You can vote early by mail in New York, state’s top court rules

Tuesday’s decision rejected a Republican-led lawsuit that claimed the law was unconstitutional. It marks the first time the state Court of Appeals was forced to determine whether the language of the state constitution mandated in-person voting. Ultimately, all but one member of the Court of Appeals rejected that claim.

Bill could grant citizenship to thousands of intercountry adoptees

A reintroduced bill in Congress called the Adoptee Citizenship Act would close a legal loophole and grant those adoptees citizenship. The bill has received bi-partisan support, introduced in the Senate by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), and introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) and Congressman Don Bacon … Read more

CUNY CREST & India’s IISSM sign MoU to establish research, educational collaboration and cultural exchange

The City College of New York-based CUNY Remote Sensing Earth System Institute (CUNY CREST) and the International Institute for Security and Safety Management (IISSM) are establishing a mutually beneficial research and educational collaboration and cultural exchange initiative aimed at driving innovation and impact across CUNY and in India. The two institutions signed a Memorandum of … Read more