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May 03, 2024 City LimitsOpinion: Ending the Jury Ban on New Yorkers with Felony Convictions
“The right to serve on a jury is as fundamental to the function of democracy as the right to vote. When we head to the polls, we decide who should write our laws. When we participate as a juror, we collectively decide how those laws should apply to justice.”
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January 04, 2024 New York Amsterdam News
Breaking barriers—a new era against housing discrimination
After intense, strategic, and fearless advocacy by the Fair Chance for Housing Coalition, the New York City Council voted to pass the transformational Fair Chance for Housing Act on December 20.
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July 13, 2023
David Rothenberg’s Letter to the Editor
Jim Quinn's perspective on the need to maintain Rikers Island ("Drop 'Close Rikers' plan before it is too late," op-ed, July 10) is embedded in past myths.
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June 30, 2023 Crain's New York Business
Op-ed: How creative funding can help kickstart complex capital projects
Even as homelessness in New York City has doubled over the last decade— in 2022, more than 70,000 people were living in city-run shelters—we have struggled to deploy at scale one of the most effective solutions to the problem: permanent supportive housing.
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June 29, 2023 New York Amsterdam News
Decision to cut community providers at Rikers Island is shortsighted and dangerous
The city of New York is about to embark on a shortsighted, misguided and dangerous path––one that could be remedied if it reverses course and does not sever vital lifelines that put incarcerated New Yorkers on the path to positive change.
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May 30, 2023 NYN Media
Opinion: Cuts to programming that helps people incarcerated at Rikers Island are shortsighted
Unless you have experienced it for yourself, it’s impossible to know what it is like to be incarcerated on Rikers Island. Imagine being detained pretrial because you simply cannot afford to post bail, which would let you fight your case while living in the community. That’s what it’s like for most incarcerated people on Rikers.
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