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A History Lesson as NYC School Tests Near

Next month, city students take the standardized tests on which their progress, and perhaps the fates of their teachers and schools, depend—all amid a debate over testing that, this writer…

Economy Education Opinion

The GED: Public Good or Private Sector Trove?

A private corporation has just taken over the test that millions use to attain credentials outside of high school. Amid talk of rising fees, it’s time for the city to…

Economy Opinion

Two Sides of the Green Story

The environmental progress New York City—and Brooklyn especially—have made reflects federal legislation and local infrastructure. But it’s also been a story of community groups working to make their neighborhoods healthier.

Opinion

Go Green. Fight Poverty.

Even in poor neighborhoods not home to power plants, waste transfer stations or the other egregious environmental offenders, physical conditions sustain not just ill health, but poverty as well.

Opinion

Let's Streamline the Weatherization Process

While the establishment of programs like Green Jobs Green New York has certainly helped scale up programs that use weatherization to attack a set of urban ills, there remains work…

Opinion

Feds' Green Could Be Even Greener

Federal weatherization funding can be used to address not only the energy efficiency of buildings but also their financial sustainability, resident health and safety, all while upgrading green skills for…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Council Eyes Systemic Remedy for Housing Violations

Tenants may for the first time experience a code enforcement system that rewards their organizing efforts with lasting improvements in their buildings and their lives.

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Sister to a 'Worst Landlord'

“It doesn’t feel good to see your own brother featured in the news as the year’s worst landlord. It would feel even worse to be doing nothing about it.”

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Homelessness: It’s About Race, Not Just Poverty

A new report finds black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up in the shelter system. For a minority group that’s faced official and informal housing…

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Brooklyn's Got Change. Now It Needs Progress.

Detailed data confirm that today’s Brooklyn is different. An inclusive civic infrastructure is what’s needed to turn mere change into real progress.

Opinion

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