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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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CityViews: As City’s Sikhs Celebrate, They Hope for New Action to Stop Bullying

‘Chancellor Carranza must embrace a global multi-cultural curriculum that optimizes the study of groups that have been previously ignored. And our Sikh community must be included in such a curriculum.…

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CityViews: The New State Budget Fails to Protect Reproductive Healthcare

‘This was a missed opportunity to show real leadership–and it reflects poorly on our state’s progressive legacy.’

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CityViews: Youth Homeless Need More Than Shelter

‘We need more preparement programs like job training, counseling and basic skills computer program skills to be offered in order to help them achieve in school and at work.’

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