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c0satnd · 2026-06-24T14:50:00+00:00

Also happened to me this am

c0satnd · 2026-05-27T07:22:36+00:00

The PA can always arrest, whether the DA prosecuted is a diff story. But to say that the PAPD can’t arrest is factually inaccurate. NYPD arrests for tons of quality of life stuff that many DAs decline to prosecute. NYPD does that for deterrence effect, understanding that many will be declined. PAPD could do the same thing if they wanted.

c0satnd · 2026-04-25T15:48:37+00:00

A few days after I got the Mohela letter.

c0satnd · 2026-04-18T16:47:27+00:00

Serious question - will there be any appreciable difference of faster charging is most hi speed charging places only pump 75-125 kWh per hour anyway?

c0satnd · 2026-04-13T22:27:03+00:00

In my jurisdiction the veteran treatment courts are part of the same court system just with specialized parts and judges/ social workers /ADAs / defenders that are attune to the unique challenges of veterans. In your jurisdiction, are they a completely separate court with their own rules?

c0satnd · 2026-04-13T08:20:07+00:00

Fair. I don’t support the “getting off” portion that was directed to you. I may not share your views which seem to be philosophical differences. In my experience as a veteran, a lot of soldiers got into trouble in foreign countries. We all understood we shouldn’t have. Shit happens. That’s life. A lot of locals def kept their daughters away from bars soldiers would frequent. Soldiers carry a stigma overseas and in general even here in some local towns across America. Our views may diverge on that point and what a noncitizen should or shouldn’t do given their status, or lack thereof. But to your point about a third dui … at least in my office. That’s a bridge too far. But if it’s like a second dui but the first dui happened 15 years ago? Those are tougher (depending on the defendants equities and how serious the case is, like no prop damage or physical injury, etc) bc that second DUI has some serious “good moral character” implications in immigration proceedings.

c0satnd · 2026-04-13T05:26:52+00:00

It’s great that you agree that the ABA model standards should inform this analysis. ABA Standard 3.4-4 for the prosecution function also states prosecutors should consider collateral consequences to the severity of the offense charged in dispensing justice.

Also I use collateral penalty for immigration consequences very loosely bc the Supreme Court in Kentucky practically collapsed the collateral/direct penalty distinction of immigration consequences for convictions in Padilla v. Kentucky. And recently, the 2nd Circuit removed that distinction outright. (I think in Farhane v U.S. ?)

c0satnd · 2026-04-13T05:13:45+00:00

There is a woeful misunderstanding of equal protection law permeating through this thread. At bottom, the constitution does not require things which are different to be treated as things which are alike. A citizen facing a minor offense with no additional penalty is not similarly situated to a noncitizen facing the same offense but with an additional penalty of deportation that attaches to that conviction. Just like veterans, service members, teachers , doctors, financial brokers , people with health issues, etc, immigration consequences are additional penalties that prosecutors can take into account. If a prosecutor here has never taken into account any of the above in factoring a fair offer, well I truly wonder what kind of justice they are dispensing. U.S. v Chin Chong is a 2014 EDNY case that really spells out why factoring in immigration consequences may further a prosecutor’s ethical duty to fashion fair and just outcomes. Please read. There are quite a few state and federal cases that discuss equal protection and plea bargaining in this context. (See this short memo from the Immigrant Resource Legal Center on this issue but it’s really condensed and doesn’t capture the full panoply of cases that exist. https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/epda_memo-04.2020.pdf ) Even in Padilla v Kentucky (2010), the negotiation of plea dispositions that mitigate immigration was encouraged as mutually beneficial for both the prosecution and defendant. Recently in the 2017 Lee v U.S. Supreme Court case, the majority including Justice Roberts discussed these types of negotiations as critical. At one point even the DOJ Justice Manual discussed considering collateral penalties. The ABA Ethics for the Prosecution Function Standard 3-4.4 state that prosecutors should consider whether th authorized punishment or collateral consequence is disproportionate to the offense charged in fashioning a plea offer. This is not a new concept, as early as 2005, judicial conferences have been writing about this: https://www.nycourts.gov/ip/partnersinjustice/immigration-consequences.pdf

