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The Autism Action Plan — There’s no downside to understanding each other

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara’s two bills — one offering identification cards to people with autism, and the other training to police to successfully interact with people on the spectrum — should be made law.

One woman’s fight for her son’s life shows the need for a coordinated campaign to contain the heroin epidemic

Cheryl Nunamacher is courageous to speak of her son’s opioid addiction, helping to mute the stigma. Her experience shows us that better coordination is needed among the professionals — police, judges, probation officers, and rehab counselors — who are in the front lines fighting drug addiction and the crimes that often go with it.

Autism and law enforcement — baffling behavior calls for an understanding response

The better trained our police officers are, the better off citizens — with or without autism — will be.

Property revaluation: 1,000 standards = no standard at all

To guarantee that residents across New York are paying their fair share of taxes, the state needs a law with enforcement teeth to set a common requirement for full-value assessment.