“We deserve a city with affordable, safe and reliable public transportation, clean, breathable air and roads that work for all who rely on them.”
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Opinion: Ground Lease Co-Op Tenants, Trapped By Their Landowners
Tony Santiago |
“Lawmakers up in Albany have already proposed legislation to protect ground lease co-op residents around the state. We need standard rights and protections and New York has the chance to grant them.”
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Opinion: Community Control of Roy Wilkins Park Is Essential for Southeast Queens
Nantasha Williams, Jumaane Williams, Leroy Comrie, Alicia Hyndman and I. Daneek Miller |
“Roy Wilkins Park is not just any park; it’s the only Black-led public park in New York City, a legacy that dates back to the 1970s when our community organized and marched to ensure that Roy Wilkins Park would remain under local control.”
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Opinion: Not All Housing is Created Equal
Barika Williams |
“New housing production isn’t a solution if it doesn’t meet the needs of a majority of New Yorkers…Every neighborhood should and must be doing its part to produce affordable housing, not just market-rate housing, if we are going to turn the city’s housing crisis around.” Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! You’re paying over half your monthly income in rent, your landlord won’t make repairs, and you’re already rooming with friends or family—your best option? Move.
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Opinion: How NYC’s Housing Shortage Drives School Segregation & Disinvestment
Nyah Berg |
“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”
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Opinion: Building a Fiscal Fortress Against Trump
Justin Brannan |
“We must use every dollar of our $113 billion New York City budget as a brick in the wall against whatever fresh hell Trump tries to cook up next year.”
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Opinion: Real New Yorkers Embrace Diversity and Community
Jackson Chabot |
“If we don’t pass City of Yes—a common sense set of policies that encourage housing production and prioritize people over cars—we will let the unreasonable and provincial mindset vocalized by Paladino win.”
Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media UnitCity Councilmember Vickie Paladino at the public hearing held by the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises on Oct. 22. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! I moved to New York eight years ago, drawn here by the bustling sidewalks, the deep sense of community, and the world-class public space.
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Opinion: The Mental Health and Housing Needs of Veterans Demand Immediate Action
Melissa O’Brien |
“Veterans dealing with homelessness often struggle to connect with the specialized care they need. This creates a devastating cycle: untreated mental health issues make it harder to maintain housing, while housing instability makes it difficult to access mental health treatment.”
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Opinion: Reducing Fare Evasion Starts With Expanding Access to Fair Fares, Not Policing
Ryan Vinh |
“The MTA’s budgetary woes will not be solved by issuing fare evasion tickets in neighborhoods like Brownsville, where one in three residents live in poverty, especially when overtime pay for NYPD officers in the subway climbed from $4 million to $155 million in 2023.”
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Opinion: Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop 1 to Keep Politicians’ Hands Where They Belong
Annie Kapral |
“We can remove the mystery of whether or not our rights can, and will, be tampered with. We can keep the power over our bodies and our futures where it belongs, in our own hands, by going out and voting ‘Yes’ on Prop 1.”
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Opinion: Why Isn’t It ‘Free to Pee’ in New York City?
Alison Wilkey, Will Woods and Nathylin Flowers Adesegun |
“The lack of public bathrooms is one of the daunting challenges and cruel indignities that unsheltered New Yorkers consistently face as they draw on meager resources to survive life on the streets.”
