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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Displacing and Jailing My Neighbors Does Not Make Me Safer

By Alice L. Fontier | April 1, 2022

“Our elected officials are threatening hard-fought reforms designed to counteract the historic – and present – racism in law enforcement that targets my neighbors and eventually will target my son. Meanwhile, they fail to invest in our communities.”

Opinion

Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s Bail Plan Will Upend Years of Reform While Failing to Address Safety

By Carl Hamad-Lipscombe | March 28, 2022

‘The likely consequences of Hochul’s plan—job loss, family separation, lack of medical and mental health care and drug treatment, and more school absences—would destabilize families and communities and, ultimately, exacerbate the problems she aims to address.’

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Opinion: Epidemic of Deadly Automobile Violence on NYC Streets Dwarfs Rising Subway Crime

By Cody Lyon | February 28, 2022

“Automobile crashes killed 273 people in 2021, a whopping 33 percent increase over 2018, the safest year in New York City’s recent traffic history…It’s a mystery as to why so many city residents, as well as city and state politicians, seemingly accept such a heartbreaking level of carnage as just another unfortunate trade-off of city life.”

Government

Mayor’s Budget Plan Cuts $615M from Homeless Services, as Subway Crackdown Intensifies

By David Brand | February 18, 2022

Service providers have urged the city to hire more workers to help move people more quickly out of shelter or public spaces and into permanent housing.

Opinion

Opinion: DA Bragg’s Well-Intentioned Reforms Have Little Impact While Racist Policing Persists

By Robert Gangi | February 7, 2022

‘Of the 33 cases we at PROP have seen this year, none entailing a serious charge, 30 involved New Yorkers of color—unsurprising since 90 percent of the more than 7,000 cases we have observed since beginning the Court Monitoring Project in 2014 also involved New Yorkers of color.’

Homelessness

Aggressive Subway Policing Contrasts Mayor’s Pledge to Involve Outreach Workers

By David Brand | January 12, 2022

Video of two NYPD officers dragging and handcuffing a man at the 8th Ave L train station Monday underscores concerns about Mayor Eric Adams’ new plan to send more cops into the subways, advocates say. And an accompanying initiative to have state-funded social service workers conduct outreach in lieu of police won’t roll out until spring.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Expanding NY’s Emergency Alert System to Better Protect ‘Forgotten Victims’

By Dawn Rowe | October 25, 2021

‘Institutional gaps within the emergency broadcast system, widely known as The Amber Alert, have critical flaws that have historically excluded victims who are 18 or older.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

By Jonathan Lippman and Courtney Bryan | August 2, 2021

‘Jail separates people from work and family, jeopardizes stable housing, and subjects them to violence, especially in inhumane environments like Rikers. Incarceration must be the option of last resort, used only when it is essential for public safety.’

Election 2021

In Advocating ‘Precision Policing,’ Adams Embraces a Term Police Critics Have Targeted

By Jarrett Murphy | April 29, 2021

The de Blasio administration used the term to refer to gang crackdowns, domestic violence response, nuisance abatement, efforts to stop knife violence and more.

The Max & Murphy Show

Hear the Republicans Who Are Running for NYC Mayor

By Jarrett Murphy | April 22, 2021

Curtis Sliwa and Fernando Mateo are vying to be the GOP alternative to whoever emerges victorious from the crowded Democratic primary.

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