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Opinion: NYers With Addiction Face Serious COVID-19 Risks

‘In times of heightened anxiety, many people who suffer from addiction are also more susceptible to relapses and overdose. Now more than ever, the state must help cover their costs…

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Opinion: Don’t Cancel Rent Without Protecting Homeowners

‘We cannot advocate to ‘cancel rent’ as a singular measure without considering the unintended, yet foreseeable, harm to other marginalized groups.’

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Opinion: Cuomo’s Next Task as a National Leader is to Spare Prisoners from COVID-19

‘COVID-19 creates the basis for a new standard of parole release that evaluates people for who they are today. This would prevent more death and suffering from this virus and…

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Crossing a COVID Nation: Our Lost Highway

When the hospitals in NYC were overrun, the death toll was out of control, folks had lost their jobs, patients had to split ventilators due to a shortage, and he’d…

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Opinion: Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, School Budget Cuts are the Wrong Medicine

The mayor’s proposed cuts are ‘devastating and a further disadvantage for schools that were struggling before a pandemic. Combined with the concentrated impact of the virus on low-income families, it’s…

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Opinion: The Role We Must Play in Countering Racist Scapegoating Around COVID-19

‘To make sure that this period of physical distancing becomes an opportunity for social solidarity, teachers and other unionists should speak out against anti-Asian racism with their students and co-workers.…

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Opinion: If Ever There Were a Time for Clemency, It’s Now

‘Arnie candidly wrote that he was convicted of a double homicide in Brooklyn. ‘I make no bones about it, I was a bad guy.’ He’ll first be eligible for…

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Opinion: NYS Now Has Time to Get Cannabis Legalization Right

‘If done thoughtfully, New York has an opportunity to set a new standard for states to address longstanding injustice and inequity, build African-American wealth, and create jobs for those who…

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Opinion: City Workers Who Die from COVID Deserve Line of Duty’ Benefits

‘Please urge your elected officials to pass legislation granting public workers who give their lives in dealing with this crisis ‘Line-of-Duty’ death benefits.’

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Opinion: Fear Prevailed in the Crusade to Undo New York’s Bail Reforms

‘Under the new amendments to the law, Kalief Browder would have been eligible for bail, the prosecutor would have again asked for bail, and bail would have been set. Under…

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