I come from a long line of very strong, tough women. We stick to our principles and stand up for what we believe in, which is fundamental fairness, which is my raison d'etre.Collection: Women
On the local, state and federal level, government is working alongside veteran's organizations and other stakeholders to provide services such as medical assistance, employment resources, and housing support to veterans and their dependents and survivors. But there are still gaps in services that must be rectified.Collection: Medical
Each day, millions of police officers do the selfless work of putting their lives on the line to protect civilians, frequently responding to or preventing crises completely with no recognition.
The scales of justice often, in my head, are unbalanced. And so my job is to try to balance out those scales.
Like with all other crime, we must, of course, treat the perpetrators of these actions as the criminals they are. But unlike with the vast majority of other crime, justice is not delivered simply by punishing the perpetrator. This is because the harm associated with domestic violence extends far beyond the point of contact.
The reality is that I've been counted out for a very long time and people continue to underestimate me and I continue to overperform.
World Aids Day is both a day of remembrance and a day of hope.
The ADA prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities receive the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in the mainstreams of American life, which includes participating in government programs and services.
Children of domestic violence, of course, suffer terrible consequences.
All of my life and particularly throughout of my public career, I have been talking about the feminization of poverty. And one of the manifestations of the feminization of poverty is the issue of pay inequality in our society.
When it comes to climate change and the environment, President Donald Trump is plain wrong.
We must stand vigilant to protect our voting access.
We must ensure that we are hiring and retaining qualified, diverse candidates not only to teach in our classrooms, but to work at the DOE overseeing our students' education.
No person should live in poverty after a life of hard work.
Telling the truth about domestic violence - and those who shield it - should not be punished.
Only when we ensure that the mistakes of our past are not the vision for our future, will we truly have achieved justice.
Voting is a fundamental right in our democracy.
For generations America and its institutions have refused to acknowledge the true severity of the harm that domestic violence imposes on our society.
Is truth about domestic violence and those who enable it more important than a company's corporate partnerships? I think so.
Human induced climate change is real, and the evidence is right in front of us. It threatens our shores. It promises to bring intense heat waves and powerful storms. It has the power to disrupt our economy, endanger our food supply, and imperil global stability. We must take action to stop it.
As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.
I say that our economic future is in the new technology that will lead to more fuel efficient cars and cleaner energy.
As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I will be working with the Administration for Children's Services and others to bring about necessary reforms - and ensure that our city meets its most solemn responsibility - protecting the welfare of our children.
We must simply do every single thing in our power to protect our children from abuse and help them live healthy, prosperous lives.
I've been independent all of my life.
The Office of Attorney General should be independent and the Office of Attorney General should have the power to investigate without the approval of the governor of the state of New York. It's absolutely critically important.
I've got a moral center.
I come from humble beginnings myself.
I've known struggle.
I just try to fight for the underdog, and try to fight for those who are locked out of the sunshine of opportunity.
We have these events, 'Talk to Tish.' They're basically kitchen-roundtable discussions about issues in the City of New York, because you can learn more by listening.
I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I come from a family of eight on public assistance, my parents were separated. My mother struggled, my father struggled.
I know what it's like to be on public assistance and to be unemployed. And I know what it's like to be evicted.
Part of the reason why I wanted to be involved in politics was to create and be a part of policy changes.
New Yorkers would be shocked to learn of the conditions some construction workers in our city toil under.
Legally, many contractors are required to pay a prevailing wage. However, bad actors often find ways to get around this requirement.
Some contractors force workers to provide paybacks to keep their jobs. Others intentionally misclassify workers in order to underpay them - by, for example, paying a skilled construction worker as a general laborer.
The workers who get hurt by corner-cutting often do not realize they are being wronged. Even when they do, they do not have the support and resources to fight back. Without a union to stand behind them, these workers are forced to stay in bad jobs, or face no job at all.
While New York City cannot prevent other jurisdictions from selling firearms, it has taken a powerful stance against guns by divesting pension funds from gun manufacturers.
Walmart markets its gun department as 'sports and outdoors,' but let us get one thing straight: They are not just selling hunting rifles.
New York City must divest the hundreds of millions of dollars we have invested in Walmart for far too long, dollars that are only fueling violence and undermining the greater public interest. Once our nation's largest city does so, I know other states and municipalities will follow suit.
Dysfunction in Washington has stalled any meaningful federal action on gun control. So it's increasingly up to big cities like New York to take bold steps to get weapons off our streets and change the national discourse.
Under the not-so-watchful eye of ACS, children continue to die avoidable deaths. This is beyond unacceptable and betrays our moral conscience.
Before any family is placed in any type of shelter, there must be a thorough, top-to-bottom, building-wide inspection. These inspections must be ongoing and publicly accessible. There is no excuse for any person to be blindly put into an apartment without a guarantee that the space is safe.
The status quo is clearly broken, and we must strive for bigger, bolder solutions that will provide New Yorkers with the support they need to remain in their homes.
Within New York City and state, families in need face a confusing hodgepodge of supplemental rental assistance programs, many of which are ineffective individually and all of which are clearly ineffective in the aggregate.
New Yorkers want to be compassionate, and they want to live in a city where homeless people aren't stuffed into shelters, spilling out onto the streets. They also want a support system that works.
Home Stability Support is our best shot at creating an all-encompassing and effective system to ensure that our at-risk children and families can remain in the homes they deserve.
Wage discrimination lasts forever. The disparity haunts women beyond their years in the labor force, impacting how much they save for retirement and ultimately receive in Social Security benefits.