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Opinion: 15 Years After Occupy, We Must Remember the Power of Collective Action

“A group of radical activists took over a tiny park near Wall Street and did the seemingly impossible: They got thousands of disaffected, cynical, frustrated people—including me—to believe that a…

Climate and Environment Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Legionnaires’ Disease is Preventable—With Comprehensive Water Management

“The bill follows policies and regulations in place in other states, and codifies recommendations from national experts. New Yorkers deserve to know the water they drink and use every day…

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

Opinion: Next-Day Delivery Shouldn’t Mean Polluted Air

“An indirect source rule (ISR) would be a win-win for the people of New York, especially for environmental justice communities that have been overburdened by the unregulated surge of mega-warehouses.”

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: What Do We Owe the Generation That Doesn’t Remember 9/11?

“We owe them the truth. We owe them the stories. And we owe them an understanding of what happened, not simply on Sept. 11, but in the days, months and…

Health Justice Opinion

Opinion: How NYC Can Protect Consumers and Cannabis Shop Owners

“The illegal market violates the crux of our legalization system’s purpose: restorative justice,” the authors write. “If a business is found to be selling marijuana without proper licensing, this bill…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Protect NYC’s Short-Term Rental Rules

“What we don’t need are more speculative investors and private equity firms converting much-needed apartments into a revolving door of short-term rentals for tourists with no stake in our city’s…

Climate and Environment Education Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: We All Have a Role to Play in Water Safety

“Lasting change depends on the shared understanding that water safety is essential infrastructure and our shared responsibility—not just for one season, but year-round.”

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Deed Theft Is a Wake-Up Call for Stronger Protections for Older Adults

“If we wait until an older adult’s home has been stolen to ask how they should be protected, we have already waited too long.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Manning Marable Was Right About the 13th Congressional District

What the 2026 Democratic primary reveals about demographic change, coalition politics, and unequal political participation.

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York Can Build More Housing Without Shutting Community Out

“Planning cannot be something government does to communities instead of with them. Local residents carry valuable knowledge that can’t be matched by planners sitting in a central office.”

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