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Ted Alcorn

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Policy Director for @VitalCityNYC • Words in @NYtimes, @NMinDepth • Teaching @columbiamsph & @NYUWagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC
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Blind Drunk

Blind Drunk

Alcohol is killing New Mexicans at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country - yet the state has largel…

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Shoot, Don't Kill

Shoot, Don't Kill

Weapons-maker Byrna is touting "less lethal" guns for self-defense. Can the company find a market in a countr…

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Why New Yorkers Still ❤️ Film

Why New Yorkers Still ❤️ Film

Projectionists are busier than ever, as they serve a demand for obscure 35-millimeter titles, nostalgia and t…

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Who Will Hold the Police Accountable?

Who Will Hold the Police Accountable?

On an unseasonably warm February afternoon in 2017, Jocques Clemmons was driving through the James A. Cayce H…

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The Met Reinvents Itself, Yet the Ushers Remain the Same

The Met Reinvents Itself, Yet the Ushers Remain the Same

Change has come to the Metropolitan Opera House. The largest repertory opera in the world is in the throes of…

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The Judge Who Keeps People Out of Jail

The Judge Who Keeps People Out of Jail

In northern New Mexico, a district court judge has a radical approach to addressing addiction

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Jail or Bail? There's a New Option

Jail or Bail? There's a New Option

"Supervised release" allows judges to let those who cannot afford bail be released before trial on a kind of …

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New York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of Transplants?

New York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of Transplants?

New York has the lowest rate of organ donor registration in the country. Thousands languish on wait lists, an…

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Opioid-Addiction Treatment Is Limited by Shortage of Authorized Doctors

Opioid-Addiction Treatment Is Limited by Shortage of Authorized Doctors

Few physicians in the U.S. have taken the training needed to prescribe medication for opioid addiction. Advoc…

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What Is Waacking, and Why Is It All Over TikTok?

What Is Waacking, and Why Is It All Over TikTok?

A few dedicated New Yorkers are masters of the 1970s club dance, which has become a social media sensation.

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