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Opinion: A Simple State Budget Fix Could Save Supportive Housing

“For many nonprofit building owners like us, it is not a question of if we will be able to keep these buildings as supportive housing; rather, it is a question…

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Opinion: City Services are Tattered, and Mayor Adams is Prepared to Make it Worse

“When Mayor Adams presents his budget Thursday, consider the choices he’s made and the impact on the working class and the services they rely on government to deliver. As a…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Struggling Families Can’t Afford to Wait for NYC to Fix Benefit Delays

“Hundreds of thousands of New York City households depend on government benefits to avoid eviction and homelessness. Yet countless households are experiencing ongoing and systemic delays when attempting to apply…

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged

“The district attorney decides who to charge with crimes, what crimes to charge, what length of sentence to seek, and what, if any, alternatives to incarceration they will offer. Despite…

Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: NY Must Protect a Voter’s Right to a Paper Ballot

“At a time when Americans’ faith in our government is at an all time low, outsourcing the functions of our democracy to a machine with a history of issues and little ability…

Education Opinion

Opinion: Screened Admissions Policies Only Worsen Segregation in NYC Schools

“It’s easy to pretend to be colorblind when your head is buried in the sand. It’s easy to say you know what the community wants when your ‘community’ is meticulously…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy

“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face this…

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor Opinion

Opinion: Legislating For Our Newest Immigrant Neighbors

“These bills are a common sense way to help new arrivals become self-sufficient and less dependent on costly city services. I hope that my colleagues of all political stripes can…

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes

“New York City Council’s new bill banning biometric data collection in residential buildings is a strong step forward to give tenants and their guests more protections from the encroachment of…

Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Is the Future Now for Latinos in New York Politics?

“We are now witnessing a new generation of Latino political representatives, many of whom have arrived in the halls of government with great potential and ambition. A few of them…

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