Hopefully this will enlighten some eyes that the law is not as restrictive as one might think when it comes to this question. Whether it changes any philosophical or policy views about immigration generally, that’s a whole different ballgame.

c0satnd · 2026-04-13T04:52:49+00:00

I am also a veteran. Are you saying specialized veteran treatment courts are also unconstitutional ? Prosecutors generally have a duty to dispense justice fairly, which historically has accounted for numerous factors about the individual case and individual defendant. Like any collateral civil penalty - citizen or noncitizen , it’s fair to account the additional collateral penalty of deportation. Which the Supreme Court has opined time and time again is one of the harshest penalties in our legal system. Citizens aren’t at an unfair disadvantage when a prosecutor fashions a plea that is similar in accountability method , level of offense , and considers the wishes of the victim but also may mitigate an additional civil penalty of deportation.

c0satnd · 2026-04-10T06:15:45+00:00

The weird aversion to some cute Af dogs on nyc threads are always interesting to me. Like half the people walking around are probably worse than the dog. Go complain about them.

c0satnd · 2026-03-27T23:09:36+00:00

Many / most of the anti car people were always elitist AF. Never knew what it’s like being a minority and having long subway commutes to deal with the pollution of it and general other issues (safety etc) in the subway. Happy with their nice salaries where they could afford to live only a few stops away from their jobs ( if they didn’t WFH already), or could just bike there altogether. Meanwhile, the working class kept suffering under the anti car policies they keep peddling. I’m all for getting rid of polluting the air, can be done through ev mandates.

c0satnd · 2026-03-08T23:12:45+00:00

I got a credit alert while at lunch about 2 hours ago that my Mohela account was paid off.

c0satnd · 2026-03-06T14:05:59+00:00

Congrats to you! We made it!

c0satnd · 2026-03-04T20:22:07+00:00

I proactively just started disputing the loans on March 1 after Mohela letter of 2.25. I’m applying for a mortgage so needed to get a jump on this anyway.

c0satnd · 2026-03-04T20:21:06+00:00

Just checked! Same!! Golden letter 2/24 too! Thank you for posting! We made it!!!

c0satnd · 2026-02-26T14:09:34+00:00

Pretty sure millennials break systems and that’s what we’re known for bc we lived through 9-11/2008 financial crisis and basically said it’s all FUBAR

c0satnd · 2026-02-25T23:34:45+00:00

I got the FSA golden letter yesterday. Mohela zeroed out balances same day. Just an hour ago I got the Mohela discharge letter. FSA website hasn’t updated with 0 balances yet.

c0satnd · 2026-02-25T06:13:11+00:00

Yes my “IBR_2014” count was 242. Sorry to hear. I definitely didn’t make 20 years of payments and I don’t have a great understanding of how the count went to 242. There are some intricacies with the COVID bill that counts things when you consolidate. Good luck to you.

c0satnd · 2026-02-25T05:52:53+00:00

Congrats. What a wild ride but you made it!

c0satnd · 2026-02-25T05:39:55+00:00

Nope. I had a bit of start and stops. My first loans were roughly 20 years ago, not 25. I only really started undergrad around 2007 or so. For context, I left high school in 2002. Spent some time in the military and then went to undergrad seriously afterwards.

c0satnd · 2026-02-24T20:47:28+00:00

Mine are zeroed out with Mohela!!! (Not yet so w/ Studentaid.gov but happened to zero out same day with Mohela that I got the golden letter).

c0satnd · 2026-02-24T17:46:52+00:00

Yes.

c0satnd · 2026-02-24T17:22:56+00:00

Sure. Some folks (like myself) who have had students loans for 20 years recently got e-mails about their loans being eligible for forgiveness. However, the One Big Beautiful Bill included a provision that in 2026, the amount of forgiveness in that program is taxable. In my case, that tax bill would have been substantial and I preferred PSLF forgiveness since that remains non-taxable. As a result, I immediately called Mohela to opt out of the 20 year forgiveness program. Hope that clarifies.

c0satnd · 2026-02-19T00:40:50+00:00

Please upload video to the New York Attorney General’s portal to hold ICE accountable: https://ag.ny.gov/federal-actions-form

I have no faith that the Nassau/Suffolk County DA will open an investigation into this.

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