Opinion
Opinion: Don’t give people returning from prison a “second chance”
Using this kind of language reinforces perceptions and prejudice that drive mass incarceration.
Opinion
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.
Editor's Note
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.
Opinion
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.
Editor's Note
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.
Opinion
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.
Editor's Note
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
Opinion: New York City’s economic recovery should be top priority
With rising inflation and fewer jobs than before the pandemic as well as a shift to remote work, here are five ways the city’s new administration can help boost economic recovery.
Opinion
Opinion: Are schools the safest place for our children?
After students and teachers walked out of classes to voice safety concerns in schools amid the rise of COVID-19’s omicron variant, New York City now has the chance to craft and perfect a remote learning option.
Opinion
Opinion: Why it’s time to pass the Adult Survivors Act
Passage of the legislation will show how serious policymakers, post Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Opinion
Opinion: New York’s climate goals inspire Biden’s clean energy agenda
The President’s administration looked to the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to set its own clean energy agenda.
Opinion
Opinion: Transit equity starts in the Bronx
The planned Interborough Express should be expanded so that it benefits Bronxites too.
Opinion
Editor’s note: New owners of decommissioned Staten Island Ferry need to know what they’re getting into
SNL’s Pete Davidson and Colin Jost should look at how others succeeded – and failed – at repurposing ferries and other large boats.
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Answering the call for help after deadly Bronx high-rise fire
New Yorkers donated food, clothing and money in the wake of the Jan. 9 blaze that claimed 17 lives, including eight kids, and the relief efforts continue.
Opinion
Opinion: State legislative staffers should make a living wage
Higher pay would make public service more accessible to all communities in New York.
Opinion
NYC’s new leaders must turn crisis into opportunity
A new year with a new administration means that the city has the chance to reinvent itself after two years of hardship.
Opinion
Opinion: New York has a severe nursing crisis
New leadership in Albany and City Hall must prioritize fixing this public health ticking time bomb.
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time to stop throwing young people with undertreated mental health conditions issues in jail
Two mothers whose sons have been incarcerated at Rikers Island call for supporting legislation that expands eligibility for treatment, instead of locking up young people.
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