New York City
Opinion
Editor’s note: It’s housing, stupid
New rental vacancy numbers should spur political leaders to act fast to build more units.
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Opinion: Taking the next step after New York City’s Intensive Mobile Treatment initiative
Seeking an information-seeking and constructive approach to deliver results
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Opinion: Addressing public safety requires true collaboration between community organizations and government
A look at the innovative Project Restore pilot program.
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Opinion: Keep NYC after-school programs affordable, while still paying workers fair wages
Here’s why we must advocate for increased funding.
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Opinion: Who is making immigrant youth in NYC a priority?
Homeless agencies are, but they are at their breaking point and need more resources.
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Commentary: Seizing the opportunity to improve contracting
A look at New York City’s transition from HHS Accelerator to PASSPort
New York State
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Opinion: To judge a society, look at how it treats its children
An argument for implementing the Raise the Age act.
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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: 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: Make gender equality count in 2024
Money is the key ingredient in helping organizations fight violence and discrimination against women and others.
Nonprofits
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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
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Commentary: The secrets to longevity for nonprofits
The Anderson Center for Autism passes along the wisdom gained from a century of service.
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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: 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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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: 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: The crisis in New York’s child welfare system must be addressed
The solution starts with comprehensive care
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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.
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