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Opinion: New York City’s Young People Need Spaces of Their Own

“By engaging students in conducting research and advocacy in the process of creating and running programs, and maintaining the street itself, schools can turn Open School Streets into canvases for…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Mayor Should Halt 60-Day Shelter Limits & Protect Vulnerable Families

“The 60-day shelter limit runs counter to the very purpose of shelters: to keep vulnerable homeless families and individuals safe and off the streets.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: Pass the Access to Representation Act So No One Has to Fight Deportation Alone

“My search for legal representation was exhausting. I visited 16 different attorneys before I was able to secure representation. Each denial delivered a wave of hopelessness as I felt the…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: What the Workout of the Signature Bank Loans Can Teach About Preserving Affordable Housing

“Will the Signature buildings be viewed as a one-off, or the tip of an iceberg of a more endemic problem?”

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Working New Yorkers Need ‘Good Cause’ Eviction

“Our elected leaders have come out strong in support of our efforts to fight for fair compensation and decent working conditions for our members on the streets and at the…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Stop Insurance Carriers From Discriminating Against Affordable Housing

“Our findings also show jarring evidence that insurance carriers blatantly discriminate against affordable housing projects, in some cases completely refusing to provide coverage to homes just based on where they…

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Raising Taxes on NY’s Wealthy is the Right—and Popular—Thing to Do

“Not only are such increases necessary to secure investments in badly needed and widely desired public goods like education, health care, and housing, the costs of which are likely the…

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

Opinion: Pass the Full NY HEAT Act in This Year’s Budget

“As our planet hurtles toward climate tipping points, beyond which climate chaos is irreversible, every dollar we spend on fossil fuels today takes us backwards.”

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: As Congestion Pricing Approaches, QueensLink Must Move Forward

Whether in Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Forest Hills, or Rego Park, the sentiment was the same: parks are great, but transit is needed more. If there is the opportunity…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Don’t Bail Out New York’s Rent Stabilized Buildings —Yet

“The rent stabilized building bubble will persist as long as there are greater fools to cash out bad bets. If Albany bails out this market now, with bad data and…

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