CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It Will Take a Village to Save Policing
Leonardo Coello |
‘The Village Act takes an outside-of-the-box approach, where healing the relationship between the public and law enforcement is at the root.’
‘The Village Act takes an outside-of-the-box approach, where healing the relationship between the public and law enforcement is at the root.’
‘Even as social adult day cares work round-the-clock, New York State’s Medicaid-sponsored managed long-term care plans have cut out the much-needed service to the vulnerable adults, most of who are seniors and require their care for basic mental-health needs.’
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the city to the brink of a housing crisis. It is time for the city to design housing policies that retain the people who are the heart, the lungs, and the soul of New York City
‘Re-opening the New York City courts to non-emergency, in-person appearances right now is an unnecessary mistake. It is a mistake that will have fatal consequences.’
‘If safe streets are still front and center of the Vision Zero mayor’s mind, why not forward stricter policy and regulatory measures that makes similar demands of automobiles and their manufacturers?’
‘Gowanus residents have the same right to meaningful civic engagement as other neighborhoods that were rezoned.’
‘As people of faith, it is our moral duty to speak up for incarcerated people and their families. We call upon the governor and the New York State legislature to move quickly to release people vulnerable to COVID-19 from prisons and jails.’
We look forward to voting for second passage of the Budget Equity Act next year, then working with community groups across the state on a public education and organizing campaign to persuade the voters to approve it on November 2, 2021.
‘I know many Black women and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers who struggle to re-enter our economy and society while working in exploitative nonunion construction jobs like the one I had at Hudson Yards.’
‘As the city plans for a return to schools, comprehensive sex education for students, with a focus on healthy relationships, needs to be part of those plans.’