OPINION: COVID-19 crisis highlights need to close private jails and prisons
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Will we wait until the crisis comes into our backyards to develop a strategy to address the needs of incarcerated folks?
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OPINION: Managed Long-Term Care plans punish New York’s disadvantaged seniors
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Why are MLTCs refusing to pay for social adult day care telecare programs, which have been providing vital services to seniors throughout this pandemic without support?
Read MoreOPINION: Queens never gives up
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Life may be very different once the pandemic is over, but it will be better thanks to the energy, commitment, compassion, and creative innovation that the borough’s response to the virus has spurred.
Read MoreOPINION: Sending people home from the hospital increases the spread. We need another solution.
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We cannot proceed with a one-size fits all approach. It is endangering more lives, more communities.
Read MoreOPINION: Let all New Yorkers vote by mail for every election
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We ask Governor Cuomo to act soon, so our institutions and our people can prepare.
Read MoreREVIEW: ‘Dominicana’ is a raw NYC coming-of-age tale
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“Domincana,” the latest book by Angie Cruz, has a grim premise.
Read MoreOPINION: Grocery store workers are first responders. Let’s make it official.
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“There is no doubt they are on the front lines of this crisis.”
Read MoreAUBRY: It’s time to ‘HALT’ solitary confinement in New York once and for all
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‘In isolation, people cut their arms, bang their heads against concrete walls, swallow objects and tie sheets around their necks.’
Read MoreOPINION: ‘Public charge’ change could be public health catastrophe
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The administration’s changes to the public charge provision, which impact some immigrants’ ability to get a green card based on their use of government social services, have set our country up for a public health catastrophe.
Read More‘Cleanness’ examines sex and selfhood with bracing clarity
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Garth Greenwell’s second book explores the textures of desire.
Read MoreOPINION: Beware of Social Security scams
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There’s a widespread telephone scam involving callers claiming they’re from Social Security.
Read MoreOPINION: Donovan Richards stands ready to fight for our families
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Donovan stands ready to commit the funding and resources necessary to ensure that our borough serves as the model to welcome immigrants from all nations, writes Assemblymember Catalina Cruz.
Read MoreControversial Tibet exhibit closes at Elmhurst library
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The group Students for a Free Tibet said the exhibit distorted reality by obscuring Chinese oppression in the territory.
Read MoreMake the Road unveils plan to fight climate crisis
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“If we don’t take action now, none of us are going to have a home.”
Read MoreWhy I exited the race for Queens borough president
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“I knew my priorities were changing, but I couldn’t accept it. “
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