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Meta Allowed AI “Nudify” Apps to Advertise on Its Platforms, Report Finds

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

A CBS News investigation into advertising across Meta’s many social media platforms found that the company was putting ads in front of users that promoted “nudify” apps – AI-enhanced tools that create sexually explicit imagery of real people based on a reference image. The news outlet’s analysis found that hundreds of these ads were in Meta’s ad library and were available on Instagram, Facebook, Threads (Meta’s Twitter-esque alternative), and Facebook Messenger.
Il dipartimento legale di New York difende un liceale detenuto dall’ICE

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

Lunedì, il Dipartimento Legale di New York ha depositato un atto a sostegno di uno studente liceale del Bronx che è stato arrestato dall’Immigrations and Customs Enforcement mentre usciva da un’udienza sul suo stato d’immigrazione in un edificio federale nel centro di Manhattan la scorsa settimana.
Law Dept. Files Amicus Brief Supporting Detained Migrant High School Student

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

On Monday, New York’s Law Department filed an amicus brief supporting a Bronx high school student who was detained by Immigrations and Customs enforcement on his way out from scheduled immigration hearing at a federal building in downtown Manhattan last week. The document marks the most significant rift between the City Hall and the White House on immigration, as Mayor Adams had frequently spoken favorably of Trump and “border czar” Tom Homan’s policies prior to the student’s arrest.
Trump, Cuomo, and Adams Loom Large in Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

On Monday, eight Democratic mayoral primary candidates participated in a town hall hosted by the NYCLU, the NAACP, and The Cooper Union. With the contest three weeks away, this event was one of only a few left for candidates to make an impact with the public outside of their own campaigns’ outreach and advertising.
The White House is Reversing Prior Discrimination Rulings By Executive Order

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration is undoing one of the core legal principles guiding civil rights law in the United States. For decades, federal discrimination cases have been brought on the basis of a standard known as “disparate impact,” where ostensibly neutral policies can have discriminatory effects, even if no intent to discriminate is found. This standard emerges from a 1971 Supreme Court case, Griggs v.
MIT Class President Banned from Graduation After Pro-Palestine Speech

3 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2025 class president was barred from graduation after she delivered a pro-Palestine speech at a commencement event the day before. Speaking to her classmates at the One MIT ceremony, Megha Vemuri accused Israel of trying to “wipe Palestine off the face of the earth,” and said that her soon-to-be alma mater “is a part of it.”Like dozens of universities across the country, MIT campus was the site of protest encampments over Israel’s war in Gaza.
RFK Jr.’s MAHA Report Still Plagued by Issues Even After Revised Citations

4 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a document last week titled “The MAHA report” (an acronym for “make America healthy again”), which was found to contain invented citations to academic works that do not exist.
Detectives Working Security at House in Crypto Torture Case Investigated by NYPD

4 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

Investigations have been opened by the New York Police Department against two detectives who worked security at a Manhattan townhouse, where an Italian crypto investor was held captive and tortured for more than two weeks, according to the New York Times. The detectives, Roberto Cordero and Raymond J. Low, were placed on modified duty (i.e. restricted to desk work) on Wednesday due to the sensitivity of the investigation.
Trump Admin. Wins One, Loses One in Federal Court on “Liberation Day” Tariffs

4 weeks ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

A federal appeals court temporarily lifted a ruling that blocked Trump’s tariff policies on Thursday, which had been issued by the Court of International Trade just one day earlier. “The judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers,” the appeals court order reads.
As Legislative Session Winds Down, State Lawmakers Push for Alcohol Law Reforms

1 month ago | lavocedinewyork.com | David Mazzucchi

A decade-long debate in New York State’s legislature concerning wine sales could be nearing its end, as members of the State Senate and Assembly seek to pass legislation that would overturn a prohibition-era measure before the legislative session ends in two weeks. The new legislation would end the current ban on wine sales in the state’s grocery stores, a situation which exists only in nine other states across the country.