CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Subway Ban Amounts to Exile for Sex Offenders
Emily Ponder-Williams |
‘An all-out ban on access to public transportation would create enormous barriers to successful reentry and rehabilitation.’
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
Jarrett Murphy |
The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
Justice
Feds Eye New Contract for City’s Only Private Jail, Which Can House ICE Detainees
Harry DiPrinzio |
The Queens Detention Facility is New York City’s only privately run detention facility. It houses over 200 federal detainees for the US Marshals Service.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
Jarrett Murphy |
As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
ACS
Tragedy, Advocates, Pols Paved Way for Bid to Keep Detained Youth Closer to Home
Jarrett Murphy |
A report says complicated backstory of the city-state Close to Home program—and its early success–are a model for youth-justice systems around the country.
accessibility
Video: MTA Must Prioritize Subway Elevators as NYC Ages, Activists Say
Jeanmarie Evelly |
In the next two decades, New Yorkers 65 and older will account for 18 percent of the city’s population, according to the AARP. And they’re going to need a lot more elevators than the transit system currently offers.
arrests
Does Less Policing = More Fare Beating on New York City Subways?
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The MTA says turnstile jumping exploded when the NYPD pulled back on subway arrests. But critics doubt the numbers.
Justice
Advocates Press Albany to Fix New York’s Parole System
Jarrett Murphy |
The Parole Board is missing commissioners and staff, most parole applications get shot down and hundreds who have served long sentences have no hope of getting out.
community engagement
Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?
Jarrett Murphy |
There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.
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Judge in Jogger Murder Trial has a History of Having Rulings Overturned
Theodore Hamm |
The judge—who seemed to signal solidarity with the jogger’s family, is related to two assistant DAs and sided with the prosecution on key rulings in the Chanel Lewis trial—has had at least 42 cases reversed or modified by the appellate division since 2004.
