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Opinion: A Movement, Not a Moment—NYC Council’s Future is Women-Led

“A potential backslide in 2025 would not only undermine our progress, but also stall momentum toward achieving long-term gender equity in political leadership at all levels of government.”

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Building a Windsor Terrace Our Children Can Afford

“The greatest threat to Windsor Terrace’s character is not new development, but the status quo. If we continue to resist growth, we risk becoming an enclave accessible only to the…

Opinion

Opinion: E-Bike Battery Fires Demand Sweeping Safety Reforms

“E-bikes are here to stay, and without a multipronged approach demanding action from the business community and individual stakeholders, along with local governments, no meaningful difference will be achieved.”

Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: For True Voter Participation, BOE Must Simplify Prop 1 Ballot Language

“Ballot measures are an opportunity for voters to directly weigh in on policies that affect their day-to-day lives and the future of our state. When incomprehensible ballot language forces voters…

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Lukewarm Response to City Council’s Cooling Proposal

“Before adding an energy consumption mandate with indeterminate costs and unknown impacts on the environment, infrastructure and affordable housing market, there should be a cool-down period for the city, state…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: State’s Creedmoor Proposal Ignores Our Community Plan

“Unlike an unsound, speculative plan by Empire State Development to squeeze an outsize mini-city in the same space to be completed sometime after 2040, our Community Plan delivers new units…

Climate and Environment Economy Opinion

Opinion: Why We’re Getting Arrested at Citibank in Tribeca

“For years, Citi has refused to confront the issue of its fossil fuel business. And so, we are there, outside the bank’s headquarters, blocking the doors, being led away in…

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

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…

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