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Editor’s Note: New York Nonprofit Media returns with in-person events
BoardCon attendees were excited to collaborate again after two years away due to the pandemic.
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Editor’s Note: Eric Adams needs his own ad targeting New Yorkers who’ve fled to Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is campaigning on disgruntled New Yorkers. Adams should remind them of what the best city in the world has to offer.
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Opinion: Online harassment of politicians more often targets women and must be fought with policies requiring media literacy
Legislation targeting media companies isn’t the solution.
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Opinion: Struggling New Yorkers should get a tax rebate
Getting real money into people’s hands can be done quickly and how the funds are used is up to the decision of each individual.
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Kathy Hochul handled downstate hecklers with aplomb
The governor didn’t flinch after getting an earful of boos during last week’s Rangers game.
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Opinion: Lessons learned from COVID-19 show there are better ways to help homeless New Yorkers
The pandemic’s harsh reality pointed out the difference between how the city operates and how it could run.
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Editor’s Note: VA hospitals are not so easily replaced
A Biden administration plan would shut down the VA hospitals in Manhattan and Brooklyn in favor of using other health care providers.
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Opinion: Rising gun violence and shocking crimes require sober analysis, not knee-jerk responses
We need to invest in making New Yorkers safe, but failed punitive policies, like reinstating cash bail for low level offenses, are not the answer.
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Opinion: Don’t give people returning from prison a “second chance”
Using this kind of language reinforces perceptions and prejudice that drive mass incarceration.
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Opinion: Cuts to crime victim services funding will leave survivors behind
Tens of thousands of victims use the help to access vital community resources, recover from trauma, and get back on their feet in the wake of abuse, assault, or exploitation.
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Editor’s Note: Riders jumping onto the tracks are part of the safety problem in New York’s subways
Last month, the majority of people who entered subway tracks did so voluntarily, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Editor’s note: Could the Automat be a model eatery for the pandemic?
With COVID-19 here to stay, there’s no better reason to bring back automated restaurants.
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Opinion: Here’s what’s really holding back criminal justice reform
The absence of a clear mission over the past half-century has led to different plans, tensions and a lack of progress.
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Editor’s Note: New common areas in NYC office buildings provide extra space for a post-pandemic future
Shared spaces are increasingly including amenities like private booths for cellphone calls.
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Opinion: New York State is ready for statewide injection sites
After New York City successfully opened the nations’s first legally operating overdose prevention centers, it’s time to open more of them across the state.
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Editor’s Note: New York’s homeless problem on the subways has yet to see ‘a new day’ as promised by Adams and Hochul
Despite more cops and social and medical services personnel working to address the problem, riders continue witnessing the homeless engaged in dangerous activities.
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Where are the Latinas among Adams’ deputy mayors?
Observers and critics said the New York City mayor broke tradition by not including Hispanic women among his deputies.
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Opinion: Attacks on Bragg don’t hold water
The Manhattan District Attorney’s policies are rooted in decades of research and successful decarceration reforms around the nation and won’t lead to a crime apocalypse.
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How New York leaders can maximize their expanded budgets
Here’s how municipalities across the state can put their American Rescue Plan dollars to work rather than use it for a one-time infusion to plug holes.
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