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Opinion: After Prison, There Must Be Housing
NEW YORK -- Advocates say immigrants and asylum seekers were excluded from Mayor Eric Adams' vision for New York City.During his State of the City address Thursday, Adams said New York has provided shelter, food, education, health care and legal support for more than 42,000 asylum seekers, but he says the asylum crisis is a national issue and called for more help from the state and federal government.READ MORE: Mayor Eric Adams delivers second State of the City addressFriday, advocates called...
Opinion: After Prison, There Must Be Housing
When someone is released from prison, when their sentence has ended, where should they go if they do not have a place to live? Who should they turn to for help with basic necessities? What is the humane way to treat someone who has served their time in prison and is now trying to restart their life?
OP-ED | Keep Young Children In The Classroom
(Pikul Noorod via Shutterstock) KATHRYN SCHEINBERG MEYER, ROBYN PORTER & SARAH EAGAN After the past year we have all endured, it has become all the more critical that the children of 2021 have access to as much time in the classroom as possible. Young children, in particular, are in desperate need of the consistent structure, as well as the social-emotional skills that quality preschool and early elementary grades can impart.
Connecticut must invest in a worker-centered recovery
When my colleagues and I go in to convene the new legislative session, we have the daunting task of crafting a balanced state budget in the face of massive unemployment and billion-dollar deficits that will make providing relief to working people struggling in a global pandemic, indeed, a heavy lift. As I begin my fourth term as state representative, I am keenly aware how disproportionately this pandemic has affected residents of Connecticut.
OP-ED | Getting it Right: Listening to the People on Police Accountability
Many of us woke Saturday to learn of Congressman John Lewis’ death the evening before. In a lifetime of battles for racial justice, “the Conscience of Congress” was losing what he called “the greatest battle” of his life on Friday, even as people across the state were engaged in their own battle over civil rights – the police accountability legislation to be voted on in a Special Session of the General Assembly in a matter of days.
Frontline Workers Deserve More Than Praise | New Haven Independent
(Opinion) I recently had a conversation with Howard K. Hill, who operates funeral homes in New Haven, Hartford and Bloomfield, about what he is seeing in his business these days. “Robyn, a lot of people are dying at home in our communities,” Howard said. It has been over eight weeks since Governor Lamont declared a public health emergency in response to the spread of Covid-19.
States Take on the Hedge Fund Chiefs
A Connecticut state legislator explains why she’s fighting for fair taxation of hedge fund managers. This past week, at a news conference in Hartford, Connecticut state representative Robyn Porter presented new legislation designed to close the “carried interest” loophole, the tax provision that essentially cuts the tax bills of billionaire hedge fund managers by nearly half.
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