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Commentary: Biden doesn’t have to pivot to hardline border politics
The president can alleviate the pressure on New York with a national resettlement plan.
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Opinion: Keep NYC after-school programs affordable, while still paying workers fair wages
Here’s why we must advocate for increased funding.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Sexual assault survivors in NY, your DNA can be used against you
A new bill would stop the police from using sexual assault survivors’ DNA to implicate them in unrelated crimes.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Let’s make New York a leader for equitable digital infrastructure
We can’t allow aesthetic concerns with Link5G poles to stand in the way of closing the digital divide.
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Opinion: Who is making immigrant youth in NYC a priority?
Homeless agencies are, but they are at their breaking point and need more resources.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: I want to be an Age Disruptor and inspire others
Here’s how New York power players 50 and over are defying stereotypes, age discrimination and encouraging new generations.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York needs more housing. There's a real solution on the horizon
Rather than just relying on private developers, New York state can set up a Social Housing Development Authority to build affordable housing itself.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why Somos needs to stay in Puerto Rico
A relocation of the annual conference to the Dominican Republic would not align with the principles and values the event has promoted between New York and La Isla del Encanto.
Health Care
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Opinion: Medical aid in dying is a long overdue human right for New Yorkers
Terminally ill patients deserve the right to decide to end their suffering on their own terms and timeline.
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Opinion
Editor’s Note: New York City journalists boldly take a stand and keep their seats
Reporters at the Daily News staged a one-day strike over cost-cutting, while other reporters at a City Hall press conference ignored an attempt to make them stand.
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Commentary: Seizing the opportunity to improve contracting
A look at New York City’s transition from HHS Accelerator to PASSPort
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Major oil, gas and coal companies must pay the staggering costs of the climate crisis
A call for including the Climate Change Superfund Act in this year’s state budget after “the worst” flooding since Superstorm Sandy recently hit Long Island’s South Shore.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We can still make progress on housing affordability in 2024
Here’s legislation that can remove major hurdles to producing mixed income development and avoids further concentrating poverty.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Hornell is no longer overlooked as America’s high-speed rail manufacturing home
The tiny town in the Southern Tier is on a comeback building next-generation Acela trains as well as other trains for transportation systems across the country.
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Opinion
Opinion: To judge a society, look at how it treats its children
An argument for implementing the Raise the Age act.
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Opinion: Investing in the Bronx’s next generation
A call for recruits to mentor the borough’s youth from Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
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Opinion: Asylum-seeker children need a route to lawful immigration status
Legal, social service and advocacy organizations can start by educating the courts about Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
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Opinion: Make gender equality count in 2024
Money is the key ingredient in helping organizations fight violence and discrimination against women and others.
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Opinion
Opinion: Latinos make up 22% of new hires within Adams administration, 2% more than de Blasio, but it’s not enough
City Hall’s latest workforce report filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows how a historical hiring bias has been slow to reverse.
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