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The Texas Attorney General — a candidate for the U.S. Senate — criticized the city of Houston over a policy prohibiting police officers from detaining people or prolonging traffic stops due to civil immigration warrants. He raised the spectre of removing elected officials from office.
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“Alcohol sales in New York generate $12 billion annually, yet currently contribute nothing directly to address the very problems alcohol can create.” A beer distributor in Inwood in 2016. State lawmakers are proposing bills that would use revenue from alcohol and opioid sales to fund add
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After saying the politically powerful group would withhold endorsements from Whitmire and several city council members, the union president softened his stance.
“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one of several legal groups that filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of New Yorkers stopped or detai
“I reject the premise that us going after bad landlords is the same thing as not working with the real estate industry. They are two different things,” said Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Leila Bozorg in an interview about the administration’s housing policies after 100 days in of
“Funding for Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC), the Medicaid program that allows low-income seniors and people living with disabilities to receive care at home, is rewarding plans serving the healthiest populations while penalizing plans serving the most complex populations.” (Adi Talwar/Cit
A vigil was held on February 3 to remember Diego Rios on his 31st birthday, just months after he died during a traffic stop conducted by Claremont Police Department. (Photo: James Roberson) On November 28, within moments of each other, two people called 911. Caller A told it simply: a man on drugs w
“The goal shouldn’t be to freeze this industry in place. It should be to accelerate the transition already underway—more walkers, more e-bikes, more waterfront freight, more operators building career ladders from the ground up.” A delivery truck on West 33nd Street near 6th Avenue
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On Thursday's show: Houston City Council has approved limits on HPD's cooperation with ICE agents. Councilmember Alejandra Salinas joins us to discuss the details and why she supported the measure.
The mayor’s support for a measure limiting HPD coordination with ICE blew up his relationship with a staunch ally. The politically powerful police union will not endorse Whitmire for a second term, according to its president.
On at least four occasions, New York State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, who also has a private law practice, failed to appear in court for tenants he was defending from eviction. Housing court judges chastised him at least twice, and more than one tenant lost their case as a result. New York State Sen. Luis
The ordinance marked a first-of-its-kind challenge to Mayor John Whitmire’s policy.
“Now is the time for new leaders to fight for working people. A more affordable New York starts with changing who represents us in Albany and passing policies that unrig our deeply inequitable tax system.” The New York State Capitol building in Albany, NY. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) Here’s
Stop LAPD Spying organizer Hamid Khan speaks at a press conference in front of LAPD Headquarters on March 3, 2026. (Photo: Rosalind Jones) The Los Angeles Police Department is again under pressure from community organizations for its partnerships and information-sharing practices with Flock Safety.
El COVID y el COVID prolongado están lejos de haber terminado para las comunidades latinas. En 2023, los encuestados latinos fueron los que más síntomas de COVID prolongado declararon a la oficina del Censo. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) El mes pasado se cumplieron 6 años desde que la Organización Mundia
“In the poorest zip codes in the state, from Brownsville to Buffalo, children are languishing on waitlists as their mental health deteriorates, heightening the risk of hospitalization, institutionalization, and even incarceration.” Children’s art on display at a school in the Bronx
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