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Opinion: Many Migrants are Here to Stay. Let’s Make Sure They Have Somewhere to Live

“Legal status should not be a determinant of the quality of life you can live nor the access you have to shelter. Having a safe, stable place to call home…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: NYC Jails Criminalize Mail Correspondence, Just In Time For the Holidays

“No blurry scan of a letter can ever replace homemade gifts from children or physically holding the familiar handwriting of a loved one. This cruel, misguided approach to curbing overdoses…

Education Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Expanding NY’s Youth Justice Laws is an Investment in the Future of Our Communities

“The Youth Justice & Opportunities Act would expand existing protections and limit the lifelong negative consequences that stem from prosecution for actions young people take before they reach full maturity.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Housing for Our Formerly Incarcerated Neighbors Serves Us All

“Study after study has shown that stable housing is the linchpin for successful reentry and for creating strong social bonds. These outcomes, in turn, lead to a substantially reduced likelihood…

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

“We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and…

Education Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Segregated K-12 Schools are a Threat to Democracy

“Democracies cannot function when entire groups of people are insulated from the realities of those they don’t understand. By reframing the issue as an urgent threat to democracy, we may…

Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: How NY Democrats and Gov. Hochul Can Win Back Young Voters

“While record youth turnout across the country enabled Democrats to hold the U.S. Senate and make gains in swing districts barely won by President Joe Biden, the New York vote…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: One Easy Fix Could Help Thousands of Recent Venezuelan Immigrants

“Simply by re-designating Temporary Protected Status to include recent arrivals from Venezuela, thousands of asylum seekers would have their legal posture drastically altered, for the better. The Department of Homeland…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Do We Want to Solve Violence, or Crime?

“For decades politicians have focused on reducing crime while communities end up with nothing that actually solves violence—and often with strategies that make it worse.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: More Housing is the Progressive Choice

“More housing at any income level lowers nearby rents. We progressives should therefore be fighting for new housing with every bone in our bodies.”

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