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Opinion: Who’s Afraid of Police Transparency? History Says There’s Little to Fear

The de Blasio administration is hedging on reform to 50-a, the state statute that cloaks police discipline in secrecy. But an experiment 20 years ago that threw NYPD hearings into…

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Opinion: A Long Overdue Report Card on Racial Inequality in New York City

‘The city has changed and racial inequality has increased but neither happened in the way nor with the outcomes that we anticipated.’ Read findings from a new anthology and watch…

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Opinion: Voting Rights Could Improve Conditions, Reduce Violence in NY Prisons

‘Without voting rights, prisoners nationwide are waging nonviolent direct action to fight for better conditions.’

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Opinion: Proposed CUNY Contract is a Good Deal for Students and Faculty

‘The proposed deal provides an extra salary lift for many of the lower-paid full-time faculty and staff, but it’s not perfect.’

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Opinion: Recent Incidents Show NYC Still Has a Long Way to Go on Police Accountability

‘The NYPD routinely shields police officers from accountability and oversight. One way they do so is by refusing to name officers involved in troubling incidents, even when captured on video.’

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Opinion: East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan Must Move Forward

‘We must get community-led resiliency projects off the ground in other vulnerable waterfront communities, and it starts with the advancement of the ESCR project.’

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Opinion: If Council Passes Homeless Set-Aside Law, De Blasio Should Veto It

‘It’s counterproductive to tie the hands of the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), an agency already stretched to the limit as they attempt to deal with an…

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Opinion: The 2020 Election Season is Underway, and Jamaal Bowman’s Bid Deserves Attention

‘The outcome will further test how much traditional politics still holds sway.’

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Opinion: Traditional Dairy Products Are on the Decline. That’s Good News.

‘The rapid growth of the plant-based dairy alternative market can be credited to these health and environmental motives, among others.’

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Books: When Gentrification Came to Greenpoint

In an excerpt from a new book, Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, an up-close look at one tenant-landlord dispute shows what’s really happening around the city.

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