Opinion Archives - Page 38 of 192

Opinion: State Government Must Protect New Yorkers’ Rights Under the Green Amendment

“The state is twisting itself into legal pretzels to deny the Green Amendment’s ability to check government action that may be legally responsible for the violations of the environmental rights…

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Creedmoor Plan is a Chance for a New Generation to Call Queens Home

“We support the plan’s vision because we see it as a chance to stand up for people just like our parents and grandparents—who struggled bravely to make a life and…

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A New Model for Affordable Housing

“There are many underdeveloped areas across Manhattan, which could provide tens of thousands more housing units, more than 40 percent of which could be affordable. Strategic planning and investment can…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Grants Pass Decision Will Only Further Marginalize Our Homeless Neighbors

“This will push an already vulnerable population deeper into hopelessness and despair, rather than offering the ‘tough love’ that might inspire them to pull themselves up by their nonexistent bootstraps.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s City of Yes is Really a ‘City of Cake’

“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and…

Economy Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Mayor Adams Wants to Turn NYC Into ‘Cop City’

“This project speaks not just to one isolated facility but the current administration’s overarching goal to make all of New York City a ‘Cop City’ in and of itself.”

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Correcting Racial Injustices in New York’s Legal System—And Beyond

“While from time to time, our system does hold people of wealth, power, and/or influence accountable for their violations of the law, these kinds of cases do not represent the…

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Labor Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City

“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get…

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: NYC Can’t Solve Its Housing Crisis Without Addressing Voucher Discrimination

“Opening the Section 8 waitlist was huge, but it only addressed part of the problem—the city must invest more resources in addressing discrimination against voucher holders by increasing funding for the…

Government Health Labor Opinion

Opinion: Physician Staffing Shortages Put NYC’s Public Health at Risk

“Physicians serving the city’s most vulnerable populations are not seeking extravagant salaries. Instead, we advocate for fair compensation to address the worsening shortages, ensuring the full staffing levels necessary to…

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