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CityViews: Long Island City does not Need a Vertical ‘Country-Club’ on Public Land

‘Hundreds of residents have already signed onto a petition against the project, and as more residents learn about this public land give-away, this movement will only grow.’

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CityViews: Beyond Symbolism, Black Poverty Matters

‘Condemning Neo-Nazis and Klansmen is (or at least should be) an easy first step. Yet, if we as a nation want to fully reject racism, we must commit ourselves to…

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CityViews: Constitutional Convention is New York’s Only Opportunity for Change

‘We are not satisfied with the way New York State is run, and we have no reason to believe any of the state’s most serious problems will change if left…

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CityViews: Lives Could Be Saved if NYC’s Shelters Had Naloxone Training

‘I share my story so that his death will not be in vain.’

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CityViews: Racializing Inwood’s Rezoning Debate Won’t End the Risk of Gentrification

‘To racialize community concerns about the future is to create a toxic straw horse. It will divert residents’ attention from fighting against the social and economic violence that accompanies gentrification.…

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CityViews: Opioids are a Crisis, but Crack is Still a Scourge in Some Communities

‘Unlike the swift response to the opioid epidemic that’s hitting middle-class white Americans, the response to crack has fallen inexcusably short.’

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CityViews: Lack of Sex Ed is a Safety Issue for NYC Public Schools

‘We can’t afford to let another school year go by without implementing comprehensive, medically-accurate sex education.’

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CityViews: This Three-Step Plan Will Reopen the Door to Homeownership for NYC’s Middle Class

‘We must institute policies and programs to ensure that every New Yorker has access to affordable homeownership. It is how we can revitalize the middle class in New York City,”…

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DACA: What Those Who Have it, and Those Who Want it, Need to Know

The current administration has declared today that the DACA program is set to fully expire on March 5, 2018. Congress has 6 months to pass legislation to save almost 1…

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Citizen Views: Why I’m Voting for Amanda Farias for City Council

‘I felt obligated to support another young women willing to take a stand to challenge the status quo in the Bronx on a people’s platform.’

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