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Housing Agency Blasted Over New Rigor for Disparate-Impact Claims
The standard to prove housing discrimination is getting tougher. A new lawsuit envisions callous results: families in the street and battered women getting evicted.
Feds Sue Yale University Over Admissions Practices
The Department of Justice sued Yale University in a federal lawsuit Thursday, claiming it discriminates against Asians and whites in the undergraduate admissions process.
New Suit Says Trump Is Still Blocking Users on Twitter
A year after prevailing in their protest of President Donald Trump’s Twitter blockade, the Knight First Amendment Institute claims in a new federal lawsuit that not much has changed.
Connecticut Judge Refuses to Block Mailing of Absentee Ballots
Four Republicans running for Congress chose the wrong venue to challenge Connecticut’s mailing of absentee ballots to all eligible voters, the chief of the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
NYC Goes Off Menu, Keeping Bar on Indoor Dining
Announcing a more limited final phase of the state’s reopening plan, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that indoor dining, malls and museums are still considered too risky.
NYC Officials Vote to Reopen Thousands of Child Care Centers
The New York City Board of Health voted in a virtual meeting Tuesday to reopen 3,000 child care centers that have been closed since early April, in the latest sign that the Big Apple is getting back to work after months of coronavirus-driven shutdowns.
NYC Delays Indoor Dining, Worried About Second Wave of Covid
As the virus rages in other parts of the county, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delayed the opening of indoor dining in the city.
Eight New States Face Covid-19 Travel Advisory in Northeast
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut doubled their flagging of coronavirus problem areas Tuesday, saying they will now force quarantine rules on travelers from 16 states.