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Opinion: Prevailing Wage Bill for Building Workers Would Harm Affordable Housing Efforts

‘The City Council’s work on Intro 1321, while well intentioned, may very well cripple efforts to create deeply affordable housing in New York City.’

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Amid Bright Signs for NYC Families, Challenges Remain for Single-Parent Households

OPINION: As the latest Census Data point to signs of progress for NYC’s families, policymakers must focus on single parents and their children, who continue to face economic hardship.

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Opinion: Join the 400-Year Fight for Full Participation of all Peoples

‘The experiences of indigenous and Black people offer a lesson in the construction of institutional racism in the United States.’

Economy Opinion

Opinion: Dip in the NYC Poverty Rate Exposes How Much More Policymakers Must Do

‘This new data from the U.S. Census Bureau is a call to action. It’s up to policymakers build on the policies that can fuel more positive outcomes for New York…

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Opinion: Close Rikers to Address the Violence of Jail Discrimination – For Now

‘If it takes smaller, replacement jails to close Rikers, then the mayor and the City Council must pay heed. We will then eventually need to close the new ones as…

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Opinion: 11 Reasons Why De Blasio’s $11 Billion Jails Plan Will Fail

“Roughly eighteen months ago I was released from state prison after serving nearly forty years throughout the state of New York. Contrary to what you may have heard today,…

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Opinion: Queens Councilmember on the Glendale Shelter Debate

‘Why should we roll over and accept the mayor’s plan without putting up a fight?’

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Opinion: How a Proposed Charter Change Can Help Improve City Schools

‘If we want our political systems to function and benefit from a rich discussion of the important role of public schools, we need a system that makes that possible.’

NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYCHA’s NextGen Threatens More Harm than Hope

‘NextGen is the continuation of the opening up of investment opportunities for already-wealthy private actors and entities. History tells us this usually comes at a high cost for residents and…

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Opinion: A Letter from Faith Leaders to the City Council on Borough Jails

‘There is a moral imperative to provide humane care for those who are held in any form of detention, a standard that jails on Rikers could never meet, and which…

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