Mara Silvers

'The message to abusers is loud and clear. There is no place for you to hide in the state of New York any longer,' said State Senator Alessandra Biaggi.

For some victims, the look back window is a chance to speak publicly about the abuse that caused them shame and distress for decades.

Nonprofit funds and shifting local policy are playing a key role in positioning New York as a sanctuary state for egalitarian abortion care.

The new bill divides the city into 20 commercial waste zones that are each served by one designated private carting company.

A once esteemed researcher perpetrated widespread sexual abuse against children at Rockefeller University Hospital during his nearly forty year tenure, according to a new investigation commissioned by the hospital.

'The blessing of all of this, if there is a blessing, is that the mask is completely ripped off. This is really where we are. And we all have to stand up and [protest] all the time.'

The Reclaim Pride Coalition, made up of about 100 organizations, says people are welcome to attend both, but their protest will be focused on political and social issues facing the LGBTQ community.

'We as a community are hoping for organic additions to the department. Additions, not reshuffling.'

Out of the more than 27,000 summonses the Health Department handed out last year, roughly 14,000 were dismissed.

'It smells and tastes like mold,” said one resident of Peter Cooper Village. 'Every once and a while your water has a bleach sort of smell to it, or if you’re used to hard water it’s like a metallic taste, but it’s not like that at all. It’s really very much like mold.'

Vance's motion does not, however, make any strides toward expunging the records of people who have been convicted of the low-level marijuana crimes.

'We have no time and a half, no pension, no sick days.'