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In Bronx Senate Race, Democrats Unite in Opposition to New Affordable Housing 

The three Democratic candidates in the 34th Senate District find common ground in opposing a proposed supportive housing site for critically ill former Rikers detainees on the campus of Jacobi Hospital, and a 314-unit apartment complex planned for vacant lots along the Bruckner Expressway. 

August 15, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/08/15/in-bronx-senate-race-democrats-unite-in-opposition-to-new-affordable-housing/

Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem

“Do New York City’s leaders intend to build a new jail every time an old one fails, as it always will? In a city which boasts some of the world’s leading creative, political, and courageous minds, can we not recognize policing and imprisonment as policy failures?”

July 14, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/07/14/opinion-rejecting-the-notion-of-a-feminist-jail-for-harlem/

Opinion: Banning Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails is Long Overdue

“Scientific research very clearly demonstrates that solitary confinement is torture. It also shows that it is counterproductive in achieving its goals because it often increases an inmate’s violent behavior.”

July 12, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/07/12/opinion-banning-solitary-confinement-in-nyc-jails-is-long-overdue/

Opinion: In the Current Debate on New York’s Bail Laws, Data and Justice Lose

“By seeking credible data and nurturing a values-based conversation that better elevates justice, state leaders can both serve public safety interests and avoid an unjust burden on individuals and communities.”

June 28, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/06/28/opinion-in-the-current-debate-on-new-yorks-bail-laws-data-and-justice-lose/

‘What Keeps Me Motivated Is Taking Action’—Panel Explores Pressures and Expectations Placed on Youth Climate Activists

As temperatures and sea levels rise, the world turns to young people to solve the greatest challenge in human history—a burden felt by youth activists from New York City to New Delhi, said panelists and audience members at the Waterfront Alliance Annual Conference in Lower Manhattan Tuesday.

May 25, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/25/what-keeps-me-motivated-is-taking-action-panel-explores-pressures-and-expectations-placed-on-youth-climate-activists/

Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System

“Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a useful boogeyman for opponents of the Rikers closure plan, especially in Manhattan. It’s also a fabrication.”

May 11, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/11/opinion-planned-borough-based-jails-are-a-chance-for-a-radically-different-system/

Opinion: For The Sake Of Public Health and Safety, Pass The Treatment Not Jail Act

“Treatment Not Jail offers the possibility of mental health treatment courts for all justice-involved New Yorkers and improves upon the prevailing model of drug courts.”

May 4, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/04/opinion-for-the-sake-of-public-health-and-safety-pass-the-treatment-not-jail-act/

Opinion: Supportive Housing Can Help Break the Cycle Between Homelessness and Incarceration

“Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root, and getting things done.”

May 2, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/02/opinion-supportive-housing-can-help-break-the-cycle-between-homelessness-and-incarceration/

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.”

April 20, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/04/20/opinion-eric-adams-history-of-respectability-politics-is-holding-him-back-as-mayor/

Opinion: How New York Can Get Decarceration Right This Time

“Economically it is not feasible, and the practice flies in the face of the social justice that we value as Americans. Failure to implement a smart, strategic, well-informed, and well-constructed decarceration policy will result in repeating all of the mistakes and the outcomes of the deinstitutionalization of mental health institutions.”

April 19, 2022 http://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/04/19/opinion-how-new-york-can-get-decarceration-right-this-time/