CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Bloated Police Budgets Don’t Make Us Safe
Cheyenne Lee |
“The City Council must have the courage to use the budget to hold the NYPD accountable.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Unearthing the NYPD’s Secrets
Evan Enzer |
“We need transparency to deter government abuses of these dangerous technologies and hold governments accountable when they break the law. Yet, many government agencies, including NYPD, refuse to provide this essential information to the public.”
Housing and Homelessness
Broken Locks, Elevators: Council Probes Safety Concerns for Older Adults at NYCHA
Tatyana Turner |
Concerns ranged from the functionality of security cameras at developments to broken locks and entryway doors, as well as how elevator breakdowns impact tenants with mobility issues.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Do We Want to Solve Violence, or Crime?
Danielle Sered and Kira Shepherd |
“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.”
2022 election
Why They Voted: New Yorkers Share What Drove Them to the Polls
CUNY Lehman Journalism Team |
Nearly 1.7 million residents across the five boroughs turned up to vote for the next governor in Tuesday’s general election—up significantly from the June primary, but still lower than the number of ballots cast in the last gubernatorial race in 2018.
Housing and Homelessness
After Media-Frenzied Welcome, Asylum Seekers Endure Hardships of Shelter
Daniel Parra |
The city estimates that around 6,300 asylum seekers have arrived via buses from the border in recent months. In addition to finding a safe place to stay, they must navigate access to medical care, keep tabs on their ongoing immigration cases and in some cases, attempt to reunite with family members they were separated from during their journeys. Some have left the shelter system altogether, citing safety concerns.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Displacing and Jailing My Neighbors Does Not Make Me Safer
Alice L. Fontier |
“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.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: To Increase Public Safety, New York Must Invest in Families
Jennifer March |
“We must reject efforts to roll back Raise the Age and stop scapegoating children and youth for the decades-long failure of government to invest equitably in them and their communities in the first place.”
Opinion
Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s Bail Plan Will Upend Years of Reform While Failing to Address Safety
Carl Hamad-Lipscombe |
‘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.’
public safety
Targeted Attacks on Unsheltered New Yorkers Highlight Dangers of Homelessness
David Brand |
The shootings occurred amid a crackdown on New Yorkers sleeping on the subways, and reflected a recent spike in the number of homeless New Yorkers slain by assailants.
