Category: Commentary

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Are you concerned about the budget cuts in New York City?

In a development that aligns with months of forewarning, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled a series of significant budget cuts impacting every city agency. These cuts, which represent a 5% reduction across the board, are poised to affect vital sectors including sanitation, education, and notably, public safety and the NYPD. Five percent cuts across the board will effect every city agency. Sanitation programs and schools will feel the pinch, but the most dramatic effect will be on public safety and the NYPD. — CBS Mayor Eric Adams announces sweeping budget cuts that would drop number of police...

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Do you vote in every election, even if it’s an off year?

While presidential elections in the United States capture significant attention with about 50-60% of eligible voters participating, off-year and local elections frequently experience a notable decline in voter turnout. This reality was recently exemplified in New York City, where the Board of Elections reported low turnout compared to the total number of eligible voters. In these off-year elections, crucial positions, such as City Council seats, are often at stake, yet voter participation remains low. Multiple factors contribute to the lower turnout in off-year elections: In New York City, only about 313,000 out of the 4.6 million active voters participated in...

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Can you be pro-immigrant while also acknowledging there is a resource problem?

This week on Nuance we discussed the battle lines being drawn over the migrant crisis in New York City. NYC mayor Eric Adams is being criticized for his recent statements regarding the migrant crisis in New York City. Is Mayor Adams’ candid acknowledgment of the budgetary and resource challenges posed by the influx of the over 100,000 migrants to NYC in the past year inherently anti-immigrant? “Immigration is the New York story. It is the American story. But as I declared nearly a year ago, we are facing an unprecedented state of emergency due to the asylum seeker crisis,” said...

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We’ve gotten through a pandemic before and can do it again

Many are going a bit stir crazy with all the shut downs, extended quarantines, hand washing, and mask wearing. Just know that none of what we are doing now in response to Covid-19 is new. The last major pandemic was the 1918 Spanish Flu that left a worldwide death toll of between 50 to 100 million people; roughly 500,000 in the US alone.   To be clear, Covid-19 is not the flu but the last major pandemic that the world faced was an influenza pandemic. During that time, the world took the same measures; social distancing was widely practiced. There...

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Mandela Day Calls Us All To Action

10 years ago today the United Nations General Assembly declared Nelson Mandela’s birthday of July 18th to be “Nelson Mandela International Day”.  It is an international day to celebrate, honor, and recognize the life, the legacy, the ideals, and the struggle of the former South African president.  Nelson Mandela’s  long and arduous journey from political prisoner of South Africa’s apartheid government to becoming that same nations president is an invaluable example of perseverance and hope in the face of unimaginable opposition. Mandela Day is a day to actively participate in the benevolent goal of making society and the world a...