#NY pols are helping perps escape justice with their reforms

#NY pols are helping perps escape justice with their reforms

“#NY pols are helping perps escape justice with their reforms” Here’s one more reason crime’s been rising across New York: Two years after the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed expensive new “discovery” rules on prosecutors, it still hasn’t sent district attorneys anything close to the resources they need to comply — and the cash…

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#What NY lawmakers forgot in their drive to legalize pot

#What NY lawmakers forgot in their drive to legalize pot

“#What NY lawmakers forgot in their drive to legalize pot” A deal to legalize pot has emerged from Albany’s legendary smoke-filled rooms, but it looks like lawmakers jumped the gun on indulging when they were settling the testy issue of “driving while high.” Weed impairs judgment, reaction time and general alertness. States that legalized soon…

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#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest

#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest

“#Democrats’ bid to turn screws on New York’s richest” Just a year after the Empire State was clobbered by the coronavirus, New York’s Legislature confronts an embarrassment of revenue riches. State taxes have rebounded more strongly than expected from the pandemic meltdown — capped by a massive injection of $12.6 billion in no-strings-attached federal stimulus…

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