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June 20, 2023

Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby.

May 22, 2023

Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs

Daniel Nichanian,

April 20, 2023

New York’s Highest Court Takes a Step to the Left, Maybe

Daniel Nichanian,

December 22, 2022

Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right

Daniel Nichanian,

December 14, 2022

What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023

Daniel Nichanian,

July 12, 2022

New York’s Chief Judge Resigns, Breaking Up High Court’s Right-Leaning Majority

May 12, 2022

New York Bans Most Prison Care Packages from Family and Friends

Emily Brown, , Rebecca McCray,

April 27, 2022

Activists Monitor the Revival of New York’s Notorious Plainclothes Police Squads

April 14, 2022

Prison Officials Routinely Deny Hearings to Terminally Ill New Yorkers

April 9, 2022

How New York Just Rolled Back Criminal Justice Reforms

March 22, 2022

Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts

Rachel M. Cohen,

February 24, 2022

Eric Adams’s Gun Violence Plan Looks a Lot Like Bill de Blasio’s

February 9, 2022

Vacancies and Zombie Commissioners Leave Opening for Parole Reform in New York

June 21, 2021

How the Manhattan DA Election May Rock the City’s Criminal Justice Status-Quo

June 17, 2021

On NYPD Oversight, Manhattan’s D.A. Candidates Are Split

June 16, 2021

How Alvin Bragg Rejects Bill Bratton and Broken Windows Policing

Daniel Nichanian,

June 11, 2021

Syracuse School Board Elections Heat Up Over Police Debate

Rachel M. Cohen,

June 7, 2021

Cuomo’s Nominee to New York’s Highest Court Alarms Criminal Justice Reformers

April 19, 2021

This Public Defender Has Fought the Manhattan D.A.’s Office. Now She Wants To Lead It.

Daniel Nichanian,

March 11, 2021

‘Life Sentences Are Death Sentences.’ How This D.A. Candidate Wants to Decarcerate Manhattan

Daniel Nichanian,

March 4, 2021

In Manhattan D.A. Race, Momentum Builds to Decriminalize Sex Work

February 4, 2021

BLM Activist Shakes Up Sheriff Race in County Known for Deadly Jails

February 2, 2021

Will Manhattan’s Next D.A. Break Ranks With Tough-on-Crime Colleagues?

January 5, 2021

New York Ends a Punishment That Traps People in Poverty

Jonathan Ben-Menachem,

July 17, 2020

Jamaal Bowman Wants Democrats to Be the “Party of Dismantling Mass Incarceration”

Daniel Nichanian,

June 1, 2020

New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD

Daniel Nichanian,

November 22, 2019

When People in Prison Can Vote, Officials “Treat Them With Some Respect”

Daniel Nichanian,

October 10, 2019

New York Adopted Pretrial Reforms. Its DA Races Will Decide Who Implements Them.

Daniel Nichanian,

July 2, 2019

Tiffany Cabán’s Success in Queens Shines Spotlight on Grassroots Organizing

Daniel Nichanian,

June 19, 2019

The Queens D.A. Race Shakes Up New York's Legal System: "This is Just the Beginning"

Daniel Nichanian,

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April 18, 2019

New Yorkers from Queens to Rochester Vote for Prosecutor This Year: A First Preview

Daniel Nichanian,

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April 17, 2019

New York's 2019 Elections for Sheriff and DA: A Masterlist

Daniel Nichanian,

April 11, 2019

New York Sheriff Who Joined ICE Program May Coast to Re-Election

Daniel Nichanian,

August 22, 2023

Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court

Quinn Yeargain,

July 29, 2023

Your Guide to the 15 Elections to Watch in August

Daniel Nichanian,

June 26, 2023

What to Watch in the New York Primaries on June 27

Daniel Nichanian,

May 15, 2023

Your Guide to the 21 Elections to Watch on May 16

Daniel Nichanian,

April 4, 2023

The 15 Elections to Watch on April 4

Daniel Nichanian,

March 22, 2023

Who Is Running for DA in Pennsylvania in 2023?

August 8, 2022

What to Watch in the Primaries between August 9 and August 16

July 21, 2022

Who Counts Our Elections?

Quinn Yeargain,