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No BackSpace: Shackling Inmates Will Only Make Rikers Violence Worse

A veteran DOC officer writes: ‘We simply must develop the will to expend the money for services and staff, rather than on restraint chairs and solitary cells.’

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No Backspace: NY’s Rules for Policing Political Activity Still Need Tightening

Imagine a world where a federal judge has to tell civil liberties lawyers that they’ve conceded too much to the NYPD. Don’t imagine it. You’re living in it.

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As De Blasio Probes End, Progressive Ideals Matter More than Prosecutors’ Take

The prosecutors have spoken, and the court of public opinion will render its decision in under eight months’ time. Yet neither one is really equipped to answer the deeper question…

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NoBackspace: Vision Zero Works When Victim-Blaming Stops and Accountability Starts

When we hear about traffic crashes, there’s a tendency to question the intentions of the victim first and immediately put fault on them, instead of a reckless driver. That has…

Opinion

CityViews: The Long View on New York’s Homeless Problem

An author who documented the homeless problem as it existed in 1981 argues many in the city are still misled by the notion that homelessness is an aberration or interloper.…

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No BackSpace: It’s the Incessant Fundraising, Stupid (Why Big Money Dooms Democrats)

‘Campaigning and governing is now indistinguishable from fundraising. The vast majority of e-mails and letters that I now receive from elected officials are either thinly veiled fundraising pitches or overt…

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No BackSpace: Amid Racist Sentiment, Year of the Rooster Dawns on a Stronger Chinese NYC

A Trump presidency and persistent incidents of anti-Asian sentiment are disturbing. But this author is appeased by the footsteps of the Year of Rooster and its prophetic messages.

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No BackSpace: IDNYC Fiasco Shows Undocumented Immigrants Can’t Trust the City

This op-ed argues: ‘With Trumpmageddon looming, undocumented immigrants may have very learned the hard way that government, whether local or federal, liberal or conservative, may never be able provide them…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Podcast: Redlining, Racial Politics and the Way Forward in Trump’s America

We wrap up our ‘Building Justice’ series with a discussion about how to talk about the legacy of a racist policy, and what to do to address it in the…

Land Use and Development Opinion

CityViews: How Safe is the City, Through Young Eyes?

A class of high-school students wrestles with the tension between facts and perceptions when it comes to how safe New York City really is.

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