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How Wrong the Right Was on Stop-and-Frisk

Conservative commentators warned for years that reining in stop-and-frisk would unleash a wave of violence and disorder. Instead, the number of police stops is down—and so is crime.

ARTS and CULTURE Opinion

Saving the Bronx’s Only Book Store is Just the First Step

Creating sustainable, thriving communities is about more than buildings. Without access to cultural resources—from libraries and bookstores, to museums and galleries, to concert halls—we cannot create healthy neighborhoods.

Justice Opinion

Gov. Needs to Restore Money for Domestic Violence Victims

In 2013, the NYPD responded to 280,531 domestic violence incidents, approximately 765 per day. But stagnant state funding for DV victims’ services isn’t keeping up with increased incidence of…

Opinion

Fixing Jail Violence Means Worrying About Officers’ Health

Amid the outrage over treatment of jail inmates, corrections officials must also think about how the system treats its employers.Nationwide, COs have a suicide rate 39 percent higher than the…

In Depth News Opinion

No ‘SNAP’ Solution for New York City’s Food Insecure Dilemma

A newly elected Assemblywoman says Albany needs to do more to shore up a struggling emergency food system in the Bronx and elsewhere in the Empire State.

Opinion

A Campaign Caller Explains: Why I Interrupt Your Dinner

“We’re spending our evenings calling your house because we want a better world for our mothers, daughters, sisters and ourselves.”

Opinion

What Rob Astorino Offers New York City

An op-ed from the Republican nominee for governor promises tax reduction, a replacement for the Common Core and vigorous oversight of the city’s finances.

Opinion

How Howie Hawkins Would Help New York

City Limits invited allies of the three leading gubernatorial campaigns to submit op-eds on why their candidate would be the best choice for New York City. First up is the…

Opinion

When Subway Dancers Get Busted, City’s Culture is Bruised

What time is it? Showtime or “No” time? A visitor to New York wonders why the city is cracking down on one of the things that makes it unique.

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

My First Term at Homeless University

A homeless woman decides to think of her time in the city’s shelter system as the kind of multifaceted learning experience for which some of us pay $30,000 a year.

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