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Most New Yorkers Favor Clearing Conviction Histories

CSS’s 2021 Unheard Third Survey—the longest running survey of low-income communities in the nation—finds that a sizeable majority of New York City residents support clearing conviction histories after seven years, notably across political affiliations, race/ethnicity and gender, and across incomes.

Criminalizing Poverty: Policing Poverty at the Turnstile

The MTA and the NYPD are doubling down on discriminatory enforcement against fare evaders with a costly ad campaign and a flood of new police officers. But no amount of police can address economic need.

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