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NYC Housing Advocates and the Global Struggle

A local activist writes that the local housing crisis is part of a global trend fomented by multinational companies. Until they’re resisted, the de Blasio administration’s housing plan is unlikely…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Advocate’s Plea: Don’t Blur Line Between Shelters and Supportive Housing

A supportive housing advocate—who hopes to convince Gov. Cuomo to build more of it—says more attention must be paid to the differences between temporary homeless shelters and permanent supportive housing.

Education Opinion

NY State Must Clear Up Mystery of Missing Test Items

A handful of questions on last year’s state ELA test seem to have disappeared from official tallies of students’ performance. Does that mean kids were forced to wrestle with bum…

Opinion

Slut Shaming Feeds the Sex Trade

“The sense of entitlement that enables boys to call a girl a THOT during 6th grade recess … is the same sense of entitlement that emboldens 50-year-old men to purchase…

Opinion

Op-Ed: UWS Straining Under Homeless Shelters

A resident takes issue with our story on the impact—or lack thereof—of shelters and supportive housing facilities on neighborhood quality of life.

Opinion

Pol: Schools Need State Help, Not Sensational Headlines

A Bronx legislator responds to coverage that linked him to the high number of failing schools in his district. Ignoring social factors or state funding won’t solve the problem, he…

Opinion

Neighborhoods Need the Livery Base Bill

If protecting neighborhood riders is more important that shoring up the profits of Uber and Lyft, two livery industry officials write, then the TLC should support a bill to regulate…

Opinion

Subconscious Biases Might Affect When Cops Pull Trigger

Research indicates that deep-seated stereotypes can affect snap judgments without police officers (or the rest of us) even knowing it. That means police reform has an even bigger challenge on…

Opinion

Cuomo Commission Offers Smart Way to Fight Youth Crime

The proposed reforms will help keep our communities safe, even as they treat young offenders fairly.

Opinion

Op-Ed: Mayor Must Reckon with St. Patrick’s Parade Legacies

“This is not a conflict between a religious group’s right to run a discriminatory parade and pro-LGBT advocates’ demand to enter it. It’s the encroachment of the religious right into…

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