Statement from Citizen Action of New York: Critical Pretrial Justice Reforms Will Not Be Delayed Albany, NY – Rosemary Rivera, Co-Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, released the following statement in response to calls by prosecutors and sheriffs and to delay justice for New Yorkers by placing a moratorium on new bail, discovery, […]
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by Bill Martin March 25 2020 Yesterday Broome County Executive Jason Garnar approved death sentences for scores of Broome County residents. There is no other way to state it. In an interview with Bob Joseph on WNBF radio, he insisted he would not approve any releases from the Broome County jail. He refused to answer
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April 9, 2020 Report on SPECIAL MEETING OF NY SITING BOARD ON LOCATION OF WIND TURBINES In 14 short minutes, the Siting board decided once again to reject local concerns for peoples’ health and safety and demands to protect their environment in eastern Broome County. The board managed to ‘deliberate’ about all three petitions for
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On June 12, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order requiring each local government in the state, with a paid police department, to adopt a policing reform plan by April 1, 2021. On June 15, Mayor David was quick to respond, explaining to Bob Joseph on WNBF that a coalition will soon be named to start
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Note: Local Press refuse quantity and July article on topic. When will the county and city powerbrokers take the blinders off, learn what reinvest means and start listening to concerned citizens? Over 400 local citizen ideas about public services and safety have been ignored since meeting in focus groups this summer. The Governor has
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Eastern Southern Tier Poor People’s Campaign holds action to demand Representative Claudia Tenney embrace resolution to end poverty WHAT: The Eastern Southern Tier Region Poor People’s Campaign holds a news conference and rally outside the Binghamton office of Representative Claudia Tenney to demand that she embrace the Third Reconstruction Resolution to end poverty and low
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This comprehensive report on the legal threats to women and pregnant people from “personhood” laws, which are already on the books and resulting in real charges against individuals, is from the much respected National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW). The report is linked and is a 43 page legal resource and analysis. While the media
Does the cop-aganda (In These Times 10/22) have you shaking in your boots? Fearmongering is the Republican modus operandi at election time they hope you will swallow. Local media start the nightly news with the latest arrest or sentencing to feed the hysteria. Meetings with local activist groups were shunned by the Binghamton mayor or
An investigative report has been written by Laura Morel in Reveal News about anti-abortion centers or crisis pregnancy centers, called by those trying to convince patients they are medical facilities or even abortion clinics. Locally, the “Women’s Life Services” in the same parking lot as Southern Tier Women’s Health Services, our local abortion clinic. Similar
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from Indivisible-Binghamton Here’s an update on the redistricting of the Broome County Legislature and an introduction to Fair Maps for Broome, Inc. ; https://www.fairmapsforbroome.org/ As you know, dozens of people joined in more than ten zoom meetings and testified at three public hearings about the redistricting process. Every single speaker opposed Map 3, the
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