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Long-time chief state medical examiner H. Wayne Carver announced Thursday that he is retiring and will be replaced by the deputy medical examiner in New York City. Carver, who always joked he was aptly named for the job, has been the chief state medical… New York City

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Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj On Friday evening past the close of the business day, Bronx Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj sent out to his contact list a rather standard email asking his supporters to join him in celebrating the campaign kick-off of Richie Torres, a candidate running for New York City Council. The only problem is that the [...]

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The NYPD has seemingly made good on their promise to cut back on meaningless low-level marijuana possession—arrests for weed possession are on track to fall by 20% in 2013, and police say that overall enforcement of marijuana laws are taking a back seat to drugs that can actually kill you. Nevertheless, medical marijuana reform and [...]

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Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. pleaded not guilty today to yet another corruption charge leveled against him. Brooklyn federal prosecutors indicted the Brooklyn Democrat on a new mail fraud count for allegedly funneling tax money to a non-profit, which then supposedly used the funds to pay for “Team Boyland” T-shirts and… NY Post: Brooklyn

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It is a question few in the New York political establishment dare to ask publicly: is the seemingly endless string of indictments and arrests of elected officials a conspiracy against minorities in power? But there was Queens State Sen. James Sanders Jr., bellowing in a theater with a preacher’s rhythm, more than implying last night [...]

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At a panel hosted by City & State on New York’s healthcare delivery system on Thursday, Continuum Health Partners CEO Stanley Brezenoff defended his company’s past management of Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital, which ended with the hospital incurring debt that was reportedly as high as $ 300 million. Brezenoff acknowledged the difficulty of running a state [...]

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Defense Distributed, the Texas-based nonprofit that wants to empower people to 3D print their own guns, has hit a bit of a legal snag. According to founder Cody Wilson, DEFCAD, the open source weapon-printing project powered by Defense Distributed, received a letter (embedded below) from the State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Compliance, telling him to [...]

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo hosted a state tourism summit in Albany on Wednesday that brought together business leaders, tourism marketers and museum directors from across the state. Transit executives attended too, but there was little discussion about how to transport tens of millions of New York City tourists to other parts of the state beyond making [...]

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Save Cooper Union! A large group of Cooper students and three faculty members have taken over President Jamshed Bharucha’s office, in the hopes of forcing his resignation. They report to Gothamist that they’re willing to stay as long as necessary. While Bharucha inherited massive debt, some off-the-record reports make it sound an awful lot like [...]

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Some parents of students with disabilities are playing the waiting game to find out whether the city will pay for their children’s education, and the decision has taken so long that officials are now breaking the law. Top Stories – NY1

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Court documents containing the names of lawmakers secretly recorded by former state Senator Shirley Huntley were unsealed this afternoon and include several of her senate colleagues as well as a City Council member. Top Stories – NY1

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Senator John Sampson is identified in court papers as asking ex-Senator Shirley Huntley to wield her influence on behalf of a businessman who held a Kennedy Airport lease in March 2012. New York City news from Eyewitness News on WABC-TV’s 7online.com

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With “extreme arrogance and hubris,” a Brooklyn state senator who held one of the most powerful posts in Albany embezzled nearly half a million dollars of escrow money he was entrusted to safeguard — and then used a mole inside the US Attorney’s Office to keep tabs on witnesses who… NY Post: Brooklyn

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Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson is under arrest and is expected to appear in court later today to face multiple federal charges including obstruction of justice and embezzlement. | Read the full complaint Top Stories – NY1

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