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Lack of Security

Back-to-School Safety: School Pickups

Posted September 4, 2018

In the US, a child goes missing every 40 seconds. More than 2,000 children are reported missing every day—that’s 800,000 each year. Yet despite the warnings and education around “stranger danger,” it is very rare that children are abducted...

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Substantial Settlement for 11-Year-Old Brooklyn Ripper Victim

Posted February 8, 2018

More than three and a half years after a knife attack killed a 6-year-old boy and left a 7-year-old girl brutally wounded, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) settled the civil suit brought by girl’s family and represented by Elise...

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New Yorkers Have the Right to Live in a Secure Building

Posted October 14, 2016

{2:20 minutes to read} According to New York law, every entrance to a multi-dwelling building, whether it is from the street, passageway, courtyard, cellar, or similar entrance, is required to have a self-closing, self-locking door which is to remain locked...

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