ARTS and CULTURE
Opinion: The Art of Participatory Budgeting
Yazmany Arboleda |
“By voting on The People’s Money, New Yorkers are not just selecting projects; they are participating in a shared vision for our city’s future.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Pushing for Answers About New York’s COVID Response
Vivian Zayas |
“Families like mine deserve more from our state leaders than platitudes and delayed, toothless studies. We deserve truth, transparency and real accountability.” Adi TalwarA drive-through COVID testing site on Goulden Avenue in the Bronx in October 2020. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today!
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Safeguarding Children’s Right to Remain Silent in New York
Julie Garcia |
“New York has an opportunity to become one of the first states to require that children speak with a lawyer before waiving their right to remain silent.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York’s So-Called ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ Is Anything But
Stephan Edel |
“If New York follows California’s lead on this, we risk running into one of the biggest concerns arising from the program—an oversupply of credits from renewable diesel and dairy biogas that negatively disrupts fuel prices and floods methane emissions into the atmosphere.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time We Acknowledge the Violence Endured by People Experiencing Homelessness
M.A. Dennis and Will Woods |
“Living without a home—a reality we’ve both faced—has shown us that the unhoused are often viewed not as people but as easy targets for acts of cruelty. The rampant criminalization of homelessness further lowers the threshold for violence against us.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: New York’s Legislature Must Act to Address Utility Outages in NYCHA
Stephen Kpundeh and Janhavi Nemawarkar |
“The warranty of habitability is implied in all New York residential leases, which means that all landlords—including NYCHA—are responsible for making sure apartments are livable and safe, and prolonged gas, heat, and electricity outages run counter to that duty.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Mayor Must Protect Homeless Youth
Amy Leipziger |
“The Adams administration, simply put, must do more to address the historic crisis of youth homelessness our city faces. Instead, the administration has made policies that will create a worse situation for some of the most vulnerable young people in our city.”
ARTS and CULTURE
Opinion: Free NYC’s Block Parties from Suffocating Red Tape
Jackson Chabot, Elana Ehrenberg and Rebecca Macklis |
As warm weather returns and the summer approaches, we are reminded that the streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas of New York City are our civic commons. New Yorkers should be able to dance in the streets, sidewalks, and curbs if they want to.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Bias Fuels Source of Income Discrimination
Fred Freiberg |
“…much of the documented illegal discrimination is based on fears, bias, and stereotypes about the people who possess the rental subsidies and has less to do with the structure of the subsidy programs.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New Yorkers Most in Need Were Left Behind By State Budget
Dominique C. Atchison |
“Once again, the needs of the poor have been especially shut out of the state’s moral conscience, with our government refusing to include an increase to cash assistance grants in the budget.”
