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Sexual abuse survivors, advocates, and Metropolis Council members demanded on Tuesday a direct listening to and vote on Intro. 1297, a invoice designed to strengthen protections for victims of gender-motivated violence. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell Sexual abuse survivors, advocates, and Metropolis Council members are demanding a direct listening to and vote on Intro. 1297, a invoice designed to strengthen protections for victims of gender-motivated violence. The emotional rally on Sept. 30 centered on laws that may successfully overturn a current courtroom determination that dismissed a whole bunch of sexual violence lawsuits, notably these filed by survivors of abuse in city-run…

Council Member Robert Holden has endorsed Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa for Mayor. NYC Council Flickr. Council Member Robert Holden has endorsed Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, touting the Guardian Angels founder’s “decades of public service and straight talk.” Sliwa is trailing far behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and unbiased candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a three-way contest within the 2025 election, based on most polls. Holden, nonetheless, acknowledged that Sliwa has “earned the trust” of New Yorkers by his “long record” of public service as head of the volunteer patrol. A conservative Democrat who has lengthy opposed Mamdani’s…