New York
Julian Heicklen, Cantankerous Civil Liberties Advocate, Dies at 90
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Julian P. Heicklen, a charismatic, cantankerous chemistry professor who devoted his retirement years to a sequence of public protests in protection of civil liberties, culminating in his 2011 indictment for jury tampering, died on March 11 at his residence in Teaneck, N.J. He was 90.
His daughter Judith Heicklen confirmed the dying however didn’t specify the trigger.
Dr. Heicklen took on many points, beginning with civil rights within the Sixties, when he fought in opposition to housing discrimination in Los Angeles. However his highest-profile marketing campaign was his final.
Beginning in 2009, he usually appeared in entrance of the federal courthouse on Pearl Avenue, in Decrease Manhattan, demonstrating in favor of jury nullification, a controversial observe during which members of a jury who discover a legislation unjust vote not responsible, whatever the info of a case, thereby nullifying the legislation.
Rain or shine, he arrived each Monday — the day when juries are sometimes chosen — holding an indication studying “Jury Data” and handing out yellow pamphlets that defined the that means and historical past of jury nullification.
Although he sometimes stood alone, he was considered one of many across the nation engaged in comparable protests, motivated by considerations about what they noticed as unjust legal guidelines and prosecutorial overreach and satisfied that jurors keen to take the legislation into their very own fingers had been the final barrier to tyranny.
Dr. Heicklen’s protests on the Pearl Avenue courthouse had been drawing the eye of legislation enforcement by his second week. When officers moved to arrest him, which they did a number of instances, he would fall to the bottom, limp, forcing them to hold him away to St. Vincent’s Hospital the place he can be given a psychiatric analysis and let go. He signed his launch kinds Ayn Rand, after the thinker and novelist, or John Galt, a personality from her e book “Atlas Shrugged.”
Lastly, prosecutors had had sufficient, and organized a sting operation. An F.B.I. agent, posing as a jury member, approached Dr. Heicklen in 2010 and requested about jury nullification. He bought an earful, and some days later, Dr. Heicklen was charged with jury tampering.
Prosecutors stated that by focusing on jurors, he was outdoors his constitutional rights, and that he posed a threat to the operations contained in the courthouse.
“No authorized system might lengthy survive,” they stated, “if it gave each particular person the choice of disregarding with impunity any legislation which by his private normal was judged morally untenable.”
The case drew in depth protection, giving Dr. Heicklen the type of platform he had solely dreamed of, and he performed it for all he might. At his bail listening to, he hung his head and refused to talk, main the choose to ask if he was sleeping.
“I’m exercising my Fifth Modification proper to stay silent,” he lastly piped up. At his arraignment listening to, he laid into the choose and prosecutors for what he known as their “tissue of lies.”
The case was short-lived: Choose Kimba M. Wooden threw it out in April 2012, ruling that so long as Dr. Heicklen was not focusing on particular person jurors, he was merely exercising his First Modification rights.
“I believe it’s a significant choice for the nation,” Dr. Heicklen informed The New York Instances. He added: “That is higher than having them throw me in jail.”
A decade later, jury nullification stays a fringe concept, however civil liberties advocates say that Dr. Heicklen’s story is nonetheless vital.
“The case cleared the way in which for folks throughout the nation to have the ability to have interaction in jury nullification advocacy with out the specter of federal prosecution,” Chris Dunn, the authorized director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, stated in an interview. “He stood on the market daily combating what he considered as unjust prosecutions and unjust legal legal guidelines. And that’s admirable, traditional political protest.”
Julian Phillip Heicklen was born on March 9, 1932, in Rochester, N.Y. His father, Arnold, was a lawyer and stockbroker, and his mom, Eva (Muchnick) Heicklen, taught Hebrew.
He obtained a bachelor’s diploma in chemical engineering from Cornell in 1954 and a doctorate in chemistry from the College of Rochester in 1958. After a sequence of post-doctorate applications, he moved to Los Angeles, the place he labored for a protection contractor.
He additionally grew to become lively within the native chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality, a civil rights group.
Dr. Heicklen moved to Pennsylvania State College in 1967, the place he grew to become well-liked for his unorthodox instruction. To drum up curiosity in his programs, his daughter stated, he would hand out campaign-style buttons and seem at school in a cape; he introduced in Penn State gymnasts to show chemical reactions and cheerleaders so as to add somewhat spirit to the proceedings.
He remained lively in civil liberties and civil rights, but it surely was solely after he retired in 1992 that he grew to become what one may ungenerously name a gadfly.
Together with common, unsuccessful runs for public workplace on the Libertarian Occasion ticket, he made weekly appearances on the foremost gates at Penn State, the place he would mild a marijuana cigarette to protest drug legal guidelines. He was arrested a number of instances.
He was detached, if not overtly hostile, to the authorized system. At one arraignment listening to, in 1998, he merely left the courthouse after a choose was 20 minutes late. He was rearrested at his residence — coincidentally, at 4:20 p.m. — and introduced earlier than a special choose.
“You arrested the fallacious man,” he stated, in accordance with The Every day Collegian, a scholar newspaper at Penn State. “I appeared, however the choose didn’t.”
Alongside together with his daughter Judith, he’s survived by his spouse, Susan (Hook) Heicklen; two different daughters, Alice Heicklen and Deborah Heicklen; his sister, Lillian Gordon, and eight grandchildren.
Dr. Heicklen and his spouse moved to Teaneck, a suburb of New York Metropolis, in 2006 to reside together with his daughter Judy, after which he introduced his protest energies to Manhattan.
His jury-tampering episode was his final main run-in with the legislation. Just a few months after the case was thrown out, he fulfilled a lifelong dream of shifting to Israel and turning into an Israeli citizen. He returned to Teaneck in 2016.
