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Opinion: Will NYS Defend Democracy by Adopting Public Financing?

‘We still haven’t gotten to the root cause of Albany’s long-standing problem. The facts are clear: big donors dominate New York’s elections.’

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Opinion: City is Spinning Child-Welfare Stats

‘ACS has retreated from reform and subjected more children to the enormous trauma of needless foster care.’

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Opinion: NY Can Reduce Redlining’s Residue by Backing Credit Unions

‘New York needs bold solutions like the NYS CDFI Fund to address deeply entrenched inequities in our financial system and economy at large. The governor and legislature must act now.’

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Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?

‘The governor and state legislature now have the opportunity to do something to help the people most at risk of homelessness.’

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Opinion: Our Shared Faith and the Fight for Bail Reform

A priest and a rabbi write, ‘Our traditions teach that when a person is held captive and the value of their freedom is assigned a price tag that they cannot…

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Opinion: It’s Time to Make NY a #FairCity4AllAges

‘At less than one-half of 1 percent of the city’s overall budget, the Department for the Aging has long struggled to receive the financial support it requires to meet its…

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Opinion: Decisions on Jails are about People, Not Zoning

‘The ULURP decision-makers cannot avoid the real question at stake: Will the city recommit to incarceration for generations to come, or will New Yorkers chart a new course?’

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Opinion: It’s Time to Improve and Embrace the Plan to Close Rikers Island

‘Rikers Island has been a human rights atrocity since the 1930s, and we are closer than ever to closing it.’

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Opinion: What the Data Says About Child Welfare in New York City

‘In 2018, the number of children in foster care in New York City fell another 6 percent, while nationally the number of young people in foster care has steadily increased…

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CityReviews: The Black-and-White Gore and Glory of Weegee the Famous

He began introducing himself as the ‘world’s greatest living photographer.’ To earn that title, he lived by night, teaching himself to deal with a tough town.

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