“In the 2020 Census, the New York City metro area was found to be running just behind Milwaukee and Detroit as the third most segregated region of the country according to Black-white segregation data. This is not by accident.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Forced Hospitalization is the Wrong Approach to Mental Health
Joshua Budhu |
“This policy, while likely formed with good intent, is short-sighted and places more strain on a system that is close to breaking. It also shifts focus and continues to villainize individuals who need help, rather than providing the resources that they desperately need. This is a band-aid, meant to make the problem less visible, ignoring the real issues.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA
Charles Lauster |
It is time for New York to meet its public housing needs. It has the land. The technical ability to restore and replace NYCHA’s housing stock to meet tenant needs and low-carbon performance is there.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Bringing Fresh Produce to New York’s Correctional Facilities
Isabel Slingerland and Robert Fullilove |
“The high rates of health issues mentioned in carceral settings are a health equity issue likely resulting, at least in part, from the low accessibility of fresh produce and poor access to quality and trusted medical care in NYS correctional facilities.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Addressing the Plight of New Yorkers Aging Behind Bars
Andre Ward |
“We witness firsthand the challenges that our older participants face when they come to us, usually because they no longer have family to turn to after such long periods of incarceration: physical health issues that might be less severe if treated properly sooner; unaddressed trauma, greatly exacerbated by incarceration; lack of financial resources; and homelessness.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: I’m a New Yorker. I’m Also ‘Stateless.’ It’s Time for the U.S. to Help People Like Me
Danah Abdulaziz |
“It’s important that we raise attention to the issue of statelessness. That’s why women like me are going public with our stories. We need more people to understand that this is an urgent issue. It keeps us from moving on and living productive lives in the U.S. and we’re always anxious about what might happen.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Attorneys for Children in New York Are in Crisis
Judith Gerber, Dawne Mitchell and Karen J. Freedman |
“Attorneys are being forced to resign not because they want to leave, but because they cannot provide for their own families if they stay. Offices that were once inundated with job applicants for a small number of vacant positions a decade ago have vacancies that are now taking months to fill—if they can be filled at all.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How New York’s Utilities Are Spreading Disinformation About Electric Heating
Juan-Pablo Velez |
“The answer is clear. We need to stop burning fossil fuels in buildings. It’s not too late for New York’s gas utilities to help us do that.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: City Policies Are Harming New York’s Homeless Youth
Amy Leipziger |
“If Mayor Adams truly wants to make good on his promises to stem the homelessness crisis in the city and provide substantive mental health to the city’s youth, he must first make it easier, not harder, to access safe and affordable housing.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: NYC’s Housing Emergency Demands Good Cause Eviction, More Social Housing
Sandy Nurse |
“The city and state must stop relying on failed capitalist strategies when developing more housing, which is why I introduced a bill Thursday that would require the city to study the feasibility of creating a municipal social housing development agency.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals
Ben Hitchcock |
“Invoking environmental concerns to block construction is a classic page in the NIMBY playbook, but when suburbanites push back against dense, transit-oriented housing, they are not just hurting the people who urgently need housing in our city—they are hurting the climate for future generations of New Yorkers, too.”
