‘In the past eight years, Puerto Rico residents have repeatedly voted against continuing under the current territory status.’
gun control
Opinion: Job One for NYC’s Next Mayor is Tackling Gun Violence
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‘City Hall can and must go beyond the typical fixes of past administrations, and work to address gun violence in two ways: with bespoke strategies tailored to individual neighborhoods and with a comprehensive citywide approach.’
Election 2021
Opinion: This Election Will Create More Diverse Representation in NYC—Thanks to Ranked Choice Voting
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The City Council, where only 14 women serve in a chamber of 51, is poised—for the first time—to become a majority female body with 29 women currently leading in their respective races.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: ICE Must End Local Transfers, Release Detained Immigrants
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‘ICE has abruptly moved at least 50 locally detained immigrants without notice. In many cases, detained individuals have simply disappeared.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Justice-Involved New Yorkers Need Access to Higher Education
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‘As New York City looks toward investing in opportunities for people with justice involvement, it is imperative that they fund higher education services as a part of reentry. We must break down the barriers to opportunity for justice-involved people now more than ever.’
Opinion
Opinion: NYC Needs a Proactive Plan to Protect Asian Americans From Hate
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‘Without the help from city leaders in securing the $10 million in new initiative funding, we are stuck in this reality—a status quo where, every day, Asian New Yorkers are afraid to go to the park, to work, to the grocery store
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal
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‘What low-income renters and homeless New Yorkers really need is Section 8 for all: housing assistance offered as an entitlement for everyone who qualifies.’
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Opinion: Every Level of Government Must Step Up to Address Family Homelessness
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‘We need to strengthen the safety-net for families at risk of homelessness, and make sure that even as people get jobs they don’t lose their rental assistance.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: To Protect NY’s Immigrants, End Law Enforcement Cooperation with ICE
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‘The New York for All Act would have prohibited state and local agencies, including peace officers and law enforcement, from sharing information with ICE to funnel immigrants into the detention and deportation system.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Our Sons are Among NY’s 65K Ultra-Orthodox Children Lacking Secular Education
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‘In high school, one of our boys is receiving zero secular education, and the other will experience the same once he reaches that age. By not addressing this educational neglect, New York is robbing children of the opportunity to reach their full potential in life.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: I Interviewed for Andrew Yang’s Nonprofit. It Was Demoralizing.
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‘After an exercise in which we innovated a refrigerator to alert users when their food had gone bad, they handed out note cards and asked each of us to write down who we thought did the worst.’