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CityViews: Why We Chased Chase’s CEO All the Way to Texas

‘We described just five ways that Chase – the largest bank in the U.S. with $2.5 trillion in assets – has systematically harmed New Yorkers and New York communities.’

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CityViews: Want to Make Schools Safer? End the School-to-Prison Pipeline

‘New legislation shifts schools from punitive, zero-tolerance approaches to discipline, towards restorative approaches that keep students in class and build stronger relationships between students, educators and families.’

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CityViews: New York’s Sex Ed Classes Need to be About More Than Sex

‘If we are truly committed to building a future where all people, regardless of gender, are empowered to live with agency and free from violence, it starts with comprehensive sex…

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CityViews: Unions, Not Developers, Are to Blame for Open-Shop Job Sites in NYC

‘Employing open shop construction in public agencies will not win elected officials accolades or endorsements. But taxpayers will come out the winners knowing that their tax dollars are being…

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CityViews: We Need Innovative Designs—and Open Minds—to Solve the Housing Shortage

‘Good design and cost-cutting seem to be contradictory goals in part because the conversation about the nation’s housing scarcity problem leaves little room for nuance.’

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CityViews: The History of Racial Signals and HUD’s Proposed Rent Hike

‘Social division serves those who need to divert attention from the injustices that play out daily in our political and economic systems.’

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CityViews: There is a Model for Making NYC’s Specialized High Schools More Diverse

‘The enrichment gap is less a gap of rich and poor—both groups are served for preparation for the SHSAT—and more one of the lower-middle class, minority student.’

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CityViews: NY Legislators Ought to Protect Student Press Freedom

‘The passage of this legislation would allow me and my staff members, along with the rest of New York student journalists, the right to practice democracy and be civically engaged.’

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CityViews: New Yorkers Should Support #CountMeIn’s Fight Against Corporate Greed

‘We are demanding fair wages, benefits, and working conditions from those who develop the luxury apartments where we could never afford to live—and the high-end commercial space where we will…

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CityViews: It’s Time for New Yorkers to Take a Stand for Age Justice

‘Imagine if everyone, young and old alike, came together to protest the way older adults are treated.’

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