‘According to HUD’s own estimate, more than 55,000 deeply poor children—all American citizens or lawful permanent residents—will be evicted from subsidized housing for which they are eligible.’
2020
Analysis: Will Something Good Come Out of De Blasio’s Run for President?
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The big question isn’t whether de Blasio can win or why he’s even running. It’s what his national candidacy means for the city.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Rent Regs Debate is About Giving Tenants the Tool to Fight
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‘The state legislature has the power to make sure families across the state enjoy basic protections and significantly reduce the risk of displacement. Our families’ futures hang in the balance. ‘
Age Justice
Opinion: Our Rally for Age Justice Calls All Who Support Equality
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‘Today’s marginalized conditions of the old are ignored by economic, political and cultural leaders. For them, ageism, unlike racism or sexism, is powder-puff oppression.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: The Equity Case for E-Bikes and E-Scooters in New York City
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‘Lawmakers don’t have to spend a dime of taxpayer money to get access to e-bikes and e-scooters, and to start improving local transportation for all New Yorkers right now. They just need to get out of the way.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Why NYC is Rapidly Losing Low-Rent Apartments
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‘They may seem like reasonable provisions for ensuring the maintenance of the city’s housing stock, but rent-regulation loopholes all work in tandem to push out low-income tenants and undermine neighborhood-level stability.’
bail reform
Opinion: City’s Top Narcotics Prosecutor Responds to an Op-Ed
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‘Major importers and distributors of heroin and fentanyl, charged with top narcotics sale or possession crimes, will walk out of court with no bail even if they have significant ties to foreign jurisdictions.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Elizabeth Street Garden Fans Must Acknowledge the Housing Crisis
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‘In a crisis you don’t tell someone else from across town what they should do. You ask – what can I do? And then you do it.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: DAs Must Stop Fearmongering About Criminal-Justice Reforms
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‘The same lies we heard after the Rockefeller Reforms are being dusted off and trotted out again.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYCHA’s Memorandum of Misunderstanding
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‘In 1992, NYCHA authored a Memorandum of Understanding declaring its commitment to, and outlining a practice of, involving tenants and resident associations in its decision-making, ensuring that changes are made with those affected and not to them. It was then promptly ignored.’
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Opinion: Cuomo Shouldn’t Let a Monopoly Decide the Fate of the Williams Pipeline
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‘Given the potential impact, the burden of proof should be on the private utilities claiming that the pipeline is needed, not on public non-profits and independent researchers, who have already shown so clearly that it isn’t.’