“New York’s proposed Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act offers a practical solution to two pressing challenges: preserving historic houses of worship and addressing the state’s severe housing crisis.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York City Must Leverage Its Financial Power for a Cleaner Future
Justin Brannan |
“We need to be crystal clear: if you’re managing our money, you better be taking climate risk seriously and cutting off financing for new fossil fuel projects. If not, we’re taking our business elsewhere.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Biofuels Are a ‘Right Now’ Solution to NY’s Decarbonization Problem
Allan Cohn and Chris Fazio |
“To pass on the immediate carbon reduction benefits of biofuels while continuing to spin our wheels in endless debate would be a setback that will only make future efforts to reduce our carbon emissions more challenging.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Tools We Need to Hold NYPD Accountable for Misconduct
Yung-Mi Lee |
“In New York, prosecutors often require a person accused of a crime to waive their right to later appeal their case as part of a plea offer, even if new evidence is later revealed. These waivers prevent appellate courts from reviewing police misconduct and overseeing police accountability.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Building the Type of Housing New York Needs the Most
Perry Perlmutter |
“We must build upon the newfound flexibility provided by City of Yes by making direct, meaningful investments in supportive housing.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Country is Still Anxious About Affordability. For Older Adults, This is Nothing New.
Jeremy Kaplan |
“The city can minimize emergency housing and long-term care costs by investing in organizations that help older adults access the benefits they’re entitled to.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Wall Street Fuels Predatory Real Estate. It’s Time for a Public Bank Alternative
Jodie Leidecker |
“Redirecting our public funds to a public bank would enable the city to divest from banks that harm New Yorkers, and invest in tenant-owned housing, community land trusts, worker cooperative small businesses, and green energy projects—leveraging our tax dollars to strengthen communities rather than prey on them.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Our Affordable Housing Workforce Must Reflect the Communities It Serves
Shawn Hegele and Christina Harsch |
“Right now, roles in the affordable housing sector remain unfilled, and working-class New Yorkers continue to face unemployment or find themselves stuck in jobs with little potential for economic mobility.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Local Nutrition Programs Are More Important Than Ever
Melissa Gallanter |
“With federal nutrition assistance facing an uncertain future, local organizations must step in to fill the gaps. But programs like ours are already stretched thin, and we will rely even more heavily on local government if federal support is cut.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: What If? Meet Her Honor, Mayor Tisch
Fred Smith |
“The availability of unmatched and unattached money enables Tisch to focus on issues and leave to her adversaries the risk of being bitten by sloppy financial bookkeeping, questionable contributions and potential quid pro quos.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Operation Restore Roosevelt Failed Queens
Laura Torlaschi |
“Operation Restore Roosevelt deflects the anger and fear of other working-class New Yorkers onto disabled people, queer people, or immigrants trying to survive in an increasingly expensive city.”
