Disgraced Assemblymember Pamela Harris Gets 6 Months For Stealing $70K

Disgraced Assemblymember Pamela Harris Gets 6 Months For Stealing $70K

The judge explained that Harris, who grew up in Coney Island, was beaten by her mother with a belt as a teenager and never knew her father. He said that the unexpected death of her only child drove her to live on the streets while worked as a prostitute with a crack cocaine addiction.

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AG Sues Fresh Meadows Landlords For $500K Property Tax Fraud

AG Sues Fresh Meadows Landlords For $500K Property Tax Fraud

A pair of Fresh Meadows property owners are in hot water for skipping out on paying almost $500,000 in taxes and deceiving their tenants’ leases in order to profit off the sale of the building, authorities announced on Tuesday.

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Reformers Remain Skeptical About New ‘Right to Know’ Law

Reformers Remain Skeptical About New ‘Right to Know’ Law

A new law designed to stop unconstitutional police searches is less than a week old, but its rollout and implementation is already encountering criticism from police reform advocates. Many leading reformers say the bill is too watered down — and that they don’t expect the NYPD to follow through in the first place.


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