New York State is launching a new “Vax & Scratch” lottery program that will offer people $20 scratch-off lottery tickets for a $5 million Mega prize if they get vaccinated. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the pilot program at a press conference earlier today, saying it was launched to encourage more …
Read More »New York State Senate To Overturn Old Law That Helped Hide Police Disciplinary Records
The New York State Senate has voted to repeal a 44-year-old law that helped protect police officers’ disciplinary records from being released to the public. A variety of social causes have taken place in the wake of global protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. Thousands …
Read More »Central Park Five Received Additional $3.9 Million Settlement From State of New York In 2016
Ava Duvernay’s limited series “When They See Us,” has put the five innocent men, commonly known as The Central Park Five, back into the spotlight 30 years after being accused and charged with rape of a white woman. Since their exonerations in 2002, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef …
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