“For decades politicians have focused on reducing crime while communities end up with nothing that actually solves violence—and often with strategies that make it worse.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: E-bike Battery Regulation Isn’t Anti-immigrant or Anti-worker. It’s Common Sense.
Baruch Herzfeld |
“We aren’t helping delivery workers by forcing them to charge unsafe, unregulated equipment in their apartments. We need more regulation to protect these hard-working riders and their neighbors, not less.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: An All-of-the-Above to Fix NYC’s Housing Crisis
Valerie White |
“We’re long past the point where we can squabble over one solution versus another. We have so many tools at our disposal—far too many of them sitting around gathering dust. It’s time we treat the housing problem like the crisis it is.”
2022 election
Opinion: If We Don’t Show Up to Vote, We Won’t Be Heard
Carmen Perez-Jordan |
“We must encourage our communities to vote, knowing politicians can make life-altering decisions that impact issues important for all Americans, specifically in our work for racial equity.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How the Other Half Still Lives in NYC Housing
Sateesh Nori |
“In 1890, Jacob Riis photographed and documented the inhumane conditions of tenements in New York City: the lack of light, air, space, and basic sanitation. Today, 132 years later, much of New York City’s housing stock is still bad: unsafe water, broken elevators, mold, lack of heat, roaches, and rats.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: To Protect NYC From Future Storms, Invest in Waterfront Parks
Tyler Taba and Sherrise Palomino |
“During Sandy we saw evidence of how parks can be built to weather the worst impacts of storms. Areas that suffered less damage overall had infrastructure in place that served to alleviate some of the harsher impacts: facilities such as beaches, wetlands and parks which, if built right, can serve as a cushion for harsh weather conditions that might hit coastal and neighboring communities.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis
Deborah Helaine Morris, Thaddeus Pawlowski and Hugo Sarmiento |
“Hurricane Sandy damaged 10 percent of the city’s housing. In a city with a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, even a temporary loss of the housing supply isn’t just a problem for those directly displaced: it tightens the market for everyone, making it harder and more expensive to find housing.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Needs Better Enforcement Against Housing Discrimination
Baaba Halm and Amy Blumsack |
“Often a proxy for racial, disability or family status discrimination, Source of Income (SOI) discrimination prevents voucher holders from accessing housing and undermines the strides that New York City has made investing in rental assistance.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC’s COVID Recovery Requires an Indoor Air Revolution
Michael Partis |
“Though outdoors strategies are a great and necessary option, there remains a serious need for innovation and creativity to generate excellent air quality in spaces that are enclosed, covered, or conventionally ‘indoors’ and hold more than groups of 10. From elevators to heated tents, indoor air quality will be a significant factor in our society’s health care.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Follow the Lead of South Bronx Groups to Deliver Affordable Housing
Ambroise Ngande |
“Mott Haven-based organizations have taken a considerate approach to rebuilding the neighborhood by focusing on the strengths of our community, elevating new opportunities and tackling the hardest-hitting issues threatening the South Bronx.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Sign Up for Community Solar
Thomas Turnbull |
“With community solar, you subscribe to a share of a large solar project nearby. By subscribing, you get a portion of the solar energy as a discount on your electric bill without the cost or effort of installing solar panels on your own roof.”
