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New York’s Big Apple Connect program offers free Wi-Fi in public housing—and new pathways for police access to NYCHA cameras. In Harlem, youth advocates say real safety for young people…

ByMax Rykov 5Comments

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Justice

Local Police Agreements With ICE Have Exploded in New York—and Nationwide

Over the last eight months in New York State alone, local law enforcement agencies have signed nine partnership agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the federal 287(g) program,…

ByDaniel Parra 8Comments

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Apr 2025

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Hochul’s Desire to Appear Tough on Crime Puts Us All in Danger

“What New Yorkers in crisis need is housing and wrap around services, which offer long-term stability instead of an endless, involuntary shuffle. Without any real support either inside or outside…

ByCarolyn Strudwick

ByBrittany McCoy 1Comment

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Apr 2025

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: The NYPD’s Troubling Practice of Removing Women’s Hijabs at Protests

“It’s time for the Adams Administration to acknowledge that recognizing the problem is just the beginning; meaningful reforms must follow—ones that not only uphold the law but also protect religious…

ByChristina John 2Comments

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Apr 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers Support Community-Based Safety Solutions. You Just Have to Ask.

“When polls only ask people how they feel about ‘tough-on-crime’ solutions, they receive only validation for those very solutions.”

ByAlana Sivin 0Comments

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Mar 2025

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Governor’s Forced Hospitalization Plan Will Criminalize Already At-Risk Communities

“We need to invest in the solutions that actually work. Those solutions must be rooted in treating public health challenges with public health responses, not the same reflexive reliance on…

ByVictor M. Herrera 4Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam

“Lack of transparency alone should have brought a rejection of the NYPD’s contract renewal with ShotSpotter. By renewing, NYPD agreed to open our pocketbooks once again with little in return,…

ByTaylor Skorpen 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: The Tools We Need to Hold NYPD Accountable for Misconduct

“In New York, prosecutors often require a person accused of a crime to waive their right to later appeal their case as part of a plea offer, even if new…

ByYung-Mi Lee 0Comments

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Jan 2025

Government Immigration Justice Labor Opinion

Opinion: Operation Restore Roosevelt Failed Queens

“Operation Restore Roosevelt deflects the anger and fear of other working-class New Yorkers onto disabled people, queer people, or immigrants trying to survive in an increasingly expensive city.”

ByLaura Torlaschi 3Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion