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Opinion: Who Can Afford to Work for New York City?

“The problem is significant enough that we are now conducting a formal survey of our membership to document the full scope of housing instability and homelessness among city workers. That…

Climate and Environment Government Health Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Largest Landfill Harms Everyone. But Children Most of All.

the decision before Gov. Kathy Hochul and the State Department of Environmental Conservation is more than a waste management decision. It is a public health decision. Every child deserves a…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Rent Stabilization Isn’t Means Tested—And It Shouldn’t Be

“This line of argument can appear sound—why shouldn’t the poorest New Yorkers get sole access to rent-stabilized apartments?—but it is ultimately a distraction from the real dynamics at play in…

Climate and Environment Government Health Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: New York Knows It Flooded. The Public Still Can’t See How the Sewer System Performed.

“Transparency will not enlarge sewer pipes or prevent every flood. But it will allow communities to identify recurring problems, evaluate government claims, and advocate for infrastructure funding based on documented…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Labor Opinion

Opinion: As AI Looms, Ensuring NY’s Human Service Workers Earn a Living Wage

“One of the best ways to protect and center workers is to ensure that jobs that will never be automated pay enough for workers to live comfortably.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York City Has a Chance to Plan for Everyone. Will We Take It?

“New York City currently operates without a comprehensive plan to guide its growth and development—making it an outlier among major American cities, which routinely use such frameworks to balance citywide…

Climate and Environment Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Corporate Mega Warehouses Also Deliver Air Pollution. But Solutions Abound.

“New Yorkers deserve policy that responds to the urgency of diesel exhaust clouding neighborhoods and matches the bold action of similar successful policies across the country.”

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Families Face a Childcare Catch-22

“Often standing in their way are unmet childcare needs, which make it difficult for them to obtain and maintain permanent housing and hold full-time jobs, perpetuating a devastating cycle unlikely…

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: The Quiet Erosion of an Agreement Granting New Yorkers Free Admission to Park Museums

“Residents were never supposed to be customers purchasing tickets. They were the constituents the museums existed to serve.”

Economy Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Aspiration and Hardship in NYC’s Hottest Borough

“I’ve seen how Brooklyn has grown in prosperity and desirability, and I’ve also seen that access to opportunity—the hallmark of a just and healthy society—has not kept pace.”

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