Amid the outrage over treatment of jail inmates, corrections officials must also think about how the system treats its employers.Nationwide, COs have a suicide rate 39 percent higher than the rest of the working-age population.
As steward of the city’s massive pension funds, Comptroller Scott Stringer has launched a campaign to give all shareholders a role in nominating corporate directors. Learn more about other fights the city has taken on as an investor.
After years of sharp criticism of the city’s approach to discipline, the de Blasio administration will soon release details of its revised take on school safety. But youth activists aren’t waiting for top-down change.
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