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Opinion: With another Trump presidency on the horizon, NYC needs to pay its damn bills

The city can move now on the more than $500 million it owes nonprofits before they face possible federal cuts in funding.

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Opinion: Domestic violence services in New York City are underfunded and mismatched to communities most in need

A coalition of nonprofits explains what needs to be changed.

New York City

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Opinion: Nonprofits keep New York running, but the city’s pushing them off a cliff

The city’s failure to pay nonprofit contractors on time is harming the social safety net.

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Editor’s note: There’s a cure for the post-election blues, doing service

The “day of service” at this year’s Somos Conference was a welcome relief for electeds and other volunteers after the presidential election.

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Opinion: Climate action matters most at the local level

Why the next administration needs to approve the National Coordination on Adaptation Resiliency for Security Act.

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Opinion: Rikers must end the inhumane treatment of New Yorkers with mental illness

Recent reports of the use of prolonged confinement and inadequate healthcare warrant an investigation by the Board of Correction.

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Opinion: Veterans warn of radicals hiding at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

This is why I, a former U.S. Navy pilot and nonprofit leader, will be in Manhattan this weekend raising awareness among retired troops.

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Opinion: An urgent call to reform New York’s crisis response to high-conflict relationship incidents

Both first responders and hospital personnel lack adequate training in domestic violence.

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Opinion: Ending food waste and the cycle of hunger – it can be done

Sharing Excess redistributes food that would otherwise go to waste to communities in need.

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Opinion: It’s time for Hochul to unpause congestion pricing

We’re suing Gov. Kathy Hochul because her reckless decision to pause congestion pricing threatens our state’s climate goals.

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Opinion: We do divorce wrong

The best way to protect against the harm of a marital split is not to push people to stay married at all costs, but instead to create legal systems that ensure a breakup is quick, simple and fair.

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Opinion: Building trust and embracing change

Reflecting on a year of leadership at SCO Family of Services

New York State

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Opinion: NY’s climate progress is failing. A new plan for public power can fix it.

The state must build 15 gigawatts’ worth of clean energy projects by 2030 to hit its climate targets.

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Opinion: How Joe Biden’s decision is relevant to nonprofit leadership

We all need to know when to step down, before it hurts the institution.

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Commentary: When a nonprofit should – or shouldn’t grow

What can be learned from the failed expansion of Benefits Data Trust and how New York organizations are looking to make an impact without taking on the same risks.

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Opinion: To welcome immigrants, NYC’s government and philanthropists should invest in settlement houses

New York City now boasts more than 40 settlement houses, collectively serving over 800,000 New Yorkers each year.

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Opinion: Partnering together to support NYC families

How interagency collaboration is providing better support for parents and their children when facing life’s challenges.

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Opinion: State’s abortion access ecosystem pushed to limit two years after demise of Roe v. Wade

Bold actions – and sometimes painful decisions – are being made to meet the demands of this crisis.