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Council Member Joann Ariola slammed Tuesday’s Republican Caucus Minority Chief vote, calling it :illegitimate” Picture courtesy of Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit Join our QNS e-mail e-newsletter to get information, updates, and native insights delivered straight to your inbox! A trio of Republican council members are contesting the latest election of Council Member David Carr because the Republican Caucus Minority Chief. The vote befell in particular person at Metropolis Corridor on Tuesday, Jan 28, with solely three of the six Republican Caucus members in attendance. The members current on the assembly included Carr (Staten Island), outgoing minority chief Joe Borelli (Staten…

A New York physician was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion capsule on-line within the Deep South state, which has one of many strictest near-total abortion bans within the nation. Grand jurors on the District Court docket for the Parish of West Baton Rouge issued an indictment in opposition to Dr. Margaret Carpenter; her firm, Nightingale Medical, PC; and a 3rd individual. All three have been charged with prison abortion by way of abortion-inducing medicine, a felony. The case seems to be the primary occasion of prison expenses in opposition to a physician…