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Judge Sentences Human Rights Lawyer for Criminal Contempt
Outside, the protesters were united in support of Donziger, who has waged a three-decade-long legal battle against Chevron for polluting Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest and killing potentially thousands of mostly indigenous Ecuadorian people.
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Court rules to continue Haitian deportations
The journey to the border was arduous for all migrants, but especially for women, many of whom were raped along the way.
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The future of Vessel is uncertain after suicides haunt the once popular tourist attraction
Its architects and stakeholders are at a standstill on how to make the sculpture a safe tourist attraction without taking away from the integrity of the original purpose of the public art piece.
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Activists chain themselves to the tree to save East River Park
The New York City Council wants to build flood control in the Lower East Side.
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MTA works on improvements after Hurricane Ida flooding
Over 20 subway lines were suspended due to the flood left in Ida’s wake.
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Local Haitian aid organization struggles with resources to help asylum seekers
Behind their community-facing smiles, processing the brutalization of Haitians already fleeing a country in distress weighs heavily on the leadership.
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City youths join global climate strike protest.
They want clean energy, no funding for projects polluting the environment, t environmental justice education in public schools and environmental protection for 30 percent of the country’s land and sea.
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Brownsville middle school manages learning in the city’s evolving Covid reality
Filling out a health pass is a prerequisite to entering the building.
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Black Lives Matter rallies to “cancel” Carmine’s after arrest of three black women over vaccine mandates
Carmine’s released a statement denying the incident had anything to do with racism.
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Preachers, Pole Dancers, and Protesters rally against vaccine mandates at New York’s Freedom Rally
They were also opposed to the requirement that NYC patrons of indoor dining and fitness facilities display vaccine cards, which they refer to as “Totalitarian Vaccine Passports” and “Movement Licenses.”