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To fix Rikers, invest in comprehensive reforms Bronx: As a former NYC correction officer and past president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association for more than 20 years, it saddens me to see what Rikers Island has become. It is faced with a possible federal takeover, all due to a lack of resources that should have been directed to the Department of Correction years ago. The decay .
Manhattan: Each year in New York City, hundreds of young people transition out of the child welfare system and into adulthood a moment when their needs are most significant, yet resources are limited. Supporting youth entering adulthood is a universal value, but it’s even more critical for those who have experienced foster care. Often, these individuals experience multiple overlapping traumas, and for them to transition into adulthood effectively, it is essential that supportive services and programming be available to facilitate healing and growth.
Manhattan: Re “The page is turned” (editorial, March 10): Public libraries are a bedrock of our democracy sites of opportunity and learning, open to all, that store and share our collective histories, knowledge and creativity. As public institutions, our libraries need champions. No one will be a better champion for the Queens Public Library and its 66 neighborhood branches than Jimmy Van Bramer.
Manhattan: Time can crawl when dealing daily with the often hidden disability of a brain injury (BI). This August marks 25 long years since I became the first survivor, ostensibly so, on reported public record at least, of Con Edison-related negligent “stray” voltage. Mundanely making a call at an unexpectedly short-circuited street-corner payphone site, my brain got horrifically forever-fried.
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Staten Island: I’ve never done this before but I have to take the time to write about an opinion piece I just read by Steve Lawton (“The hypocrisy of Staten Island Republicans,” Dec. 5). It was full of trigger words and virtue signaling. Comparing race-fueled riots from coast to coast that lasted months to one night at Mac’s Public House over de Blasio’s ridiculous restrictions is completely ridiculous!
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