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Tag: sex work

Criminal enterprise indicted in EDNY for sex trafficking and assaults across the U.S.

September 15 | Rob Abruzzese

A 31-count superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday has implicated three new defendants...

DSA sex workers campaign

DSA challengers push state legislature on criminal justice reform

January 22 | By Emma Whitford and David Brand

As Democratic leaders in Albany discuss rolling back new pre-trial criminal...

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. Eagle file photo

Brooklyn DA hedges support for sex work decriminalization

April 25 | Emma Whitford

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez clarified his position on the decriminalization of...

Democratic socialist activist, Leslie Jones (left) knocks on doors with an escort who goes by the name Lana Marciano (right) as they canvass in August for Julia Salazar during her run for State Senate. Salazar supports decriminalizing sex work and repealing laws that target people in the sex industry. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Brooklyn prosecutor enters sex work decriminalization debate

March 14 | By Emma Whitford | Special to the Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez suggested he is rethinking his office’s...

Lana Marciano, who works as an escort, joined other sex workers who canvassed for state Sen. Julia Salazar before the Nov. 6 election. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Brooklyn, Queens senators to introduce bills decriminalizing sex work

February 25 | By David Brand

The grassroots effort to legalize sex work took a big step forward...

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