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CityViews: The Need for Correction Reform Goes Beyond Simply ‘Closing Rikers’

A writer currently incarcerated on the island writes that re-establishing similarly flawed facilities elsewhere will displace the problems on Rikers, but won’t dispense with them.

Opinion

CityViews: Puerto Rico Needs A Marshall Plan

New York National Guard soldiers load equipment for a recovery mission to Puerto Rico in late September. Eight weeks since Hurricane Maria dealt a punishing blow to Puerto Rico, millions…

Opinion

CityViews: NYC Needs Real Deterrents to Stop Tenant Harassment

We support the Certificate of No Harassment legislation because we believe it will help prevent other tenants from going through the experiences we’ve had.

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: ‘NYCHA Chair Olatoye Should Absolutely Not Resign’

A NYCHA tenant leader speaks out.

Opinion

CityViews: The Three Questions NYC Must Answer if it is Serious About Closing Rikers

Whether the timeline is three years or 10, a former Correction captain lays out the issues facing policymakers, officers and inmates.

Opinion

CityViews: The Council Must Protect Nonprofits from Lien Sales

A stranger’s phone call alerted a pastor to a possible foreclosure on his church because of unpaid taxes. Which was weird, because the church didn’t have to pay taxes.

Opinion

CityViews: Congestion Pricing Isn’t Regressive—Failing to Fix Transit Is

‘The reality is that both the millionaire’s tax and the congestion pricing proposal have merit—but the mayor’s specious argument that congestion pricing is regressive does not.’

Opinion

Assembly Dem: So Far, City & State Steps to Protect Affordable Housing Aren’t Enough

‘Tackling the problems of gentrification and displacement is going to require all of us,’ the assemblymember argues in an op-ed.

Opinion

CityViews: Others Must Learn the Lessons Superstorm Sandy Taught New York

‘Five years in, New York still has work to do before the region can claim to be truly resilient or able to withstand a major hurricane or weather event. But…

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CityViews: NY Must Expand Coverage for Allergy Testing

Too many New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid are not being diagnosed and treated in a timely manner due to the lack of blood allergy testing—in part because our state…

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