Mayor DeBlasio should be ashamed of himself (while pumping himself up as a presidential contender.)

[CTyankee]

Please read Emily Bazelon's important piece in the NYT today entitled "DeBlasio doesn't get it. Not everyone who carries a gun is a shooter." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/deblasio-guns-prison.html

In this article Bazelon discusses "a model Brooklyn program to keep young people out of jail." My son, a prosecutor in Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez's office, works on this program.

This is a wonderful model program that has reduced gun violence in Brooklyn, kept kids out of jail, created and maintained programs that help these kids complete school and get a job.

My son considers this program his life's work. He is also working in the effort to get the overlong and unjust sentences of those convicted under a past DA reduced. Those were not violent crimes.

It does not surprise me that my son would be involved in such an effort. He was a first responder on 9/11 while a law student at Brooklyn Law School. He is my hero.

[dsc]

1. If it is so important it could be linked

[CTyankee]

4. I just did! It's there. I'm a subscriber to the paper so I guess I can do this.

So enjoy the read...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Link, please?

[CTyankee]

5. Just did it.

[hlthe2b]

3. NYT has one of the strictest paywalls. It is only the 12th of the month and I have no free clicks

(also one of the most expensive papers to subscribe to outside NYC)

Why not cut and paste a bit or summarize more?

[CTyankee]

8. It is probably available by Googling. Did you try that?

[hlthe2b]

10. That used to work, but that loophole has been closed.

[Politicub]

16. Check your public library's website. That's how I get my digital subscription.

You can get a one day digital edition code by going through my county library system’s website and using your library card number.

Support local libraries. They are wonderful resources.

[hlthe2b]

18. THAT is a great idea! Thanks

[Politicub]

21. I almost fell off my chair when I discovered it.

Hope your library offers it!

[PoliticAverse]

6. If the New York Times wishes their opinion pieces to influence more people...

perhaps they should exempt them from the paywall.

[bluewater]

7. +1000

[CTyankee]

9. Try the Google!

[brooklynite]

11. Or, maybe just insist that the writers work for free?

If you want to read their material, how about subscribing?

[PoliticAverse]

12. I was under the impression someone wanted me to know their opinion about something.

Apparently I was mistaken.

[brooklynite]

13. I was under the impression the newspaper wanted its subscribers to know the writer's opinion

Otherwise, why don't they simply make the newspaper free for everyone?

[PoliticAverse]

14. News and opinion are suppose to be separated, which is why this is specifically labeled as

opinion. It's called a "newspaper" for a reason.

[brooklynite]

15. That's an interesting philosophy: perhaps you should start a newspaper and apply it?

[Politicub]

17. The New York Times is worth the cost

Their writers are top-notch.

I know some people can’t afford it or just want free access. There are a lot of subscriptions I would like, too, but I can’t afford them. I get digital access to the Times through my library’s website, thankfully.

[PoliticAverse]

19. It's not about whether the Times is worth the cost or not, it's about....

whether keeping an opinion piece (which is designed to influence the most people possible) behind a paywall is defeating the main goal of publishing it in the first place.

[Politicub]

20. It's written for subscribers. I'm not following your line of reasoning.

The paper isn’t written for an audience of everyone.