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October 19, 2012 A federal judge orders the New York City Board of Elections to make voting at polling sites accessible to people with disabilities. by Andrea Sears October 19, 2012 ACLU is challenging the censorship of torture testimony in the trial of 9/11 defendants by Andrea Sears October 19, 2012 Jazz musicians in Greenwich Village last night are demanding fairer pay and benefits from Club owners by Michael G. Haskins October 19, 2012 A meditation on art and politics by Playthell Benjamin October 18, 2012 FBI bomb plot sting by Rebecca Myles October 18, 2012 Journalists reporting on the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban are facing their own death threats by Linda Perry October 18, 2012 Both presidential candidates are attending the same fundraiser in Manhattan tonight by Andrea Sears October 18, 2012 A federal class action lawsuit contends NYPD's program Clean Halls violates people's rights by Linda Perry October 17, 2012 Green Party Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala are cuffed to a chair for 8 hours by Long Island police by Andrea Sears October 17, 2012 Wipe out on Long Island: Barack exposes Romney as Mr. Chameleon by Playthell Benjamin October 17, 2012 More than 12 million comments are posted on Facebook and Twitter during the Presidential Debate by Linda Perry October 17, 2012 In Syracuse, New Yorkers against Fracking call for proper health study and Californian environmental groups sues the Department of Conservation over fracking threat by Rebecca Myles October 17, 2012 Micro-financing crash course with New York area students by Lucas Reckhaus October 16, 2012 Call To Ban Credit Checks By Potential Employers by Linda Perry October 16, 2012 AIDS Activists Raise Criminalization Of HIV At Presidential Debate by Andrea Sears October 16, 2012 Green Party Candidate Detained At Debate Venue by Linda Perry October 16, 2012 Commentary: Debate Advice For Obama by Playthell Benjamin October 16, 2012 2012 NYC Conference On Psychedelic Drugs by Rebecca Myles October 15, 2012 Nuclear Regulatory Commission begins hearings over challenges to license renewal for Indian Point Nuclear Plant by Rebecca Myles October 15, 2012 A civil rights lawsuit is filed against Morgan Stanley for discriminatory mortgage lending by Andrea Sears