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Opinion: New York City Must Act to Preserve Its Rent-Stabilized Housing

“This is not a debate about rescuing landlords. It is about preventing avoidable deterioration in housing that remains essential to the city’s economic and social fabric.”

Climate and Environment Economy Government Health Opinion Politics

Opinion: During an Oil Crisis, Build Public Renewables

“The more we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, the more stable our energy prices will be. The more we cut pollution, the more we protect New Yorkers from the…

Climate and Environment Government Health Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Rockaway Whale Is a Warning New York Can’t Ignore

“We live in an ocean city: New York is built on islands, and has over 500 miles of coastline,” the author writes. “In this, as in many things, we’re a…

Economy Government Immigration Justice Labor Opinion

Opinion: Depriving Asylum Seekers of Right to Work Would Do Far-Reaching Harm

“Employment authorization is not just a bureaucratic document—it is a critical pathway that allows people seeking safety to rebuild their lives.”

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.

“The actual solution to the city’s budget crisis is for Gov. Kathy Hochul to finally make our ever-increasing population of billionaires and millionaires pay what they owe in taxes.”

Climate and Environment Government Health Opinion Politics

Opinion: Energy Bills Are Too High, But Hochul Wants to Gut NY’s Climate Law

“The Legislature must hold firm and not buckle by letting Hochul off the hook. It’s time to move New York forward, not double down on expensive, polluting oil and gas.”

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Opinion: Keep SNAP Theft Reimbursement in New York’s Final Budget

“Across New York City, EBT theft has become a persistent and predictable crisis,” the authors write. “A reimbursement fund is the only immediate mechanism that makes people whole.”

Climate and Environment Government Health Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Lessons From New York’s Deadly Winter

“Cold weather does not disprove climate change. It reveals its sharpest edge: that as the climate grows more extreme, survival itself becomes unequal, and those without shelter are the first…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Most Empty Rent-Stabilized Apartments Don’t Need a Lot to be Habitable

“We need homes available to New Yorkers, not pretexts for giving landlords higher rents.”

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Better Plan for 1727 Amsterdam Ave.

"On rare public land in one of Manhattan’s most densely populated zip codes, the city selected a smaller, less equitable plan that sidelines a community-driven alternative that produces more housing…

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