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The very late state budget means lawmakers have been in crunch-mode to pass a slew of bills — including one that would increase penalties against some sex traffickers who buy sex from minors.
Female advocates, some who are survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s human trafficking exploits, are using the dwindling days of the Albany session to shed a spotlight on what they described as a dangerous loophole in state law. World Without Exploitation is pushing legislation that would match state law with federal standards and calling for stiffer penalties against the sex buyers, known as “Johns.”
2. Upper West Side residents clash over proposed 72nd Street redesign
A proposal to redesign 72nd Street and add a protected bike lane connecting the Hudson River Greenway to Central Park drew passionate support and equally passionate opposition at a Community Board 7 meeting yesterday.
Under the proposal, the two-way protected bike lane would run along the northside of 72nd Street between Riverside Drive and Central Park West.
3. New York sues over the Trump administration’s deal to end an offshore wind project
New York’s attorney general sued the Trump administration yesterday over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project.
Under a deal made public in March, French company TotalEnergies is getting $1 billion — essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina — if it invests the money in fossil fuel projects instead.
Around the Nation
1. Blanche says Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
2. Iran stops talking to mediators, Iranian reports say, but Trump says talks continue
3. Oz defends U.S. plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola in Kenya
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