open on August 25.
Criminal justice reform would protect immigrants from deportation
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a strong statement in support of the rights and dignity of immigrants when he recently amended his September executive order clarifying that warrantless arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are prohibited in most state buildings. He also sent a cease-and-desist letter to ICE publicly threatening a lawsuit and accusing the agency of making illegal arrests.
This is sham NYPD reform: But as usual, the mayor and commissioner are dodging
By Alice Fontier, Stan Germán, Tina Luongo, Justine Olderman and Lisa Schriebersdorf New York Daily News | Dec 15, 2020 at 5:00 AM NYPD Chief Juanita Holmes speaks during a police reform & reinvention listening session. (NYPD) Last week, the NYPD hosted a “Police Reform and Reinvention Multi-Language Listening Session” in response to Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order, issued in August, requiring that all other police departments statewide to come up with plans to reinvent policing.
Don't Leave the Vulnerable with Less Defense in NYC Courtrooms
Beyond My Ken The New York Criminal Courts building at 100 Centre Street. COVID-19 has upended every aspect of public life. It has also exposed and exacerbated the racial and economic disparities that have long existed in this city. Our legal systems are no different in that regard. Even as some court functions have slowed down, our legal systems continue to target and ensnare low-income New Yorkers.
Real Criminal Justice Reform Requires Standing Up to Fear-Mongering
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Governor's Office) Nearly five years ago, Jerome Murdough, an African-American Marine Corps veteran, died on Rikers Island due to a combination of injustice, inhumanity, and medical neglect. Afflicted by homelessness and mental illness, Murdough tragically passed away when temperatures in his cell reached 100 degrees – heat that was contraindicated with his medicine – and he baked to death.
Albany Must Reject Any 'Dangerousness'-Based Preventative Detention Scheme
Photo: sakhorn/Shutterstock.com In United States v. Salerno, Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote that, “[h]onoring the presumption of innocence is often difficult; sometimes we must pay substantial social costs as a result of our commitment to the values we espouse.
Put ICE back on its leash
Never before have I seen a president throw his weight so forcefully behind policies that tear away at the moral fabric of America. From instituting an unconstitutional Muslim travel ban to appointing his anti-immigrant lackeys to the highest positions of power, President Donald Trump has corrupted the powers of his office. The inhumanity of the Trump administration is most clearly shown through immigration policies that have ripped thousands of defenseless children from their mothers’ arms.
Crowley: Put ICE back on its leash
Never before have I seen a president throw his weight so forcefully behind policies that tear away at the moral fabric of America. From instituting an unconstitutional Muslim travel ban to appointing his anti-immigrant lackeys to the highest positions of power, President Donald Trump has corrupted the powers of his office. The inhumanity of the Trump administration is most clearly shown through immigration policies that have ripped thousands of defenseless children from their mothers’ arms.
Criminal justice reform would protect immigrants from deportation
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a strong statement in support of the rights and dignity of immigrants when he recently amended his September executive order clarifying that warrantless arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are prohibited in most state buildings. He also sent a cease-and-desist letter to ICE publicly threatening a lawsuit and accusing the agency of making illegal arrests.
The truth is, 'broken windows' policing incentivizes lies
More than two decades have passed since the Mollen Commission, a mayoral investigation into police corruption in New York City, issued a scathing report finding that lying was one of the most pervasive forms of misconduct in the NYPD. Little has changed.
Trapping immigrants using NYC courts
In the past few weeks, Immigration and Custom Enforcement has effectively turned our courthouses into immigration enforcement zones. Across the city, ICE agents have been tracking scheduled court dates, appearing undercover and then arresting litigants as they attempt to have their cases adjudicated. The tactic is not only unfair to New Yorkers who come to court to seek justice and exercise their most basic rights; it is disruptive to the legal system as a whole.
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