City Council Speaker proposes a plan to build affordable housing on top of libraries
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New York City Council is set to pass legislation shortening sidewalk shed permits, adding financial penalties, and updating inspection intervals in an effort to reduce the city's more than 8,400 scaffolding structures.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt efforts to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student and legal permanent resident targeted under a rarely used statute citing foreign-policy grounds.
The MTA's five-year, $68 billion capital plan — essential for overhauling subways, buses, and commuter rail — is threatened by a federal funding dispute tied to congestion pricing and demands for subway crime data.
New York's 2019 discovery law reform, known as Kalief's Law, has driven case dismissal rates to 62%, sparking a debate between prosecutors seeking adjustments and defense lawyers defending defendants' constitutional rights.
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