Opinion Archives - Page 27 of 192

Opinion: Older New Yorkers Built This City—Now They’re Going Hungry

“New York needs a comprehensive, modernized infrastructure to get food to hungry older adults and a system that goes beyond the outdated model of providing just one meal per day,…

Government Health Justice Opinion

Opinion: Courageous Response Must Follow New York’s Latest Prison Death

"One concrete action—NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A767—would establish a Youth Justice Innovation Fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of preventing youth…

Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Rescues Ask the Hard Questions Up Front to Minimize Revolving Doors at Animal Shelters

“Small, volunteer-led, donor-dependent rescues like ours receive virtually zero assistance from local governments, which make no secret of the fact that they rely on rescues to address their stray animal…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Common-Sense Solution to New York City’s Affordable Housing Crisis

“Unlike many housing programs that depend on uncertain federal funding, the Affordable Housing Retention Act is a state-level solution that ensures lasting affordability.”

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Governor’s Forced Hospitalization Plan Will Criminalize Already At-Risk Communities

“We need to invest in the solutions that actually work. Those solutions must be rooted in treating public health challenges with public health responses, not the same reflexive reliance on…

Government Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time For NY to Defend Immigrant Rights—Now More Than Ever

“As a result of this order, 26,000 children nationwide will lose their legal counsel overnight, including thousands in New York. It is on us as a state and a city…

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC Workers Ask NYC Candidates to Divest Our Pensions from War

“As current city workers, we believe that all citywide candidates, especially those that have representation on the New York City Employees’ Retirement System’s Board of Trustees, should commit to divesting…

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Opinion

Opinion: How Lack of Data Privacy Enables Oppression

“Mass collection of sensitive data by government and social services has emboldened the growing surveillance state, creating a reservoir that is far too accessible and carelessly shared amongst agencies with…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Helping NYC Tenants Take Over Their Buildings

“What if, instead of living under the boot of absentee landlords and corporate ownership, tenants had the right to control their own buildings and destinies? What if our rent went…

Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York Must Commit to a Housing First Model

"We must commit to a housing first model that focuses on workforce development and wraparound services. Why? Because we know it works and have for over a decade." Chris Janaro…

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