“To achieve an equitable school system, we must unite and build a coalition stronger than those who would seek to frighten and silence us. More parents must step up to run for the community board to create a multitude of voices and perspectives.”
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Opinion: Congestion Pricing is the Way to a More Livable New York
Stephen Albonesi |
“We deserve a city with affordable, safe and reliable public transportation, clean, breathable air and roads that work for all who rely on them.”
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Opinion: Building a NYC Where No Family is Priced Out
Scott Stringer and Nikhil Goyal |
“The next mayor’s top two priorities should be implementing free, universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds and expanding access to affordable childcare to substantially lower costs.”
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Opinión: Un año en el Centro de Acceso al Aborto; Lo que una trabajadora ve cada día
Jazmín Gil Márquez |
“Aunque tenemos nuestra sede en la ciudad de Nueva York, recibimos un gran número de llamadas cada vez que un estado como Florida restringe severamente el aborto o cuando estados como Texas lo prohíben rotundamente. Nos hemos convertido en los primeros en responder a esta creciente crisis de salud pública.”
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Opinion: It’s Time to Fix CityFHEPS Vouchers
Rukhsar Asfe and Kameal James |
“CityFHEPS vouchers are meant to make life easier for tenants and their families facing eviction, or those families who have been previously unhoused, by paying ongoing rent. That sounds great on paper, but far too often the slow pace of the system renders the vouchers useless.”
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Opinion: City of Yes for Housing is the Wrong Remedy for the Wrong Problem
John Low-Beer |
“Its free market approach is an inefficient way to alleviate the affordability crisis. Really doing so would require that the government subsidize or invest more in permanently affordable housing.”
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Opinion: Ground Lease Co-Op Tenants, Trapped By Their Landowners
Tony Santiago |
“Lawmakers up in Albany have already proposed legislation to protect ground lease co-op residents around the state. We need standard rights and protections and New York has the chance to grant them.”
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Opinion: Community Control of Roy Wilkins Park Is Essential for Southeast Queens
Nantasha Williams, Jumaane Williams, Leroy Comrie, Alicia Hyndman and I. Daneek Miller |
“Roy Wilkins Park is not just any park; it’s the only Black-led public park in New York City, a legacy that dates back to the 1970s when our community organized and marched to ensure that Roy Wilkins Park would remain under local control.”
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Opinion: Not All Housing is Created Equal
Barika Williams |
“New housing production isn’t a solution if it doesn’t meet the needs of a majority of New Yorkers…Every neighborhood should and must be doing its part to produce affordable housing, not just market-rate housing, if we are going to turn the city’s housing crisis around.” Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
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Opinion: How NYC’s Housing Shortage Drives School Segregation & Disinvestment
Nyah Berg |
“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”
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Opinion: Building a Fiscal Fortress Against Trump
Justin Brannan |
“We must use every dollar of our $113 billion New York City budget as a brick in the wall against whatever fresh hell Trump tries to cook up next year.”
