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Opinion: What NYC Can Learn from Grassroots Housing Movements in Other Cities

“New York City, long positioned at the forefront of housing innovation, is falling behind,” the author writes. “The most effective innovations happen when residents are treated as partners with authority and…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Legal Case for Passing COPA Now

“The version of COPA now before the Council is a practical, well-crafted framework that will meaningfully strengthen New York City’s ability to preserve stable, affordable housing.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC’s COPA Bill Isn’t Ready for Primetime Yet

“To create real opportunities, we need two parties entering negotiations with the same goal in mind—the sale of the building to a non-profit or a direct sale to tenants.”

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: How New York’s Next Mayor Can Tackle Homelessness on Day 1

“Homelessness in New York won’t be solved by denial or tough love. We’ve tried those approaches, and they’ve all failed. The Mamdani administration has a choice: repeat the failures of…

Government Labor Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Socialist Roots of Latino Politics in New York

“The beginnings of Latino politics in New York largely embraced a brand of socialism and was principally the domain of Puerto Ricans,” the author writes. “This group organized an entire…

Climate and Environment Economy Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Will NYC’s Pension Funds Once Again Lead the Nation on Climate Change?

"Comptroller Brad Lander has proposed moving some of the city’s enormous pension fund business from dirtier to cleaner money managers," the authors write. "If he gets the pension fund trustees…

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Universal Childcare—A Caution

“If universal childcare is free for all, the families who would benefit most over the long-term would likely be those already thriving economically. Meanwhile the financial benefits for those barely getting…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York’s Opportunity for Community Ownership

“Passing the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) in 2025 would send a clear message: city policies must shift power back to tenants and communities, not bolster investors trying to…

Climate and Environment Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani Has a Golden Opportunity to Address Housing and Climate Together

“New York cannot fix affordability while ignoring rising flood risk, and it cannot build resilient infrastructure that prices people out.”

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Addressing ‘Chaotic’ Conditions at NYC’s Youth Detention Centers

“The young people enduring these conditions are overwhelmingly low-income and from communities of color. Their suffering is not inevitable, and the City has immediate options it could act on today…

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