Opinion Archives - Page 168 of 192

A Call to Ban Landlords’ Non-Rent Fees to Tenants

Fees for appliances like washing machines or air conditioners, legal fees, and other miscellaneous charges are confusing to tenants, often unexplained or unjustified and above all unaffordable.

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New York’s Rent-Reg Reforms Must Go Further

A tenant praises the mayor’s stance against vacancy decontrol and other aspects of the current system. But she argues that problems with preferential rents must also be addressed when Governor…

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Why We Must End Vacancy Decontrol to Save Rent-Regulated Housing

A Manhattan Assemblywoman explains why she’s authored the bill that would end the mechanism through which apartments that reach a certain rent exit the rent-stabilization system.

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Renaissance Lost: Requiem for a Demolished Harlem Shrine

The legacy and lessons of the failed efforts to save Harlem’s historic Renaissance Ballroom.

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New York’s Attempt to Diversify Legal Profession

A Bronx assemblywoman credits the New York Legal Education Opportunity Program with changing her life, and hopes it will get other women and people of color into the bar.

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City Council Must Pass Bills to Fight Climate Change

There’s no need to wait for the United Nations conference later this year to take real steps to stave off climate change. The City Council is considering a set of…

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NY’s Prisoners Need Tuition Assistance. So Do You.

Continuing a Pataki-era ban on prison inmates receiving TAP funding doesn’t just hurt the prisoners, a state senator argues. It also harms the communities they return to when their sentence…

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Will Congress Let Hunger Hold Women Down?

As many women can attest, balancing work and family is never easy. But it’s even harder when access to affordable, nutritious food is out of reach.

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Want to Fix Healthcare? Fix Health Literacy First

Just 12 percent of Americans are sufficiently health literate. The Rx, this doctor argues, is for patients and doctors to work harder to understand each other.

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Key Tool for Low-Income Housing Needs Lawmakers’ Support

The New York State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit is underfunded, oversubscribed and full of potential to help address the housing crisis.

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