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Opinion: Free NYC’s Block Parties from Suffocating Red Tape

As warm weather returns and the summer approaches, we are reminded that the streets, sidewalks, parks, and plazas of New York City are our civic commons. New Yorkers should be…

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Bias Fuels Source of Income Discrimination

“…much of the documented illegal discrimination is based on fears, bias, and stereotypes about the people who possess the rental subsidies and has less to do with the structure of…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers Most in Need Were Left Behind By State Budget

“Once again, the needs of the poor have been especially shut out of the state’s moral conscience, with our government refusing to include an increase to cash assistance grants in…

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Why NYC Needs a Five-Borough Cultural Festival

“Creating a citywide cultural festival of global proportions would give locals and visitors a powerful new reason to explore the five boroughs each year, while sharpening the city’s creative edge…

Climate and Environment Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Clean Air Legislation Offers a Road to Justice for New York

“Passing this legislation before the end of the session allows legislators to implement a transformative emission reduction strategy, significantly improving air quality for their constituents, especially for communities living and…

Economy Government Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Proposed Vending Bill Would Hamper City’s Sidewalks

“Vending is a commercial enterprise that creates private income. Sidewalks are for all of us, and until now the city has sought to ensure that all those items that encroach…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: It’s Well Past Time for New York City to Get the Right Stuff Done

“The city is becoming increasingly harsh for the very constituency the mayor claims to care about: the underserved in the forgotten outreaches of the city’s neighborhoods.”

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s Day—Investing in Universal Child Care

“It is easy to see how mothers are affected by the prohibitively expensive costs of child care, but perhaps less so to understand it as a communal crisis.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing

“New York is a national model of supportive housing, which has been proven time and again to be among the most successful methods of ending chronic homelessness. But the system…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Ending the Jury Ban on New Yorkers with Felony Convictions

“The right to serve on a jury is as fundamental to the function of democracy as the right to vote. When we head to the polls, we decide who should…

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