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A new bill pending in Albany would provide lifetime pensions for the children of slain NYPD cop Miosotis Familia, a single parent who was gunned down while on duty in the Bronx in 2017.
The race for a newly-drawn City Council district in southern Brooklyn has taken a chaotic turn as one of the Democratic candidates is accusing her two primary opponents of quietly seeking the Republican nomination in addition to their party’s ballot line.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Friday that the chamber will be forwarding information it collected about Chang’s Manhattan rent-regulated apartment and government subsidies he accessed to “relevant criminal, civil and administrative authorities for further review.”