Northrup’s campaign also qualified for $88,000 in matching funds from the state.

“I’m going to run a progressive grassroots campaign… I’m going to be meeting people, and I’ll meet them where they’re at.”

A prominent public defender who fought for cannabis legalization and bail reform in Albany now hopes to join the state Legislature. Eli Northrup, policy director of the Bronx Defenders’ criminal justice practice, announced his candidacy Monday for Assembly District 69.

SOLID MONEY: Manhattan Assembly candidate Eli Northrup reported raising $83,000 — the most of any non-incumbent Assembly candidate in the whole state,

When it comes to marijuana legislation in New York, it appears the stars have finally aligned. It’s no longer a matter of “if,” but of “how” the laws will change. While the governor and legislative leaders have committed to establishing a system to allow the legal regulation of adult-use marijuana sales this year, one thing is clear: All plans are not created equal.

Eli Northrup Posts Big Fundraising Haul For UWS Seat

“I believe it was unfair for a New Yorker to spend 24 hours in jail for an offense that he did not commit,” said Mayor Adams about Daniel Gill, the supermarket worker initially arrested on charges of felony assault for what video evidence later revealed to be merely slapping or patting former Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back.

Pretrial stay-away orders meant to shield people from abusive partners have long been misused. Thursday’s ruling is already helping people return home.

“New York isn’t basing this on any existing model,” Northrup said. “They’re basing it on trying to do the right thing.”

With crime at historic lows, the Legislature overhauled the state’s bail law and compelled prosecutors to hand over reams of case material to defense lawyers in a timely manner. Prosecutors wanted to roll it back.

People who have been punished for marijuana offenses are applying to open the state’s first retail cannabis dispensaries.

In March 2021, then-Governor Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act into law. Suddenly, the green rush for dispensary licenses was on.