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Sex Work and the City: Police Confiscate and Destroy Condoms in an Attempt to Rid Prostitution in NYC

The New York City sex industry isn't glamorous. It's dark, seedy, lurid, and the sex work that the women and, to a lesser degree, men engage in carries the risk of danger, disease, sexual violence, and abduction. There aren't many tools that the sexually exploited demographic can use, but one tool that is at their disposal is condoms. With 50 percent of streetwalkers being African American and 25 percent being Latino, and the average age of prostitute in the United States being between the ages of 12-14 years old; it's ethic teenagers who continue to suffer HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases at a high rate -particularly when police confiscate their condoms, a form harassment that's orchestrated in order to prevent sex workers from turning tricks.

Baby Hope Murderer Finally Brought to Justice 20 Years Later

By Paola Hernández
Twenty-two years ago, a child who was nicknamed "Baby Hope," was found dead in the woods on the upper west side of Manhattan. After all this time, police were able to identify "Baby Hope" as Anjelica Castillo, and they were able to find her murderer.

Hispanic NYPD Groups Push for First Hispanic Police Commissioner: Could This Change Impact Racial Profiling and Stop and Frisk?

By Paola Hernández
Three Hispanic New York Police Department groups hope to make history in 2014 by electing the NYPD's first Hispanic Commissioner that would replace Raymond Kelly.

NYPD Stop and Frisk Policy: Blind Man Becomes First to Sue After Court Ruling

By Paola Hernández
A legally blind Queens resident is suing New York City for its highly controversial Stop and Frisk law in the first lawsuit since a federal court ruled the law unconstitutional earlier this month.

Stop and Frisk Law: NYC Policy Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge, NYPD & Bloomberg Object

By Paola Hernández
The judge ruled that upwards of 200,000 stoppages under the program were unconstitutional in nature.
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