Herb Pinder appears in the following:
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling bars colleges from considering race in admissions decisions
Thursday, June 29, 2023
The ruling turns back decades of precedent relied upon by schools to expand opportunity to underrepresented students of color and to ensure diversity in their classrooms.
A lesson from Gov. Hochul’s failed NY housing plan: ‘Pretty please’ isn’t enough, lawyer says
Thursday, May 11, 2023
The governor's housing plan sought to create 800,000 housing units statewide, to ease a shortage in New York City and beyond.
Supreme Court Upends New York's Gun Law
Thursday, June 23, 2022
An analysis about the Supreme Court's decision in a major New York gun case -- which struck down a law that put strict restrictions on who can carry a gun in public.
NJ deciding fate of 70-year-old environmental conservation school
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The school shut down during the pandemic and a nonprofit stepped in to temporarily reopen it.
Housing advocates hope bigger bonuses will spur NYC brokers to work more with low-income renters
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
A recent settlement in federal court could make it easier for people with housing vouchers to find a place to live.
Judge says people shouldn't have to risk their lives by being in close contact with unvaccinated
Friday, March 25, 2022
Attorneys for two men convicted of a murder in Queens say their trial was unfair because the federal judge hearing the case excluded unvaccinated jurors. The judge disagrees.
Court weighs potentially landmark NJ school segregation case
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The case before the state's Supreme Court says New Jersey allowed the de facto segregation of its schools by requiring students to attend schools in the municipalities where they live.
'We don't take that': Housing discrimination in New Jersey
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Asbury Park Press reporter Kayla Canne discusses her investigation into source-of-income housing discrimination in New Jersey
Despite Growing Power, Asian New Yorkers Confront Unending Violence
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Asian New Yorkers are experiencing a surge in political power, but the epidemic of anti-Asian harassment and violence is overshadowing the political gains.
Like So Many Other Fires, the Bronx Fire Was About Poverty
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Gothamist
Last week's devastating fire in the Bronx was a reminder of fires past, and of the crisis of burning buildings that gripped the borough in the 1970s.
