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Opinion: East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan Must Move Forward

‘We must get community-led resiliency projects off the ground in other vulnerable waterfront communities, and it starts with the advancement of the ESCR project.’

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Opinion: If Council Passes Homeless Set-Aside Law, De Blasio Should Veto It

‘It’s counterproductive to tie the hands of the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), an agency already stretched to the limit as they attempt to deal with an…

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Opinion: The 2020 Election Season is Underway, and Jamaal Bowman’s Bid Deserves Attention

‘The outcome will further test how much traditional politics still holds sway.’

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Opinion: Traditional Dairy Products Are on the Decline. That’s Good News.

‘The rapid growth of the plant-based dairy alternative market can be credited to these health and environmental motives, among others.’

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Books: When Gentrification Came to Greenpoint

In an excerpt from a new book, Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, an up-close look at one tenant-landlord dispute shows what’s really happening around the city.

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Opinion: Is it Time for NYers to Park Their SUVs … Permanently?

‘Perhaps it’s time to impose a tiered tolling system that takes in account an automobile’s fuel performance. Or maybe it’s just time to just ban SUVs from congested cities like New…

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Opinion: Congressional Action Against Hunger Could Save Kids—and Money

‘Hunger is linked to a host of downstream negative physical, emotional, and social effects. Knowing this, how does America allow one in seven of our children to struggle with hunger?’

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Opinion: City Has Gone from Allowing ‘Poor Doors’ to Permitting ‘Poor Buildings’

‘Despite Mayor de Blasio banning the notion of ‘poor doors’ in New York City, developers continue to find new and creative ways of discriminating against low-income residents when it comes…

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Opinion: HUD’s Proposed Rule is a Senseless Attack on Immigrants and a Waste of Funding

‘If Secretary Ben Carson gets his way, families with one or more undocumented members would be told they must leave or separate, despite the fact that such a policy makes…

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Opinion: To Truly Address Affordability, Subsidized Housing Must Pay Decent Wages

‘I benefited from living in affordable housing, but affordable housing alone was not enough to change my life, I also needed a good job.’

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