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Opinion: Why We Organize For Police-Free Schools

‘I have come to see police, surveillance and harsh punitive measures in schools as a way to disproportionately target vulnerable students, primarily Black and Latino, and not to protect and…

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Opinion: Remember Workers Whose Past Prevents Reaching Potential

‘Rather than promote the pathways to success that fair and equitable employment offers for those with criminal justice histories, the current system bars opportunities at every turn.’

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Opinion: NYC Schools Can Learn From ‘Open Streets’ & ‘Open Restaurants’

As politicians quibble over schedules and temperate checks: parents, teachers, principals, custodians and children could learn from the City’s most recent attempt to better use the public space of streets.

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Opinion: Canners Shouldn’t Be Blamed for Gaps in Recycling Capture

‘The city ought to clarify that canning is legal, revoke the obscure laws that occasionally levy fines against canners, and provide support to organizations that provide water, shelter, advocacy, and…

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Opinion: On the UWS, a Privileged Rage Greets the Homeless

‘What we are witnessing on the UWS is a group proudly boasting their shared belief that their perceived safety and protection of property values matter more than the lives of…

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Opinion: The Window is Closing to Rezone for a More Equitable SoHo

‘We need fewer barriers to access and more affordable housing. With just over a year left in this administration, rezoning SoHo is an important legacy that shouldn’t be pushed off…

Health Opinion

Opinion: COVID-19 Showed us Life Without Grand Juries. It Was an Improvement.

‘The grand jury—which one former jurist said would indict a ham sandwich—has long outlived its usefulness and instead acts as the prosecutor’s puppet. It is well past time for…

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Opinion: New York Needs Its Own Voting Rights Act

‘We have the opportunity to protect our democracy by passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York.’

NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYCHA’s New Rescue Plan Must Wait for Resident Input

‘We expect that NYCHA and our local elected officials will embrace the opportunity to work with us. These are our homes and nothing will happen to us without us.’

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Opinion: Open, Hybrid or Fully Remote, NYC Schools Need Aid, Not Austerity

‘Without increased funding to make up for structural losses at schools, the institutionally racist chasm of inequity in education will continue to grow wider as students least served by city…

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