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State lawmakers this week indicated they'll push this year to include not just more funding for combating heroin and opioid addiction in the budget, but also make sure the money is spent — as lawmakers on Tuesday focused
on criminal justice issues in the $ 152 billion budget proposal.
Jeffries is for now insisting he wants to make his career in Congress, where he's become a force in the Judiciary
Committee on criminal justice issues, especially aggressive police tactics and mandatory minimum sentences.
At 6:30 p.m., the Citizens Crime Commission of NYC will hold its annual fundraiser at 320 Park Ave (50th Street), featuring a
conversation on criminal justice issues with three 2013 NYC mayoral contenders: Christine Quinn, Bill de Blasio and John Liu.
Senate Republicans plan to hold a series of
hearings on criminal justice issues starting this month, but have shown little willingness to take up previously proposed measures in the Democratic - led Assembly.
«Justin McCarthy with 22 years in service to the NYS
Senate on criminal justice issues has been hired to help advice me on progressing the Child Victims Act in the Senate,» said Gary Greenberg, the PAC's founder and Greene County businessman.
Rory Lancman, a Queens councilman who has pressed the mayor to do
more on criminal justice issues, said politics drove the timing, if not the substance, of the announcement.
By Josh Kurtz New Jersey Sen. Cory A. Booker (D), who has already endorsed former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous in the Maryland gubernatorial election, will be joining Jealous Wednesday evening for a
rally on criminal justice issues at 7 p.m. at Busboys & Poets in Hyattsville.
Obama's pick has drawn criticism from some liberals who view Garland as too moderate, but the objections on the left deal primarily with Garland's more conservative
decisions on criminal justice issues.
The continued need for major reform whether it's at the ballot box,
on criminal justice issues, or reproductive health, reflects a failure of leadership at all levels.
Lawmakers at a budget hearing on Tuesday in Albany focused
on criminal justice issues, including the heroin and opioid crisis in upstate New York.
Sophie was trained as a lawyer in France, Italy and at the University of Texas in Austin where she focused
on criminal justice issues.
But a more accurate title might be a «national civil law lesson,» since less than 2 % of the questioning was focused
on criminal justice issues that occupy 50 % of the work of the Supreme Court.