Wes Parnell
@ParnellWesley
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Journalist: NYT, Rolling Stone, WaPo. Formerly: @NYDailyNews alum /@Poynter I @NAHJ Tips: wesley.parnell(at)gmail
New York, NY
Joined January 2014
Thanks @RollingStone and to all of the small farmers and growers that were willing to share their stories with me, most of them where financial hope is hardly in view, it’s just survival. The state wasn’t able to open legal dispensaries on time, but they licensed growers in
They Signed Up to Grow Weed. Then New York State Pushed Them Into the Black Market Weed legalization was supposed to prioritize mom-and-pop businesses — but for some upstate farmers, things didn't go as planned. Story: https://t.co/bdx1mILIWL
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Turkish Photojournalist Vural Elibol with Anadolu Agency was thrown to the ground by ICE agents conducting a detention in federal court. Mr Elibol was unable to move, having to be placed on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital.
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Thanks, Pete. Hope you’re watching out for us from the Otherworld.
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Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio at fourth all time in franchise home run list
nytimes.com
It was more history for the 33-year-old Judge, who passed Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth on the franchise home run list Tuesday.
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Important story by @ByJessicaGould.
Her son was stuck on a school bus for 3 hours. NYC data says the delay never happened. https://t.co/4REO3HJxRW
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In Suffolk county -- only one man was able to have his felony expunged after he reargued the decision in court. The judge found that his felony made him eligible for deportation despite it being a fine under the current law. The judge reversed his own decision.
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Legislators passed sweeping legislation via the MRTA that allowed for a swift vacature process. And it's swift in many places, like Brooklyn. But in other counties like Suffolk County, for example, the DA has opposed nearly all the motions since 2021.
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We found some pretty egregious examples. A school counselor in Saratoga Springs was denied his expungement request despite a clean record for over 20 years. His felony in 2001 would not have reached a misdemeanor under current penal law, just a citation.
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I wrote a piece last week about how certain DA offices have been reluctant to expunge old cannabis felonies. This creates a dynamic where defendants in certain parts of the state or more likely to get a clean slate than others 1/2
hellgatenyc.com
A Hell Gate investigation reveals a fragmented justice system, where defendants have been denied expungements in one part of the state, while applications by people with similar charges sail through...
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Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICE’s Detention of Families https://t.co/vfMj3oB5a3 via @NYTimes
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Immigration authorities have detained about 50 children younger than 18 in the New York City area since January. At least 38 of them have been deported.
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How DOGE Left Mohammad Halimi’s Life in Tatters
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Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a...
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NYPD Commissioner Tisch calls on state to do more to combat NYC's mental health crisis
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Jessica Tisch called on Albany to do more to help those suffering from mental illness, who, she said, are the ones causing the random, violent attacks that plague the city — because “it can&#…
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GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa's group bills itself a charity despite losing tax-exempt status
nydailynews.com
NYC Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa’s crime prevention group, The Guardian Angels, is soliciting donations while portraying itself on its website as a tax-exempt charity — even thou…
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Zohran Mamdani visited the home of Officer Didarul Islam in the Bronx around 9 a.m. after arriving at JFK Airport this morning, via @ParnellWesley. He stayed with the family for roughly an hour and could be seen embracing a family member before entering his vehicle.
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The Socialist Mayor Who Came 100 Years Before Zohran Mamdani | TIME
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George Lunn, socialist mayor of Schenectady, New York rose to power in 1911 by making a difference in people's lives.
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My grandmother in Ecuador just hit a crisp 95. To many mas
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