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CityViews: U.S. Cities Have the Power to Ease Our Housing Crisis

‘Housing affordability can seem like an intractable problem – an issue where local policy makers are powerless in the face of national economic forces. The reality is quite different.’

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: NYCHA Must Fix Our Homes Before Developing New Ones

‘There needs to be a moratorium on any new development schemes until NYCHA housing complies with all New York City building codes.’

Education Opinion

CityViews: Focusing on the Wrong Teacher Shortage Crisis in New York

‘The issue is more nuanced than the common portrayal of a statewide, across-the-board teacher shortage crisis. Any effective solution must begin with a more accurate understanding of the problem.’

Opinion

CityViews: Proposed Mega Towers an Affront to Lower East Side Residents

‘Building supertall finger buildings that allow high sales prices based on the views they let inhabitants own hurts neighborhoods by blocking light and air from other buildings and public streets.’

Opinion

CityViews: New Trump Rule for Immigrants Both Heartless and Counter-Productive

‘Make no mistake about it: If this proposal is implemented as proposed, it will increase poverty – and the worst symptoms of poverty such as hunger, homelessness, and early deaths…

Opinion

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.’

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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. ‘

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