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The NYPD and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) together doled out 5,197 tickets to vendors last year, with the police department issuing significantly more tickets, despite a…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Feb 2023

Economy Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: If NYC Hosts the Democratic Convention, It Must Do Better Than ’04—At Protecting Free Speech

“In 2004, the Republican National Convention came to New York City. Outside, the NYPD perpetrated some of the worst offenses against civil liberties in the city’s history. Cops rounded up…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2022

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Do We Want to Solve Violence, or Crime?

“For decades politicians have focused on reducing crime while communities end up with nothing that actually solves violence—and often with strategies that make it worse.”

ByDanielle Sered

ByKira Shepherd 3Comments

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Jun 2022

Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Increased Police Presence in Schools Will Only Help Strengthen the School-to-Prison Pipeline

“Though society is scared and grieving, we cannot allow the knee jerk reaction to the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde to ignore the systemic, policy, and evidence-based realities and root…

ByAmanda Fialk 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government In Depth Justice Transportation

In Wake of Subway Attack, Sunset Park Grapples With What Public Safety Should Look Like

Some in Sunset Park worry their experience of random violence will invoke a response more focused on carceral measures than addressing structural inequalities that shape public safety. “When I think…

ByMary Steffenhagen 2Comments

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Apr 2022

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.”

ByRosalyn Huff 6Comments

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Apr 2022

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.”

ByAliyah Salim 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: We Need More Housing–Not More Cops–to Make Our Subways Safer

“If we are truly invested in preventing and eventually ending this horrific blight of hatred and violence against people who are homeless, we must work to end homelessness itself. This…

ByAlicia Singham Goodwin

ByBrandon West 1Comment

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Apr 2022

Government Justice Opinion

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

“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.…

ByAlice L. Fontier 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Coercion and Institutionalization Won’t Fix NY’s Mental Health Crisis

“We must reject policies that single out, scapegoat, and sweep away the rights of our neighbors with mental illness.”

ByHarvey Rosenthal 0Comments

Data Drop: NYPD Issued Majority of Street Vending Tickets in 2022

Opinion: If NYC Hosts the Democratic Convention, It Must Do Better Than ’04—At Protecting Free Speech

Opinion: Do We Want to Solve Violence, or Crime?

Opinion: Increased Police Presence in Schools Will Only Help Strengthen the School-to-Prison Pipeline

In Wake of Subway Attack, Sunset Park Grapples With What Public Safety Should Look Like

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

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

Opinion: We Need More Housing–Not More Cops–to Make Our Subways Safer

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

Opinion: Coercion and Institutionalization Won’t Fix NY’s Mental Health Crisis

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