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January 4, 2013 A national police officers group is asking for an investigation into a cover-ups over assaults in New York hospitals by Jose Santiago January 4, 2013 24 national and grassroots environmental groups file comments about nuclear waste with Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Rebecca Myles January 3, 2013 New Yorkers have just over a week to make comments on Fracking regulations by Rebecca Myles January 3, 2013 New York Educational Reform Commission releases its action plan for revamping the school system by Andrea Sears January 3, 2013 Parishioners in New Jersey rally to save priests by Jose Santiago January 3, 2013 A federal judge dismisses a Freedom of Information Request over the government's targeted killings of citizens by Andrea Sears January 2, 2013 Bill de Blasio's Inauguration by Linda Perry January 2, 2013 A new report shows New York City's failure to provide relief to Sandy victims in the Rockaways by Linda Perry January 2, 2013 An economist says the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's draft regulations for fracking are incomplete and full of errors by Andrea Sears January 2, 2013 Shell Oil Rig beached in Alaska; environmental groups criticize lack of safety standards by Rebecca Myles December 30, 2012 How Outrageous is This: NYC inmate almost as costly as Ivy League tuition by JAKE PEARSON December 30, 2012 How Outrageous is This: NYC inmate almost as costly as Ivy League tuition by JAKE PEARSON December 30, 2012 How Outrageous is This: NYC inmate almost as costly as Ivy League tuition by JAKE PEARSON December 28, 2012 Senate passes five year extension of the FISA Amendment Act by Andrea Sears December 28, 2012 EPA proposes plan for cleaning up Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal and wants public comments by Rebecca Myles December 28, 2012 Advocates are pressing for smart ideas when rebuilding areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy by Andrea Sears December 28, 2012 Environmental and public health groups criticize City's plan to burn Hurricane Sandy debris by Rebecca Myles December 27, 2012 FEMA is abandoning over 100 homeless Sandy families by Jose Santiago December 27, 2012 Whole Earth Bakery will close its doors on December 31; the rent is too damn high by Rebecca Myles December 27, 2012 FBI documents show the agency was spying on the Occupy Wall Street movement by Andrea Sears