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‘We’ll never learn the names of people found dead in the subway or in their Rikers cell, preventable casualties of public austerity and incalculable racism.’

ByMon Mohapatra

ByMarlene Nava Ramos 2Comments

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Apr 2020

Opinion

Opinion: NYS Now Has Time to Get Cannabis Legalization Right

‘If done thoughtfully, New York has an opportunity to set a new standard for states to address longstanding injustice and inequity, build African-American wealth, and create jobs for those who…

ByAndrea Batista Schlesinger

ByJonathan Meyers 1Comment

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Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Let Them Out Now

‘A mass release in the name of public health could signal a watershed in shifting priorities from law and order policies that fail distressed communities.’

ByJarrod Shanahan 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Bail Reform is About Keeping my Neighbors Home

‘It is brutal to remove people from their families and subject them to the cruel punishment of incarceration while they are supposedly ‘presumed innocent.’ ‘

ByChris Taylor 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Opinion

Opinion: End the Hate-Filled Tirade Against NY Bail Laws

‘Any changes that add pretrial racial profiling or expand unjust money bail to these reforms are an intentional attack against communities of color, disabled people, LGBTQ people, and mentally ill…

ByAnne Oredeko 2Comments

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Feb 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Albany Can Do More to Defend Immigrants & Low-Income NYers

The 2020 agenda includes ‘fully removing ICE from our courthouses, requiring good cause for evictions, ending discriminatory school discipline practices, and more.’

ByYaritza Mendez 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Justice

Families of Rikers’ Inmates Say Closing Troubled Jail is Not Enough

‘The process is slow,’ said one mother, who’s son is being held at the infamous jail. ‘I have sat waiting in court for up to four hours only to be…

ByFernando Martínez for El Diario 0Comments

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Aug 2019

Opinion

Opinion: NYC Must Act Now to Safeguard Children When Their Parent is Arrested

The national uproar to the recent ICE raids in Mississippi cast a bright light on an issue that stretches well beyond immigration: the practice of arresting parents without adequate regard…

ByElizabeth Gaynes

ByDaniel Dromm 0Comments

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Jun 2019

Government Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Albany Democrats on Rent, Marijuana, Cuomo, De Blasio and More

Ben and Jarrett talk to Democratic State Sens. Liz Krueger and Zellnor Myrie about the landmark 2019 session. But first, they break down the previous day’s Queens district attorney primary…