“Ballot measures are an opportunity for voters to directly weigh in on policies that affect their day-to-day lives and the future of our state. When incomprehensible ballot language forces voters to cede this opportunity, their voices are effectively silenced.”
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Opinion: Creedmoor Plan is a Chance for a New Generation to Call Queens Home
Will Spisak and Rev. Carl Adair |
“We support the plan’s vision because we see it as a chance to stand up for people just like our parents and grandparents—who struggled bravely to make a life and a future for their families.”
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Opinion: A New Model for Affordable Housing
Mark Levine, Dr. Jeremy C. Kohomban and Yvonne Stennett |
“There are many underdeveloped areas across Manhattan, which could provide tens of thousands more housing units, more than 40 percent of which could be affordable. Strategic planning and investment can transform underutilized spaces into a vibrant, inclusive community.”
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Opinion: Grants Pass Decision Will Only Further Marginalize Our Homeless Neighbors
Josiah Haken |
“This will push an already vulnerable population deeper into hopelessness and despair, rather than offering the ‘tough love’ that might inspire them to pull themselves up by their nonexistent bootstraps.”
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Opinion: Mayor’s City of Yes is Really a ‘City of Cake’
Tom Angotti, Jenny Dubnau and Memo Salazar |
“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and subsidize housing outside of the profit-making system.”
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Opinion: Mayor Adams Wants to Turn NYC Into ‘Cop City’
Priyanka Shetty |
“This project speaks not just to one isolated facility but the current administration’s overarching goal to make all of New York City a ‘Cop City’ in and of itself.”
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Opinion: Correcting Racial Injustices in New York’s Legal System—And Beyond
Robert Gangi |
“While from time to time, our system does hold people of wealth, power, and/or influence accountable for their violations of the law, these kinds of cases do not represent the bulk, or even close to it, of the criminal prosecutions that take place here.”
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Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City
Murad Awawdeh |
“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get on the pathway to future success, immigrant families will be able to contribute even more to our city.”
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Opinion: NYC Can’t Solve Its Housing Crisis Without Addressing Voucher Discrimination
Amy Blumsack |
“Opening the Section 8 waitlist was huge, but it only addressed part of the problem—the city must invest more resources in addressing discrimination against voucher holders by increasing funding for the City Commission on Human Rights.”
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Opinion: Physician Staffing Shortages Put NYC’s Public Health at Risk
Dr. Bronson Joseph Raja and Joanne M. Fernández-Booker |
“Physicians serving the city’s most vulnerable populations are not seeking extravagant salaries. Instead, we advocate for fair compensation to address the worsening shortages, ensuring the full staffing levels necessary to deliver the quality care that all New Yorkers deserve.”
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Opinion: Latino Voters Can Play Key Role in the Outcome of New York’s Most Contested Primary Race
Eli Valentin |
“It is clear through a number of recent public polls that Latinos are mainly concerned about economic matters—specifically, the cost of living, adequate wages, and affordable housing.” Jarrett MurphyOutside a Bronx polling site on primary day. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! No matter your politics, you’ll probably agree that the NY-16 congressional primary, pitting the incumbent Congressman Jamaal Bowman against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, will be the most contested congressional primary battle this coming June.The race thus far has been driven largely by the Israel-Gaza crisis.