🔫 Shots fired.

State Education Dept. calls out legislators attempting "to go around our state’s courts and dismantle a law that has been in place for over a century."
Context: shorturl.at/AzPVD

“Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD officers stopped hundreds of thousands of individuals each year and conducted a record-high 685,724 stops in 2011. Few stops resulted in arrests, and the practice disproportionately targeted Black and Latino individuals.”

Nantwi was allegedly beaten to death by prison guards in full view of his cellmate, whom Chris was able to track down despite the cellmate being shuffled from prison to prison for his protection.

Coupled with an interview with a separate inmate, Chris was able to reconstruct the day’s events ...

Chris and Julia even created an interactive chart and graphic laying out who these people are, and their history with Cuomo.

One survey respondent from New York reported losing $124 the first time their benefits were stolen and then $275 on a second round. Another New Yorker said they visited a local food pantry after also having their benefits stolen twice.

Lastly (but not least ...ly?), @juliarock.bsky.social kept on top of the child care funding cliff, covering a letter from 49 state legislators sent to @GovKathyHochul on Wednesday asking to help close a $900 million funding gap for the state's voucher program.

In the only interview he's ever given, the cellmate of Messiah Nantwi — the 22-year old allegedly beaten to death by officers at Midstate Correctional Facility — spoke to @chrisgelardi.bsky.social about witnessing the experience. This quote has stuck with me.

Teaming up, @juliarock.bsky.social and @chrisbragg1.bsky.social pored over records to find that Andrew Cuomo's campaign has created at least 64 public fundraising web pages for people or entities to raise money for the former governor.

Reporter Sam Mellins has a heck of a short story this morning about the rift between The Bronx Defenders and the Bronx Community Foundation — and how it revolved around Smacked, the first (non-nonprofit) licensed rec cannabis store in the state.

Story: shorturl.at/WZvNo

I had to read this line a few times when editing this story to make sure I was reading it right.
10,000 times!
From this morning's article from @nysfocus.bsky.social, " New York City Delays the Most Workers’ Comp Insurance Claims in the State."
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