“Addressing New York City’s organic waste output isn’t just about keeping our streets rodent free. It’s about communities across the country where our waste ends up in polluting incinerators and towering landfills, including the largest in the state: Seneca Meadows.”
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Opinion: City’s New Rules on Short Term Rentals Will Hurt Small Homeowners
David Summers |
“Undermining the ability of individual homeowners to rent property based on their needs is an imbalanced infringement upon owners’ rights, discourages home ownership, and represents a slippery slope towards government overreach. Prohibiting short term rentals would severely impact homeowners’ ability to meet financial obligations and continue to live in the city.”
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Opinion: Governor Hochul’s State of Housing
Jumaane Williams |
“As Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the speech that could define her first full term, she has an opportunity to set a path of real progress on housing. But she will have to break the patterns of past leadership—and her own first year in office.”
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Opinion: NY Leaders Must Ensure the Medical Needs of Migrants are Met
Kate Sugarman and Nathaniel Kratz |
“As doctors working on the front lines of the migrant crisis, we’ve seen firsthand the negative effects of tent cities and the forced movement of migrants across the United States. The harms are physical and psychological, and they are cumulative.”
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Opinion: New York’s Housing Plans Must Address Affordability—& Climate Change
Seth Baum |
“New York State has the lowest per capita emissions in the country. Compared to the rest of the United States, New York City has by far the best transit, and it is the only city where living car-free is the standard. Other cities should pursue more climate-friendly urban design, but New York City should lead by welcoming more people.”
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Opinion: Fare Hike is the Wrong Approach to MTA’s Financial Woes
Cody Lyon |
“If New York’s city and state leaders truly prioritize a society where social equity as well as environmental sustainability are fundamental values, discussion of subway and bus fare increases would not be on the table. And if the overarching goal is to bring riders back to the nation’s greatest public transit system, why disincentivize them with higher fares?”
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Opinion: Many Migrants are Here to Stay. Let’s Make Sure They Have Somewhere to Live
Abdullah Younus and Joseph Loonam |
“Legal status should not be a determinant of the quality of life you can live nor the access you have to shelter. Having a safe, stable place to call home is foundational to well-being and critical for children’s development.”
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Opinion: NYC Jails Criminalize Mail Correspondence, Just In Time For the Holidays
Will Owen and Evan Enzer |
“No blurry scan of a letter can ever replace homemade gifts from children or physically holding the familiar handwriting of a loved one. This cruel, misguided approach to curbing overdoses will only further isolate incarcerated New Yorkers this holiday season.”
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Opinion: Expanding NY’s Youth Justice Laws is an Investment in the Future of Our Communities
Zellnor Myrie and Daniel O'Donnell |
“The Youth Justice & Opportunities Act would expand existing protections and limit the lifelong negative consequences that stem from prosecution for actions young people take before they reach full maturity.”
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Opinion: Housing for Our Formerly Incarcerated Neighbors Serves Us All
Pablo Zevallos |
“Study after study has shown that stable housing is the linchpin for successful reentry and for creating strong social bonds. These outcomes, in turn, lead to a substantially reduced likelihood of facing a new criminal charge, which—contrary to the scare tactics of this bill’s opponents—will make our city at large safer, too. “
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Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark
Raul Ubiles, Julia Solomons and Rosa Jaffe-Gaffner |
“We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and led to facilities that were dirty, dangerous, and inhumane.”