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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Op-eds by stakeholders, policymakers and other citizens of New York

polling site astoria

Opinión: Con la reforma migratoria sobre la mesa, es hora de dejar que los inmigrantes de NYC voten

By Rodrigo Camarena | February 23, 2021

‘Conforme avanzamos en la reversión del daño provocado por el gobierno de Trump, y nos aseguramos de que el presidente Biden cumpla con su compromiso a la justicia migratoria, Nueva York necesita responder por su papel en criminalizar y despojar de sus derechos a los inmigrantes en nuestra ciudad.’

Meal Hub

Opinion: NYC Has Distributed 200 Million Pandemic Meals–But There's More to do to Fight Hunger

Opinion: How NYC's Leaders Can Empower Black Re-Entry Workers Like Me

Opinion: Pass the NY Hero Act to Protect Essential Workers Like Me

Opinion: Racism Toward Asian Americans Must Stop. New York is Better Than This.

50-a

Opinion: For True Transparency, NYPD Must Disclose When Officers Violate ‘Minor’ Rules

By Christian Covington | February 25, 2021

‘The public needs to be informed of all disciplinary actions, not just major infractions…The “minor rule violations” provision defeats the purpose of repealing Section 50-a.’

voting
polling site astoria

Opinion: With Immigration Reform on the Table, It’s Time to Let NYC Immigrants Vote

By Rodrigo Camarena | February 23, 2021

As we work to undo the damage caused by the Trump administration, and ensure that President Biden upholds his commitments to immigrant justice, New York City needs to account for its own role in criminalizing and disempowering immigrants in our city.

state budget

Opinion: Proposed State Budget Cuts Would Dismantle Care for New Yorkers with Disabilities

By Rachelle Kivanoski | February 22, 2021

Care Coordinated Organization/Health Homes (CCO/HH’s), which provide critical and essential services to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, are facing a nearly 40 percent cut in the state’s executive budget.

small businesses

Opinion: Protect NYC’s Small Businesses By Supporting Street Vendors and Brick-and-Mortars Together

By Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez and Shrima Pandey | February 16, 2021

‘Street vendors and brick-and-mortars are struggling for many of the same reasons… Lifting the cap on permits for street vendors and ending the exploitative underground market is a key part of a larger toolkit to protect all vulnerable small businesses.’

ARTS and CULTURE

Opinion: Supporting NYC’s Immigrant Arts Ecosystem Through Crisis and Beyond

By Eli Dvorkin and Laird Gallagher | February 15, 2021

‘Yet while immigrants now account for nearly one-third of all artists in the city and play an essential role anchoring New York’s position as a global leader in contemporary culture, the pandemic is threatening their livelihoods.’

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Biking in Bushwick

Opinion: Street Safety, Protected Bike Lanes Must Be Part of New York’s COVID Recovery

By Jimmy Van Bramer | February 10, 2021

‘With vaccine distribution ramping up…and the state preparing to help employers bring workers back into the office, it’s safe to say biking will be the habit of even more New Yorkers when they commute. We need the infrastructure to match the demand.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Five Myths About the Gowanus Rezoning

By Linda La Violette, Penn Rodeen and Benjamin Shepard | February 8, 2021

‘The city, public officials, and developers have all built an increasingly fevered false sense of urgency that shows just how desperate they are to ram through the rezoning while the public is sidelined by the pandemic, economic crisis, and weak sauce virtual hearings.’

NYC Housing

Opinion: Homeless People are Worthy of Housing — It’s Time to Stop the Stigma

By Rebeka Bryan | February 5, 2021

‘Stigmatizing and criminalizing homeless people is just another tool the real estate industry uses to maintain status quo and maximize their bottom lines. The stigmatization must stop — we need to end this prejudice and get honest about who is homeless and why.’

street vendors in the bronx
NYC Council

Opinion: City’s Plan to Expand Street Vendor Permits Must Protect Our Brick-and-Mortars, Too

By Wilma Alonso | February 4, 2021

‘To be clear, we support the food vendor community and their place in our neighborhoods. The food is as delicious and diverse as the city itself. But reform on what’s historically been an underground market cannot come at the expense of our brick-and-mortars.’

schools

Opinion: Want to Have a Say in City Schools? Join a Community Education Council

By Aleta LaFargue | February 2, 2021

‘We need more parents to run so that each CEC’s economic diversity reflects that of the district. Without such diversity, whole swaths of a school district may be voiceless.’

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