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CityViews: It’s Time to Provide Legal Help to Families Facing Child-Welfare Probes

‘It’s time we recognize that the interests at stake for parents under ACS investigation are just as compelling, with consequences that can be just as grave, as in a criminal…

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CityViews: Equitable Admission to High Schools Must Start with Middle School

‘Removing competitive admission is hardly radical; it is simply bringing our middle schools into alignment with nearly all other public middle schools in the nation.’

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CityViews: Mr. Mayor, it is Not Progressive to Build Cages for Humans

‘Nothing sends a bigger signal that the city is cravenly committed to a system of mass incarceration than the construction of giant new jails in the city’s thriving neighborhoods.’

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CityViews: New York Must Lead the Nation Toward a Constitutional Amendment on Money in Politics

‘When Congress is unable or unwilling to propose a needed amendment, the people have the option of a convention, where through the states we can propose an amendment to our…

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CityViews: Mayor’s Progressive Moves Mean Little in a City Overrun by Developers

‘What good is two weeks off from work, when many of us are one paycheck away from devastation because rents are skyrocketing thanks to the mayor’s development agenda?’

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CityViews: NYC Activists Must Take the Environmental Movement to the Next Level

‘Environmental organizations in America have mostly tried to color within the lines, lines that the establishment has drawn. However, a new movement, though it rejects violence as a tactic, also…

Health Opinion

CityViews: How Helpful Neighbors Promote New Yorkers’ Health

For the first time, the city’s Community Health Survey sought to learn whether and where New Yorkers felt they had helpful neighbors.

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CityViews: Jazmine Headley Case Exposes Flaws in a Justice System that Rushes to Charge

After a video emerged showing a violent arrest, officials rushed to free Jazmine Headley from jail. But why was she behind bars before anyone had a chance to investigate the…

Land Use and Development Opinion

CityViews: Yes, Fare Evasion Costs the MTA. But What About the Costs of Fare Control?

‘It is time to send the transit fare control apparatus off for recycling, replace it with nothing but open corridors, and ask our police to find new roles for themselves…

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CityViews: Do I Get a Tax Break if I Move to NYC, Like Amazon?

‘I’ve grown too big for my hometown and it’s time to move on. I’m looking for a new city in which to settle. Does anybody want to offer me a…

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