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Opinion: Cuomo Must Act to Save Jailed Parolees from COVID-19

‘They cannot self-quarantine, or wash their hands because they have no soap, and they cannot care for a sick family member. They deserve our attention and compassion.’

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Opinion: Let Them Out Now

‘A mass release in the name of public health could signal a watershed in shifting priorities from law and order policies that fail distressed communities.’

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Opinion: Social Distancing Saves Lives, but only if it’s Socially Responsible

‘Social distancing should not just be about protecting yourself and your family from the epidemic or avoid passing contagion to others. It should be an opportunity for those of us…

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Opinion: Home Stability Support Needed Now to Boost Rental Assistance Amid COVID-19

‘HSS would ensure that our state’s most vulnerable residents can continue to afford rent and remain in secure homes in these uncertain times and even after the current eviction moratorium…

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Opinion: Youth Homeless Are Falling Through Cracks in COVID-19 Response

‘Providers have had to close four drop-in centers, some have rolled services back to the most basic pieces, and still others have ceased overnight hours.’

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Opinion: COVID is a Reason to Double Down on the Green Economy

‘First and foremost, government should focus on its real-time response to COVID-19. But we must simultaneously prepare for the next crisis. We can do both. ‘

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Opinion: Amid the COVID Crisis, Closing the Digital Divide is More Urgent Than Ever

‘The Coronavirus crisis presents a critical chance in addressing the opportunity gap that limits Black and Latino youth from low income communities from entering the growing tech sector in New…

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Opinion: Bail Reform is About Keeping my Neighbors Home

‘It is brutal to remove people from their families and subject them to the cruel punishment of incarceration while they are supposedly ‘presumed innocent.’ ‘

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Opinion: Taxing the Rich Can Help New York Fight Coronavirus

‘Make no mistake: budget cuts to healthcare won’t reduce the spread of coronavirus or lessen its impact. In fact, as we have seen in Washington state, cuts that…

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Opinion: This Health Crisis is a Hunger Crisis, Too

‘Unless government takes immediate, bold action, food-insecure Americans will be hit even harder, and their troubles will likely extend long beyond the life of the epidemic.’

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