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Opinion: COVID-19 Exposed Health Disparities that New York Can—and Must—Fix

‘The most basic function of government is to keep its people safe. And so there are reforms to our health system that must be made immediately.’

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Opinion: Extreme Heat’s Risk Swells in the Summer of COVID

The combination of a pandemic and extreme heat this summer is a perfect storm, as major economic losses and high unemployment rates make it hard to afford energy bills for…

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Opinion: NYC Has a Second Chance to Get the Jails Plan Right

‘The one-year delay in first year funding is an opportunity to avoid further exacerbating existing inequalities in our city and communities. The city must reconsider the plan to build a…

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Opinion: Cops are Using Fear to Fight Reform

‘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.’

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Opinion: Criminalizing COVID-19 Will Only Worsen its Toll

‘When healthcare is bound up with policing, more people get sick, and more die.‘

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Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness

‘My family—and families like mine all over this city—deserve to be able to call for help and actually get it.’

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Opinion: NYS Must Revisit its Rushed Move to Legalize Surrogacy

New York’s bill ‘was passed without the women, whose lives will be most imperiled, being central to the discussion – in particular those women without race or economic clout, or…

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Opinion: As NYC Reopens, There’s a Chance to Reimagine Life in the City

‘Not since New Yorkers like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr debated our best interests have we had the opportunity to truly revisit the merits of the codified laws and established…

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Opinion: A Side Effect of COVID-19 Could be Weaker Civil Liberties

‘Those in power are willing to be extremely broad in their use of COVID-19 as a justification for bending certain legal protections.’

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Opinion: How Defunding Can Solve Police Violence

‘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…

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