CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: ‘And Justice For All’ Means Barring ICE from NYS Courthouses
Brigitte Hamadey |
‘If ICE will not treat courthouses as sensitive locations, NY legislators must pass the Protect Our Courts Act.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Stop Pitting Home-Care Workers Against Employers
Tara Klein |
State regulations force workers to accept dire wages, and it’s time for the state to take responsibility for covering these costs and rectifying a system it has neglected for decades.
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Opinion: Decisions on Jails are about People, Not Zoning
Samantha Johnson, Sylvia Morse and M.J. Williams |
‘The ULURP decision-makers cannot avoid the real question at stake: Will the city recommit to incarceration for generations to come, or will New Yorkers chart a new course?’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers
Olivia Heffernan |
‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Mr. Mayor, it is Not Progressive to Build Cages for Humans
Justin C. Cohen and Kei Williams |
‘Nothing sends a bigger signal that the city is cravenly committed to a system of mass incarceration than the construction of giant new jails in the city’s thriving neighborhoods.’
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CityViews: Jazmine Headley Case Exposes Flaws in a Justice System that Rushes to Charge
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
After a video emerged showing a violent arrest, officials rushed to free Jazmine Headley from jail. But why was she behind bars before anyone had a chance to investigate the charges that put her there?
CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC
City’s Milk Buying Could Help Farmers in Crisis and Workers in Need
David Brand |
Farmworkers n New York State encounter dangers and mistreatment on the job. Upstate dairy farmers face unprecedented pressures, with some turning to suicide. And New York City buys a lot of milk.
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‘Stop and Frisk’ is Over, But Low-Level NYPD Encounters Now Raise Concerns
Katarina Zimmer and Elise Hansen |
‘Low level’ police interactions in historically overpoliced neighborhoods can escape scrutiny altogether, since they don’t have to be reported.
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NYPD’s Neighborhood Policing Meetings Aren’t Reaching Intended Audience
Roshan Abraham and Angely Mercado |
The NYPD is reaching out to activists and young people to attend the Build the Block meetings meant to inform the Neighborhood Policing program. But that’s not the crowd who’s showing up.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Government Can Close the Parole-to-Shelter Pipeline
JoAnne Page |
Rikers or a shelter? Neither is a good alternative. Not for community safety. Not for taxpayers. Not for anything. Surely there’s a better way.
