Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Pass Clean Slate and NY leaves no one behind
The state Legislature can make this happen before end of session.
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: Brittle nature of Latino identity politics shows cracks as political representation falls short, disappoints
Achievements by the state’s Black political establishment has highlighted how Hispanic leaders haven’t made the same progress.
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Opinion: Transgender wellness equity fund needed to create meaningful economic opportunities
If approved, pending legislation would create funding to address inequities that have led to unemployment and poverty for the state’s transgender community.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Buffalo supermarket shooting highlights need for co-responder models
With the rise in shootings across the country, law enforcement should no longer be the typical response to a mental health crisis.
Opinion
Opinion
Bring back the solitary beat cop and put them on each subway
Patrolling train cars and platforms will bring back straphangers and jumpstart our city’s recovery.
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Opinion: Empower the public in the redistricting process
Here’s how an education plan is the answer.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Is it 1994 again?
History usually repeats itself and recent polling in New York state points to a worsening political climate for Democrats, including Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Empower the public in the redistricting process
Here’s how an education plan is the answer.
Opinion
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Leave Delgado’s ethnicity alone
Debating what a person thinks about their own ethnic background is offensive.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The silent suffering of Asian women
COVID-19 and hate attacks have taken a disproportionate toll on the mental health of Asian women in New York, and it may get worse.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York’s redistricting process is doomed to fail
Here’s why it’s already time to reform the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Making the case for a “Freelance isn’t free” law in New York
Legislation would give independent workers a right to a written contract, timely and full payment and protection from retaliation.
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What do nonprofit leaders really think about unionization?
Here’s what current and former executives have to say.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Public transit options to LGA need more promotion
Transit officials have done it before. Remember “Take the train to the plane?”
Nonprofits
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Opinion: The next generation of nonprofit workers are demanding more for themselves, and we should support them
They should be set up to do meaningful work that helps repair the world, while still living whole, happy, joyful lives.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The Tulsa-fication of New York and the rest of America
How the 1921 massacre and destruction of the Greenwood community created the paradigm for the current system of mass incarceration and institutionalized economic exclusion and generational poverty of Black and Brown communities.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Delivering on cryptocurrency’s supposed social good
Elected officials need more education about bitcoin before promoting it as a way of benefiting New Yorkers.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Can nonprofits help keep the peace in New York City?
The sector can help solve the problem of increased crime, while striking a balance between policing and community safety.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Floor area limits are hindering affordable housing development
The state’s Multiple Dwelling Law needs to be fixed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature before the end of the session.
Opinion
Opinion