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Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Opinion: We must address the mental health care needs of people leaving Rikers
The current system is deeply broken, and we are failing our city by failing to provide pathways to effective treatment post-incarceration.
- By Harvey Epstein and Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Opinion: Link5G signals a more connected and resilient Queens
More affluent neighborhoods have long enjoyed high-speed broadband in our city, but working-class neighborhoods have not.
- By Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Opinion: A long overdue response to groundwater flooding in Southeast Queens
A proposed City Council resolution would help affected residents make their homes more resilient to flooding.
- By Nantasha Williams, Leroy Comrie, James Sanders Jr., Khaleel Anderson, Vivian Cook, Alicia Hyndman, Clyde Vanel and Selvena Brooks-Powers