Opinion
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Opinion: Investing in the Bronx’s next generation
A call for recruits to mentor the borough’s youth from Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
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Opinion
Opinion: Asylum-seeker children need a route to lawful immigration status
Legal, social service and advocacy organizations can start by educating the courts about Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
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Opinion
Opinion: Make gender equality count in 2024
Money is the key ingredient in helping organizations fight violence and discrimination against women and others.
Nonprofits
Opinion
OPINION: Serving justice while limiting the collateral damage
Here’s why the Child Victims Act poses an unintended threat to nonprofits serving New York’s child welfare system and what can be done.
Nonprofits
Opinion
Commentary: The secrets to longevity for nonprofits
The Anderson Center for Autism passes along the wisdom gained from a century of service.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Our mental health system fails too many kids
There are devoted, compassionate people at every level of the system who are ready for change, and concrete things we can do together starting in 2024 to help our most vulnerable.
New York City
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Commentary: When Gotham was heroin’s capital
A brief history of what opioids have done to New York City
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Opinion
Opinion: How corporate influence in local elections drowns out concerns over harmful impacts of landfills
Here’s why advocacy groups like Seneca Lake Guardian in upstate New York and Citizens for Responsible Development-LST in Pennsylvania are taking a stand.
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Opinion
Commentary: Here’s how to create new pathways for unretirement success
Retirees returning to work thrive when they have support landing the right job.
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Opinion
Opinion: Enforcing the law means engaging today’s youth
The perception that police are an occupying force worsening the struggles in young people’s lives must be reversed.
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Opinion
Opinion: The crisis in New York’s child welfare system must be addressed
The solution starts with comprehensive care
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Opinion
Opinion: Here's how to get the state to actually work for the frontline feeding sector
These three steps can improve how well Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program and Nourish New York grants help feed hungry New Yorkers.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: The second miracle of East Harlem
Explaining this summer’s dramatic reduction in teen violence in our local community.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why proposed cuts to NYC’s parks would be catastrophic
Hard decisions must be made in difficult times, but not at the expense of our much-needed and shared natural resources.
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Opinion
OPINION: Making a case for diversity of thought in policing
Here’s how to create a police force that truly mirrors the needs and expectations of modern society.
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Opinion
Make more access and opportunity for disabled workers a year-round priority
It begins with removing barriers that have kept many from gainful employment.
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Opinion
Opinion: When NYC floods, will our schools stay afloat?
Why our leaders need to prepare for the impending consequences of climate change.
Opinion
Why the Fair Access to Victim Compensation Act should be signed into law
The legislation allows survivors of violence and abuse to submit a letter from nonprofits like Safe Horizon to apply for victim compensation.
Nonprofits
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COMMENTARY: Why police should be trained and prepared to protect children from trauma when their parents are arrested
Partnering with community based organizations, law enforcement agencies can meet the state’s new accreditation standard for safeguarding kids.
Opinion
Opinion
OPINION: Why the 90% deserve a hand up, not a handout
Here’s how a non-profit works with high-potential entrepreneurs to make America a land of opportunity for all.
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