Opinion

A corrections officer waits outside a cell inside the Rikers Island jail complex.
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Kids can’t survive the NYC Department of Correction
Correction officers should not follow youth off of Rikers Island.
By VIDAL GUZMáN
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Incoming state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has said voting reforms are on the table next year.
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Automatic voter registration would ease NY's problems at the polls
The embarrassing spectacle of regular voters bounced from the rolls has to stop.
By SEAN MCELWEE
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An "Abolish ICE" sign during a march in New York City in June.
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Abolish ICE – and replace it with something better
The federal government should follow NYC’s lead on immigration.
By BITTA MOSTOFI
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Nail salon workers in New York City.
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End the sub-minimum wage for tipped employees
The state Department of Labor should require one fair wage for all workers.
By FRANCISCO MOYA, ARI ESPINAL
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New York City Housing Authority residences in Brooklyn.
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NYCHA’s truth deficit
The public housing authority keeps disguising its problems.
By MARK TREYGER, RITCHIE TORRES, ALICKA AMPRY-SAMUEL
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo during the "school bus tour" to advocate for the passage of the "red flag" law.
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Cuomo administration shouldn’t put NRA on financial blacklist
Getting one private entity to boycott another isn’t the governor’s job.
By JON STOKES
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Orthodox Jewish children and adults cross a street in front of a school bus in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
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New York’s assault on educational equity
Exempting yeshivas from educational requirements violates the First Amendment.
By RUTH MESSINGER
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announce a new policy to reduce unnecessary marijuana arrests.
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De Blasio’s reduction in pot arrests doesn’t go far enough
The mayor’s recent announcement addresses the severity but not the disparity of marijuana enforcement.
By JUMAANE WILLIAMS
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Then-New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito greets onlookers at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in 2014.
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Letter to the editor: It's Puerto Ricans' turn to help others
Reallocating funds from Centro was about supporting another generation of immigrants.
By MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO
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A big yellow private sanitation truck driving through the streets of Manhattan.
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Reform NYC private sanitation without a zone system
Zoned franchises for waste management harms customer service. Other approaches can improve safety.
By JOHN H. BANKS
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