Opinion Archives - Page 163 of 188

Op-ed: NYU Controversy Shows it’s Time to Rethink City Planning Process

The push to expand NYU’s core campus followed all the rules of the city’s Uniform Land-Use Review Process. But because of flaws in that system, the author argues, community members…

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NYC’s Private Waste-Hauling Industry Fires Back at Critics

A spokesman for the industry that picks up commercial waste in the city, which is under fire over labor practices and environmental impact, says private carters have a record to…

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Less Parking = More Affordable Housing!

A change proposed by the de Blasio administration will save $1 million in every new 100-unit building.

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Op-ed: Taxpayers Must Know how Much They Subsidize Low-Wage Companies

A state senator and assemblyman argue for a law that would publicize which New York businesses have 50 or more employees using taxpayer benefits to supplement poor wages.

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Op-Ed: Fight Over NYC School Sports is About More Than Playing Time

Students who have protested against the lack of sports at small high schools have raised two important issues. One is about sports, the author argues. The other is about whether…

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NYC Must Act to Meet its Trash Challenge

Many New Yorkers don’t know what happens to that coffee cup after they throw it away, but the ugly truth is slowly being revealed.

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Op-ed: ‘Raise the Age’ Compromise Uses Teens as Bargaining Chips

A bid in the state legislature to raise the age for criminal responsibility in New York State may be coupled with a plan to build more prisons.

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Op-ed: NY’s Graduation Exams are Failing Our Students

The Regents system of exit exams makes New York about the toughest state in which to graduate high school. Nearly a quarter of students don’t graduate on time, a high…

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Op-Ed: Bratton’s Collaborative Policing Doesn’t Offer Real Reform

History shows that community policing funding is often rerouted to more repressive tactics, the authors write. Even when implemented, the approach asks police to do work for which they are…

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Op-ed: Rapid Rehousing No Silver Bullet Against Family Homelessness

The popular “housing first” approach to addressing homeless has a lot of support—but not a lot of success when it comes to keeping families out of shelters over the long…

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