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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura on the shores of Flushing Bay in School Level on Wednesday, July 29, to announce over $2 million in federal funding to take away deserted vessels from the South Bronx, northern Queens and Brooklyn. The $2.3 million grant, made accessible by the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Particles Program with the assist of Ocasio-Cortez, will assist the elimination of 1 million kilos of deserted vessels and marine particles throughout the town. The NYC Parks Workplace of Marine Particles Disposal and Vessel Surrendering, a first-in-the-state workplace shaped in April 2024…

New York Metropolis has had a troubled historical past of lawless stop-and-frisk techniques by police. Up to now 20 years, tens of millions of individuals within the metropolis have been stopped by police, on the road, in vehicles, in public services, largely individuals of coloration, and practically 9 out of ten of these stopped have been harmless. A federal court docket in 2013 dominated that the police stop-and-frisk techniques have been unconstitutional and appointed a federal monitor to supervise sweeping structural and coverage reforms inside the New York Police Division. The monitor continues to be in place to make sure…