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Opinion: NYC Must Commit To Zero Waste. Universal Composting is How We Get There

“By refusing to send our trash to the communities adjacent to waste transfer stations, landfills, and incinerators—predominantly low-income communities of color—our city will be taking concrete steps to stand in…

Opinion: Overlooked Change in NY’s Estate Law is One Less Barrier to Re-Entry

“The restoration of voting rights in many states for those with felony histories is an encouraging step. In the same spirit, we must educate New York’s families of their right…

Education Government Health Opinion

Opinion: As COVID Mandates Lift, We Must Do More to Support Caregivers of Kids With Special Health Needs

“We have all been on our path to accepting COVID-19 as a part of our lives, but let’s not forget that the stakes are higher for some.”

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Congress Should Act Now to Extend School Food Waivers

“Many food management companies and producers of color are small to mid-sized, and we have benefited from the added flexibility in the way schools negotiate. The waivers have allowed us…

Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Eric Adams’ History of Respectability Politics is Holding Him Back as Mayor

“As mayor, Adams now wields more power and influence than ever before, and for this reason, his pro-respectability mindset is a serious cause for concern.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: How New York Can Get Decarceration Right This Time

“Economically it is not feasible, and the practice flies in the face of the social justice that we value as Americans. Failure to implement a smart, strategic, well-informed, and well-constructed…

Government Justice Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Hyper-Policing is the Wrong Response to Brooklyn Subway Attack

“The tragedy occurred despite the massive resources poured into NYPD and the continued expansion of its law enforcement powers.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: To Protect Chinatown and the LES, Pass the Two Bridges Community Plan

“It’s easy to cast all opposition to developments as NIMBY, but this ignores crucial racial and economic differences between neighborhoods and disparities in who has the power to decide the…

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

Opinion: NY Should Approve Champlain Hudson Project, Because Frontline Communities Need Clean Air

“COVID-19 was a wake-up call. The phrase ‘underlying health condition’ was a trigger to all Queensbridge/Ravenswood residents, who knowingly live where air quality is poor, and suffer disproportionately from asthma…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Defendants Living with Mental Illness Need Treatment, Not Jail

“More than half of Rikers inmates are affected by mental illness and almost 17 percent have a serious mental health diagnosis. Yet throughout New York State, there are 30 mental…

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