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The state budget provides a chance for campaign finance reform.
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Pass campaign finance reform in the state budget
Reducing the influence of big money in state politics can still happen.
By JOANNA ZDANYS
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A person is sean walking throught the empty lawn of Sheep Meadow in Central Park on March 21st.
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Keep the parks open
Closing them to slow the spread of COVID-19 would do more harm than good.
By ROSE HARVEY
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Where has Mayor de Blasio gone wrong with education policy?
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How de Blasio failed students in failing schools
The mayor of New York City should have followed on his predecessor’s path in education policy.
By RAYMOND DOMANICO
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Rikers Island
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Don’t leave people to die from COVID-19 on Rikers Island
The conditions are crowded and unsanitary and the spread inside will eventually get outside.
By CAMILLA BRODERICK
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Americans are emptying the shelves of painkillers during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Coronavirus proves socialists are right
Universal health insurance, paid sick leave and other social programs would slow the virus’ spread.
By ROSS BARKAN
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New York City's First Lady Chirlane McCray hosting a community conversation on mental health.
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What would make ThriveNYC thrive
The program’s architect explains what it did right and why it matters.
By GARY BELKIN
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A pedestrian wearing a face mask while walking along a nearly-vacant Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the most important pedestrian street in downtown Milan.
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Trump or Cuomo could quarantine New York
The president and governor have the authority to order a lockdown. They just might not get reelected if they do.
By SCOTT LEMIEUX
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SNAP is one program that helps low-income families in New York.
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New York should eliminate asset limits for public assistance recipients
Forcing low-income households to do without savings worsens their economic precarity.
By MARIO GUTIERREZ
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A light pole with a surveillance camera at the World Trade Center.
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NYC’S POST Act: 21st century oversight for 21st century policing
It would require the NYPD to disclose information about its surveillance tools.
By ÁNGEL DíAZ
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City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez, sponsor of the bill that will allow non-citizens to vote in NYC's municipal elections.
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You want democracy? Give noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote
If we want New Yorkers to have true representation, we must extend the right to vote to all who live here, including non-citizens.
By NATASHA ISHAK
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