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CityViews: UFT Defends its New Contract Deal with De Blasio

‘Teachers and other UFT professionals will be making up their own minds about how well the agreement represents their interests.’

Opinion

CityViews: New UFT Contract Will Ease Excesses of DOE’s Evaluation System

‘Sometimes teachers approach me in tears, describing things that happened in their observations that ought not to have happened.’

Education Opinion

CityViews: New Teachers’ Contract is a Missed Opportunity

‘At almost every turn, the contract benefits the Department of Education and does little to improve the lot of the vast majority of union members.’

Opinion

CityViews: As Trump Cracks Down, NYC Must Step Up on Immigrant Healthcare

‘It’s time for New York City to establish a full-scale immigrant health program, modeled on the success of ActionHealth and similar initiatives elsewhere.’

Opinion

CityViews: Punishment is a Contagion that Afflicts Us All

‘Punishment secured by violence is now a cultural fixture and an economic structure that victimizes all citizens. ‘

Opinion

CityViews: NYC Can Fight Climate Change at the Curbside

‘The de Blasio Administration has paused plans for expanding curbside organics collection to additional neighborhoods across the city. Given the inevitable and impending climate crisis before us, this is a…

Opinion

CityViews: De Blasio has no Comprehensive Plan to Rehouse the Homeless

‘Out of the 300,000 units of affordable housing in his plan, the mayor has committed only 15,000 units—five percent—for the homeless.’

Opinion

CityViews: I Didn’t Vote. It’s Not My Fault Though!

‘Voting is the centerpiece of American democracy. It is unacceptable that New York, a trailblazer of progressive politics, is still so regressive in its voting practices.’

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CityViews on Camera: Upstate Cities Need Attention During Campaign ’18

City Limits invited readers to go on camera and explain why the most important issue to them in this election year should matter to us, too. Ocesa Keaton of Syracuse…

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CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference

‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’

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