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Guest op-eds, City Limits bloggers and reaction from readers

Improving SNAP, Improving Lives: The Case For Healthier Food Stamps

The city’s social services commissioner makes the case for prohibiting the use of food stamp benefits to buy sugary drinks.

Economy Opinion

Business Owner: Paid Sick Leave Bill Not Bad Medicine

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she killed a bill requiring paid sick leave out of concern for small businesses. But at least one store owner says the idea would…

Opinion

City Should Be Cautious About Synthetic Turf

Our athletic fields must be safe and must not adversely impact the health of those using them, says the City Councilmember who chairs the Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee.

Government Opinion

Not All 9-11 Families Oppose The Mosque

In the arguments over the “Ground Zero mosque”—which is not just a mosque and not at Ground Zero—the feelings of 9-11 families are not monolithic.

Government Opinion

Koch On Mosque: Let's Be Calm Now

On a day when Newt Gingrich compared the people planning a downtown mosque to Nazis, former Mayor Ed Koch said Americans could some day regret the furor over the project.

In Depth Opinion

Killing the Message?

Hip-hop music has a powerful effect on New York’s youth–and an almost entirely negative one, say three young writers, who think that impact could, and should, change.

Opinion

Obama Must Make Youth A Priority

In this op-ed, an advocate says a multibillion-dollar federal initiative is needed to bring disconnected youth back into the mainstream—not just for their sake, but for ours, too.

Opinion

Passing Judgment: Juvenile Crime Indicts Adults

The good news is that juvenile justice reform is underway in New York. The bad news, argues this op-ed, is that reform won’t work unless we recognize the true causes…

Opinion

Closing Schools Won't Fix Them

The city’s Department of Education wants to close 19 more schools that aren’t performing well. But will that help disadvantaged students?

Opinion

Life Sentences And Civil Death

Around the country, states are rethinking restrictions on work, aid and housing that punish people who have already done their time.

Opinion

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