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Opinion: New York’s Affordable Housing Divide

“The core problem with New York’s housing affordability is not, at its heart, a rent regulation problem. It is a divergence problem. Rents for existing affordable units have become increasingly…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: More Than Half of New Yorkers Can’t Afford New York. That Should Alarm All of Us.

“The impact of this is already visible across New York’s shelter system. Many families are working, trying to secure housing, and ready to move forward. But they cannot afford to…

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Universal Child Care Isn’t Universal If It Excludes Children with Disabilities

“Families of young children with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities…are being turned away from program after program. Not because providers don’t want to serve them, but because the system makes…

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: New York Can’t Afford a Partial Legal Safety Net

“When New Yorkers need essential legal services—whether to defend their home, their family, or their freedom—they often rely on nonprofits funded by the city to deliver them. But for years,…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: From Rent Strike to Community Ownership, A New Vision for Housing in East Harlem

“Housing must be treated as a community resource, not a commodity that necessitates profit.”

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Uncategorized

Opinion: Why New York’s Shelter Strategy Keeps Failing

“The city has not built enough of the housing that ends homelessness, especially supportive housing that combines permanent, affordable apartments with on-site services. Until that changes, more people will enter…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A New Model for New York’s Failing Churches

“The approval of 144 St. Felix signals something important: preservation and growth are not opposing forces. New York does not have to choose between protecting its past and building for…

Climate and Environment Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Batteries Are the Climate and Affordability Solution We’ve Been Waiting For

“Naysayers argue that transitioning to a zero-carbon economy will hurt our wallets, worsening our affordability crisis in exchange for progress on our climate crisis. Don’t believe them.”

Climate and Environment Government Health Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Generational Opportunity to Finally Fund Flushing Meadows Corona Park

“A one-time capital pledge does not address the recurring operational deficit that has left the park in its current state. What Flushing Meadows needs—what it has always needed—is a dedicated,…

Climate and Environment Government Labor Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC Parks Faces a Staffing Crisis. Budget Cuts Are Not the Answer.

“Maintaining a world-class parks system is a cornerstone of ensuring affordability and quality of life in our city. This year it is imperative that we fund our parks accordingly in…

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