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New York
Senator Menendez’s Resignation Letter
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ROBERT MENENDEZ
NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
FINANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Honorable Phil Murphy
Governor of New Jersey
Office of the Governor
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Dear Governor Murphy,
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3005
July 23, 2024
528 SENATE HART OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
210 HUDSON STREET
HARBORSIDE 3, SUITE #1000
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07311
(973) 645-3030
208 WHITE HORSE PIKE
SUITE 18-19
BARRINGTON, NJ 08007
(856) 757-5353
This is to advise you that I will be resigning from my office as the United States Senator from
New Jersey, effective on the close of business on August 20, 2024.
This will give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that
are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close
out my Senate affairs.
While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court,
I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important
work. Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters
before the ethics committee are not privileged. This is evidenced by the Committee’s Staff
Director and Chief Counsel being called to testify at my trial.
I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the
federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the
federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families
through a once in a century COVID pandemic. These successes led you, Governor, to call me the
“Indispensable Senator.”
I thank the citizens of New Jersey for the extraordinary privilege of representing them in the
United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Pabet Menang.
Robert Menendez
United States Senator
New Jersey
cc: The Honorable Kamala Harris, President of the Senate
The Honorable Ann Berry, Secretary of the Senate
New York
How Well Do You Know Literary Brooklyn?
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A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates Brooklyn and novels set around the bustling borough. To play, just make your selection in the multiple-choice list and the correct answer will be revealed. Links to the books will be listed at the end of the quiz if you’d like to do further reading.
New York
See How Your Subway Service May Suffer Without Congestion Pricing
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After Gov. Kathy Hochul halted New York City’s congestion pricing program last month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cut $16.5 billion worth of planned upgrades to the city’s vast transit network, mostly to account for the loss of funding that was tied to revenue from the toll.
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Notes: The chart shows the $28.5 billion in uncommitted funds in the M.T.A.’s 2020-24 capital program; an additional $27 billion had already been committed.
The impact of the congestion pricing suspension on the M.T.A.’s funds for capital projects
Projects were cut from each part of New York City’s transit system, which is the largest in North America and is used by millions of people every day. The projects included elevator and ramp installations that would make subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, structural repairs to aging infrastructure and upgrades to 1930s-era signals that regularly cause delays.
Here are some of the subway projects the authority says it has shelved:
The cuts announced by the M.T.A. — the state agency that runs the subway, bus and commuter rail lines — will also affect transit outside the subway system. The authority has postponed the purchase of more than 250 electric buses and charging infrastructure at bus depots, as well as upgrades to regional rails and a ramp reconstruction on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
The $12 billion remaining in the M.T.A.’s capital funds will be spent on projects the authority considers the most urgent, like track replacements and repairs to power substations. It will also replace some of the “least reliable” subway and railway cars, the authority said in a report.
All told, there are 92 subway stations that will not get planned improvements, including 22 stations that will not get new elevators or ramps; 10 that will not get upgrades like structural repairs, platform replacements and new barriers between platforms and tracks; and 71 that will not get upgrades to their public announcement systems.
Below is a list of the subway stations where upgrades have been put on hold, based on what the M.T.A. has detailed so far:
Projects on hold at 41 stations in Brooklyn:
Union St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
4 Av-9 St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
36 St D N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
59 St N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bergen St F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
15 St-Prospect Park F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Church Av F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue X F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neptune Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
- platform or waiting area replacement
Jay St-MetroTech A C F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A C G
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Franklin Av C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Nostrand Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Utica Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Euclid Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
7 Av B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue U Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neck Rd Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sheepshead Bay B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Brighton Beach B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ocean Pkwy Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
W 8 St-NY Aquarium F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jefferson St L
- elevator or ramp installation
Nevins St 2 3 4 5
- platform or waiting area replacement
Crescent St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Norwood Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Cleveland St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Van Siclen Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Alabama Av J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chauncey St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Halsey St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Gates Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kosciuszko St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Myrtle Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Flushing Av J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lorimer St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hewes St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Marcy Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy N
- elevator or ramp installation
18 Av D
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 9 stations in the Bronx:
Norwood-205 St D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bedford Park Blvd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kingsbridge Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Fordham Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Tremont Av B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
161 St-Yankee Stadium B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Wakefield-241 St 2
- elevator or ramp installation
Brook Av 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
3 Av-138 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Projects on hold at 27 stations in Manhattan:
Roosevelt Island F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/63 St F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
42 St-Bryant Pk B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
34 St-Herald Sq B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broadway-Lafayette St B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
2 Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Delancey St-Essex St F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
East Broadway F
- upgrade to public announcement system
190 St A
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
145 St A C B D
- elevator or ramp installation
W 4 St-Wash Sq A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Canal St A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
World Trade Center E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/59 St N R W
- elevator or ramp installation
168 St 1
- elevator or ramp installation
3 Av L
- new fencing between platform and track
5 Av 7
- elevator or ramp installation
Times Sq-42 St 7
- new fencing between platform and track
Delancey St-Essex St J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Canal St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Broad St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
110 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
59 St 4 5 6
- elevator or ramp installation
7 Av B D E
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 14 stations in Queens:
21 St-Queensbridge F
- upgrade to public announcement system
111 St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
75 St-Elderts Ln J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer E J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E J Z
- new fencing between platform and track
Jamaica-Van Wyck E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Parsons Blvd F
- elevator or ramp installation
Sutphin Blvd F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Briarwood E F
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Howard Beach-JFK Airport A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broad Channel A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Projects on hold at 1 station in Staten Island:
Clifton SIR
- elevator or ramp installation
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