While a debate over defunding the police rages in Austin, a new lawsuit reminds its residents that assault cases in the city are routinely ignored.
The rise of progressive prosecutors and the #MeToo movement has meant an increased focus on sexual assault. But justice cannot be measured in more prosecution or long sentences.
Cyrus Vance says he sent Governor Cuomo a letter about the issue in April 2018; Cuomo’s office says it never got it. In the intervening months, critics say Vance’s messaging on the issue discouraged survivors of rape from coming forward.
A new effort to reduce arrests and summonses is criticized as continuing to criminalize homelessness.
In 2016, the office said it dismissed such cases, but Legal Aid says that’s not what’s happening.
A movement to oust Cyrus Vance gains steam.
