Sentences with phrase «criminalize revenge porn»

At noon, NYC Councilman Rory Lancman, Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, victim advocates, law enforcement and a «revenge porn» survivor hold a press conference to tout passage of a bill that will criminalize revenge porn in New York City, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Last week, the New York State Senate criminalized revenge porn, Syracuse University gave updates on summer construction and former Whitman dean Kenneth Kavajecz's court hearing was adjourned for the sixth time.

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The City Council is poised to criminalize «revenge porn» locally following years of inaction by state lawmakers — who have let a similar bill languish in Albany since 2014.

They range from statewide proposals like environmental protections to more local topics, like fighting the MS - 13 gang on Long Island, and also include promises to take away gun rights from domestic abusers, criminalize «revenge porn» and «sextortion,» invest further in his program to revitalize local downtown areas, and reevaluate the lower minimum wage allowed for workers who regularly receive tips.

With significant increases in the past couple of years, 34 states and the District of Columbia have criminalized various aspects of revenge porn, and federal legislation was proposed last summer, according to the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.