“We need to be crystal clear: if you’re managing our money, you better be taking climate risk seriously and cutting off financing for new fossil fuel projects. If not, we’re taking our business elsewhere.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Wall Street Fuels Predatory Real Estate. It’s Time for a Public Bank Alternative
Jodie Leidecker |
“Redirecting our public funds to a public bank would enable the city to divest from banks that harm New Yorkers, and invest in tenant-owned housing, community land trusts, worker cooperative small businesses, and green energy projects—leveraging our tax dollars to strengthen communities rather than prey on them.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Our Affordable Housing Workforce Must Reflect the Communities It Serves
Shawn Hegele and Christina Harsch |
“Right now, roles in the affordable housing sector remain unfilled, and working-class New Yorkers continue to face unemployment or find themselves stuck in jobs with little potential for economic mobility.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Local Nutrition Programs Are More Important Than Ever
Melissa Gallanter |
“With federal nutrition assistance facing an uncertain future, local organizations must step in to fill the gaps. But programs like ours are already stretched thin, and we will rely even more heavily on local government if federal support is cut.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: What If? Meet Her Honor, Mayor Tisch
Fred Smith |
“The availability of unmatched and unattached money enables Tisch to focus on issues and leave to her adversaries the risk of being bitten by sloppy financial bookkeeping, questionable contributions and potential quid pro quos.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Operation Restore Roosevelt Failed Queens
Laura Torlaschi |
“Operation Restore Roosevelt deflects the anger and fear of other working-class New Yorkers onto disabled people, queer people, or immigrants trying to survive in an increasingly expensive city.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The FARE Act is Not Just Good Policy. It’s Common Sense
Nick E. Smith |
“There is still much more work to be done to address our housing crisis. But the FARE Act is one significant step. It’s also a great example of what we can accomplish when tenants come together and advocate for policies that will make our lives easier.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Building a Safer City Requires Housing, Not Criminalization
Emily Gallagher, Cordell Cleare and Oksana Mironova |
“Yes, we are seeing more people on the streets, and many of them are in crisis. But unless we deal with the root causes of homelessness, we are just going to be looking at a revolving door of incarceration and hospitalizations that only exacerbate the problem.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: We’ll Never Address NYC’s Mental Health Crisis Until We Stop Funneling People to Jails & Prisons
Ibrahim Ayu |
“There is no comprehensive network of treatment courts in New York, and those that do exist are woefully underutilized. Far more people should be getting the genuine care and treatment that I got.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Expand NY’s Residential Solar Tax Credit
Kate Selden and Alex Lee |
“The money New York State invests to accelerate solar is missing the households and communities that need it the most.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: To Address Maternal and Infant Mortality, Raise the Cap on Disability Benefits
Michaelle Solages and Jessica Ramos |
“No one in this state can afford to live on $170 per week. As a result of this frozen cap, thousands of women each year are pushing themselves to work so they can stay housed and put food on the table when their doctors are telling them they should stay home and rest.”
