‘The NYPD—with a heavy assist from the media—is utilizing tried-and-true tactics to kneecap the defund movement and other accountability measures like making chokeholds illegal.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Side Effect of COVID-19 Could be Weaker Civil Liberties
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‘Those in power are willing to be extremely broad in their use of COVID-19 as a justification for bending certain legal protections.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How Defunding Can Solve Police Violence
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‘Ultimately, defunding the police and reinvesting in needs like public health, stable housing, and youth development is both our best hope for reducing aggressive, racialized policing and a step toward addressing community violence’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Dismantle ICE and Reimagine an Inclusive Immigration System
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‘We joined in a collective exhale when the Supreme Court temporarily stopped Trump’s rescinding of DACA. But the celebration didn’t last very long.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Crisis in Immigrant Health is Far from Over
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‘This unprecedented public health crisis has further illuminated existing discrimination and inequities in access to medical care, especially for one community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: immigrants
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time to Fire NYC’s Bad Cops
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‘The City of New York has constructed an elaborate procedure, from investigations to Board votes to trials, to obscure the disturbing fact that only the NYPD itself holds any disciplinary authority over the NYPD.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Press is Stoking Fears of a Phantom Child-Abuse Crisis
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‘There is an assumption in our culture that underlies all of this coverage—that without constant surveillance, Black parents are a danger to their own children. These articles are not based on facts.’
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Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence
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‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat
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‘Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Local Control of the MTA is About Equity and Efficiency
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‘New Yorkers have a few options: They can either choose to live in the status quo, which will spell eventual disaster for the MTA; lobby for bailout and then an actual independent MTA; or demand that the city or state government take control of the systems.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Columbia Students, Please Don’t Love Our Community to Death
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‘Columbia and our other local institutions need to consider the possible irreparable harm to the community if students return too soon.’