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CityViews: Help Taxpayers and Protect Retirees by Rethinking Pensions in NYC

‘The new pension agency has to be a stand-alone entity and should not be part of the office of an elected official. Politics cannot play a role in selecting top-flight…

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CityViews: An Artist Incensed by Domestic Violence Explains her Beautiful Images of Guns

‘Pretend you were talking to an NRA member in a low-population, low-crime state like New Hampshire or Utah, where the rate of gun violence is much lower than in New…

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CityViews: Mayor’s Progressive Agenda does not Equal Economic Inclusion

‘The glaring omission in Mayor de Blasio’s 2019 State of the City address was what the city would do to support marginalized New Yorkers who are unemployed and not in…

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CityViews: State Must Equip the City to Truly Combat the Homeless Crisis

‘Mayor de Blasio’s plan to combat homelessness was a good start, but its commitment to permanent housing solutions falls short for the magnitude of the emergency we face,’ Borough President…

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CityViews: It’s Time to Finally Give Up the Dream of a Subway to Staten Island

‘There is a continuing series of feasibility studies that generate money for consultants along with free publicity for elected officials. At the end of the day, the long abandoned Brooklyn…

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CityViews: Is NYPD Oversight Really Making Homeless Shelters Safer?

‘This month marks two years of NYPD oversight of shelter security. With so much invested in the arrangement, a thorough examination is overdue.’

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CityViews: Help Close NYCHA’s Funding Gap With a ‘Tourist Tax’

‘I cannot imagine a tourist would be upset with a new tax, as $1 is easy to muster. Heck, even $2 is easy to swallow when you consider the amazing…

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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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