An Overhaul of Prison Health Care Is Long Overdue

An Overhaul of Prison Health Care Is Long Overdue

Great Meadows Correctional Facility. (Jack Norton) “Medical is a joke,” said Davide Coggins, currently imprisoned at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in New York’s Washington County. “Unless you have diabetic issues or something simply attended to, you will suffer and decay before you get some type of treatment, if any.” The 42-year-old has … Read more

Family Lawyers Are Disappearing in Rural New York

Family Lawyers Are Disappearing in Rural New York

The Greene County Court House facade with trees in bloom, early spring, Main Street, Catskill, New York. (Barry Winiker/Getty Images) Greene County, a rural stretch of central New York, is home to few lawyers—and even fewer who take on time-consuming and emotionally wrenching child welfare cases. So Monica Kenny-Keff, who runs a solo family law … Read more

Will New York’s Redistricting Be Enough to Save the Democrats?

Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership

Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign off on New York’s new districts after the state legislature votes on them this week. (John Lamparski/Getty) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from … Read more

DSA Was Only Getting Started

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A few days before May 1, Marcela Mitaynes, a Brooklyn tenant running for the New York State Assembly, received calls from neighbors she hadn’t heard from in a while. The rent was due and they were concerned about payment. Many lived from paycheck to paycheck before the pandemic. Now, Mitaynes told me on a phone … Read more