U.S. Rep. Al Green released a statement Saturday condemning a violent confrontation between two students at Thurgood Marshall High School last week. Cell phone video of the April 27 incident shows students crowded in a stairwell watching sophomore girls beat each other, one swinging what’s said to be a sock with a metal lock in [...]
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Another fight at school YOUNGSTOWN Another Sunday afternoon fight sent police scrambling to the area around Taft School this weekend. Police received a call at 5:45 p.m. in reference to two juvenile females fighting near the school with a large crowd gathered around to watch. By the time police arrived, the fight was over and [...]
A bipartisan contingent of legislators from both houses spoke in favor of a bill that equates attacking a social worker or a prison guard with assault on a police officer. “We need to do what we need to do to protect the workers,” said Assemblywoman Barbara M. Clark, D-Queens. The bill, S.641-b/A.4672-b, sponsored by Sen. [...]
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The Following is a verbatum copy of the letter from former OCFS employee Ed Ausborn. This letter is a response to a letter from B. Baccaglini to the times union about a new program called BLUE SKIES ( Placing NYC youth in their home for treatment instead of Upstate Facilities ). Juveniles Deserve Better I [...]
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