“We can create a better environment for both the homeless and riders by setting up drop-in centers within some of the larger subway stations.”
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Opinion: Outdated Zoning Rules are Hurting the City’s Small Businesses
Larisa Ortiz |
“As businesses evolve to meet changing consumer preferences, it has become clear that zoning regulations too often put up real, often unnecessary obstacles for businesses looking to make these necessary pivots as a matter of survival.”
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Opinion: The UnitedHealthcare-Mount Sinai Contract Dispute Must be Resolved
Michael Osso |
“Patients should never be the forgotten piece in a contract negotiation between healthcare entities. They should be the central focus.”
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Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Reject Austerity for CUNY
Nicholas Freudenberg and Alexa D’Angelo |
“Since CUNY is one of the city’s most traversed pathways out of poverty, any decision to block or compromise this escape route must be considered for its short and long-term consequences.”
Bronx
Opinion: Bronx Building Collapse is a Wake-Up Call
David B. Lever |
“It will happen again. It’s not a matter of if, but when. The average building age in New York City is around 90 years, and we’re grappling with a shortage of building inspectors as well as an ongoing housing crisis—giving building owners little to no incentive to address violations.”
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Opinion: NYC Comptroller Should Fight Climate Change, Not Finance It
Margaret Perkins and Pete Sikora |
“Blue cities and states have much more pension fund money than red states. As the saying goes, money talks. It’s time for Comptroller Lander to put money that he manages where his mouth is. New Yorkers need him to fight for our interests at least as hard as red state politicians fight for the oil and gas corporations.”
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Opinion: Addressing Income Inadequacy and Occupational Segregation this Black History Month
Julia Casey |
“The occupational segregation and income inadequacy rampant across our state today is the direct consequence of policies that have intentionally excluded and marginalized people of color and women and undervalued their labor, especially in care-oriented industries like education, childcare, healthcare and human services more broadly.”
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Opinion: Give a Little to Get a Lot More Affordable Housing
Joseph Geiger |
“A housing package that protects tenants, builds affordable housing, and creates good jobs is possible, but bad actors in the real estate industry would rather hold my members and all New Yorkers hostage on account of their greed.”
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Opinion: New York City Must Invest in Implementing Local Law 97
Eliza Klein |
“If New York is serious about meeting its climate goals, the city must then live up to its stated priorities and give programs the resources to meaningfully follow through on their legislative mandates.”
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Opinion: In the ‘Year of Greenways,’ Let’s Insist on Equity
Hunter Armstrong, Sharon Pope-Marshall and EdMundo Martinez |
“This absence of unified design and management can compound inequality. Where some areas of the city have seen the lion’s share of the city’s attention, other areas have been and are in danger of continuing to be completely left behind.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Let Asylum Seekers Work
Andreina Zuluaga |
“When we force people to rely on public handouts, we not only harm their perception of what makes America great, but undermine the important truth that when people come here, they want to work.”