Uber will offer a one-time $10 discount to users who are heading to their polling place on Election Day next month, the company announced Wednesday.
The ride-hailing service said in a news release that it has expanded its discount offerings for the midterm elections. Uber previously announced it partnered with two voting groups to offer discounted rides on Election Day, but now intends to offer a single $10 discount through the app itself.
With the emergence of DNA evidence there are important cautions and caveats to keep in mind for the criminal justice system. Prosecutorial reform is as important as ever:
Paul Volcker, former Fed Chair, describes important principles around public service.
Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, discusses US Mideast policy, prison reform, and what it’s like working for the President with CNN’s Van Jones at the CITIZEN by CNN forum in New York.
Our organization’s goal is to facilitate conversations that explore these issues from a fundamental and analytical perspective. The way we approach each issue is to conduct primary research, recruit experts from all sides, seek supporters to help fund the discussions, and invite as broad and public of an audience as we can get. Through that process it is Impact’s view that we can help people put down political biases and seek first to understand the issue, agree on areas of improvement, and solutions to achieve those outcomes.
My view isn’t necessarily Impact’s so that’s important to separate. From my 6 months working on that issue my biggest reflections were:
Join us in partnership with the 92Y and Jim Comey as he discusses his rise from Yonkers native to prosecutor, deputy attorney general, private lawyer, law professor, and finally, FBI director, leading and driving our justice system. And hear firsthand about his views on ethical leadership, and about the values he sees as critical to justice and to our national security.
Taser set out to reduce the death rate from police interactions with suspects. They now power most police cameras in the country under their new brand Axon. Can they make the bullet obsolete?
By Erin Winick
Three questions on retraining and the future of work with economist Jay Shambaugh.
No one can see the future, but we can still make sure we aren’t blindsided when it arrives. That’s especially true when it comes to how technology is changing workplaces in the US.
With a focus on fairness in prosecution, John Jay President Karol V. Mason and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the appointment of Lucy Lang as Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution(IIP) at John Jay College. The IIP (@iip_johnjay) is a groundbreaking partnership between the Manhattan District Attorney and New York’s preeminent college of criminal justice.
Founded in 2016 to support the development of next generation ideas and training for the leaders in the field of prosecution, IIP brings together prosecutors, academics, law enforcement officials and community leaders to examine and develop practical solutions to the critical issues facing the criminal justice system in the 21st century. Including public safety and accountability while improving fairness in the system.
One of the basic principles of good tax policy is equity: similarly situated taxpayers should have similarly sized tax bills. New York City’s property tax system does not comport with this principle: owners of one-, two-, and three-family homes are subject to highly disparate effective tax rates due to statutory caps on the growth in the assessed values of their homes. This means that homeowners in areas where property values are growing quickly benefit at the expense of those whose property values are relatively stable. The inequitable tax burdens among small homeowners are some of the most prominent and compelling reasons for reform of the City’s property tax system.
