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CityViews: This is a State Legislature—Not a Middle School Locker Room

“Though the current leaders of the Senate have shown us that our health care and access to contraception and abortion are not their priorities, the fight is not over.”

Opinion

CampaignViews: NYPD Stonewalling Won’t Protect Cyclists

‘Little of what the NYPD does in the name of Vision Zero actually fits the definition of the term. Just the opposite. Punishing cyclists with mass ticketing each time a…

Health Opinion

CityViews: Cuts To School-Based Health Clinics Will Hurt The Most Vulnerable

‘New York City’s school-based health clinics are under siege, as funding from New York State was cut significantly in this budget year.’

Opinion

CityViews: Trump’s Budget Cuts to HUD are a Homelessness Plan, not a Housing Plan

‘New York will bear the brunt of President Trump’s attack on federal housing funding because so many neighborhoods across the city rely on HUD programs for their survival.’

Opinion

CityViews: A Call to Action on Racial Disparities in NYC’s Maternal Health

Each year in New York City approximately 3,000 women suffer a life-threatening complication during labor and delivery. Black women are three times more likely to experience a severe event in…

Opinion

CampaignViews: In Defense of 421-a and Housing for the Middle Class

‘ While I applaud the larger conversation taking place around homelessness in New York City and how to prevent it, we need to broaden the discussion to include citizens who…

Opinion

CampaignViews: Let’s Talk More About the Mayor’s Cruel Take on Panhandling

When Donald Trump villainizes immigrants as criminals, most of us recognize the President’s sweeping generalizations as not only racist, but dangerous. Will there be “resistance” protests against the mayor’s musings?

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CityViews: De Blasio Admin’s Move On Land Trusts Reflects Good Idea, Great Organizing

‘The city is embracing and supporting this radical model that will allow community members to control their own neighborhoods, prevent speculation, incubate community-owned businesses, and keep housing permanently affordable to…

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CampaignViews: Powerful Forces Stop NYC Leaders from Helping Mom & Pop Stores

‘Even though the Small Business Jobs Survival Act has garnered the support of the majority of the Council, it is being denied a hearing and a vote. ‘

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CityViews: Election ’17 Shouldn’t Be Another Campaign That Doesn’t Talk About Ending Homelessness

Let’s ask the candidates a series of tough questions, ending with: ‘What is your plan to end the New York City homelessness crisis in years, not decades?’

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