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Category: Justice

Change Makers: Elizabeth Powers and Stephanie Gendell, Raise the Age NY

April 2, 2018  Elizabeth DeWolf
  • Change Maker
  • Justice

Pictured: Stephanie Gendell (third from left) and Elizabeth Powers (fourth from left) with members of Raise the Age NY and Governor Cuomo as he signs Raise the Age into law.   Until recently, New York State was one of two…

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Low Asian American Voter Turnout: What Keeps Them Away from the Polls?

June 1, 2017  Jocelyn Drummond
  • Justice

Asians were the fastest growing racial group in the United States between 2000 and 2010, and were just behind Hispanics in terms of growth when race and ethnicity are considered together: the Hispanic population grew by 43.0% while the non-Hispanic…

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Forgiveness in the Criminal Justice System

May 2, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Justice

Although I spent my formative years in Catholic school, I am late to the game in practicing forgiveness, both of myself and others. It does not come naturally to me, even though I know there is great value in exercising…

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Change Maker: Jennifer Godzeno, Deputy Director, The Participatory Budgeting Project

March 8, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Justice

The United Nations has called participatory budgeting a “key dimension of good governance,” yet many people do not know what it is. First used in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre in 1989, participatory budgeting is a process where community…

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Change Maker: Angel Falcon, Outreach Librarian, Bronx Community College

January 3, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Justice
  • Services

Change Maker: Angel Falcon, Outreach Librarian, Bronx Community College Launched in January 2015, IDNYC is now the nation’s largest municipal ID program, with more than 863,464 cardholders in the five boroughs of NYC. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC…

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The Women Who Shape Our Cities

December 19, 2016  Bijan Kimiagar
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Justice

Whenever I see a panoramic photograph of New York City, I strain my eyes to find people walking the streets and pathways deep within the chasms between skyscrapers and along the historic bridges. This is where city life happens; this…

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Impact of Race & Religion On Trust In Police

December 14, 2016  Julia Bowling
  • Justice

Do you trust the police in your neighborhood? Would you be comfortable asking the police for help? Before the Black Lives Matter movement catapulted the issue of police brutality to a national conversation during the 2016 presidential campaign, New Yorkers…

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Change Maker: School Justice Project

November 11, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Education
  • Justice

Photo Credit: Dawn L. Yuster, Esq., Project Director, School Justice Project, Advocates for Children of New York The Problem In the 2015-2016 school year, according to the New York City Department of Education (DOE) there were a total of 37,647…

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IDNYC: It Pays To Be A New Yorker

November 10, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Justice
  • Services

The IDNYC program, implemented in 2015, gives New York City residents (aged 14+) a one-stop shop to the city’s services and benefits. In its first year, 835,364 enrolled (or 11.93% of the city’s population). It represents “the largest municipal identification…

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What Is NYC’s Number One Inequality Issue? Sneak Peek At 2016 Results

October 31, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Justice
  • Services

It is just 14 days till we officially release NYC’s 2016 change score. NYC scored 43.2 out of 100 in 2015.  Will the score go up, down, or stay relatively the same? We have spent the past year collecting and…

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