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WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organizations to support the documentation of human rights violations and their consequences, further public engagement, advocate for policy change, and seek justice. [ 3 ]
The original idea for the foundation came from Eliot Lumbard in the early 1970s, who presented the idea to the police commissioner and received his support. [2] It was established by the Association for a Better New York, a consortium of business interests headed by real-estate magnate Lewis Rudin, in 1971 during the Knapp Commission.
The Fund was created in 1985, by former New York Mets player Rusty Staub and J. Patrick "Paddy" Burns, then-Vice President of the New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. [2] Staub was inspired to create the fund after reading a news story about a New York City Police officer killed the line of duty.
The City (website) City Harvest (United States) City Parks Foundation; Citymeals-on-Wheels; Civic Hall at Union Square; The Climate Mobilization; CMT Association; Commission to Study the Organization of Peace; Committee for the Marshall Plan; Committee of 100 (United States) Committee to Protect Journalists; The Committee to Save the New York ...
The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) is the largest police union representing police officers of the New York City Police Department. [2] It represents about 24,000 of the department's 36,000 officers. [3] The PBA was originally called the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
The final defence expert witness for Donald Trump and his co-defendants in a trial stemming from a blockbuster fraud lawsuit was paid nearly $900,000 for his testimony.
In 1951 the Foundation funded research that led to the development of isoniazid, the first anti-tuberculosis drug. [10]In 1954 the Foundation's trustees began approving grants to groups focusing on the arts and recreation with support going to Lincoln Center's building fund—the original objective of which was to make the performing arts more affordable to a larger segment of the population.
A law adopted in 2000 lowered the sentence of a witness who came to an agreement with the prosecution in trials concerning money-laundering, but it was not called a crown witness rule. [25] In 2009 a new crown witness rule came into force and since then, witnesses in a wider range of cases have been allowed to become a crown witnesses. [26] [27]