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Shelter Resident Weighs In On Cuomo-De Blasio Debate

For Arvernetta Henry, the stakes in the budget talks are pretty simple. With a rent subsidy, she gets out of the shelter. Without it, she doesn’t.

Justice Opinion

Custody Battle Delays Mean Kids Grow Up in Family Court

A shortage of judges means some children and their families spend years in the system, exacerbating whatever problems brought them there in the first place.

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

NYC's Silent Infrastructure Challenge: Aging Public Buildings

When New Yorkers think about aging infrastructure, bridges, roads and pipes come to mind. But schools, hospitals, jails and other public buildings aren’t getting any younger, either.

Government Opinion

Against Poverty and Homelessness, Government Can Work

Conventional wisdom aside, there’s no reason to believe that government cannot have a transformational effect on millions of lives, writes the late Robert Hess, because it already has.

Economy Government In Depth Justice Opinion

Budget Must Address Low Wages of Social Service Workers

For six years, the lowest paid human-service workers in New York State have not had a cost of living adjustment, meaning their real wages have shrunk by nearly 12 percent.…

Opinion

Time to Enact a Life-Saving Truck Guard Law

A state senator says a simple law could bring New York City a step closer to the mayor’s Vision Zero.

Education Opinion

Libraries and City Schools Need a Closer Partnership

The author suggests that underutilized hours at branch libraries overlap with times when neighborhood schools could use more and better-equipped space.

In Depth Opinion

Improving Neighborhood Nutrition Requires More Than Food

A new initiative will couple efforts to improve the supply of healthy food with community development that strengthens residents’ ability to afford a more nutritious lifestyle.

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

How to Keep the Public in Public Housing

Mayor de Blasio’s move to cut fees the city charges NYCHA is just one step toward making public housing vibrant and sustainable in New York.

Government Opinion

De Blasio Must Get Youth Engaged in Civics

The mayor’s progressive agenda will be incomplete unless he attacks the growing disengagement of New York’s citizens—starting with these five steps to get young people excited about democracy.

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