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Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them.

“These searches enable government agencies to track the whereabouts of thousands of individuals without any specific suspicion of their involvement in criminal activities.”

Justice Opinion

Opinion: As Century 21 Returns Downtown, Finding Forgotten Members of the 9/11 Community

“Over 600 union retail workers worked at the department store across the street from the World Trade Center. Many of them are now facing health challenges related to their toxic…

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Real Estate Industry Plays Key Role in New York’s Sustainability Plans

“The real estate industry will play a key role in implementing these new standards and must move quickly to do so. That task might seem daunting, but the affordable housing…

Education Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Teachers’ Health Plan Debate Speaks to Larger Problems with UFT Leadership

“Those of us teaching the children of New York City do the work. Not only are we not getting the support we need, but we have leadership that actively works…

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Targeting SNAP With Work Requirements Misses the Point

“The focus on cutting life-saving programs like SNAP as a method to reduce the government debt is disingenuous, at best, and self-serving and cynical at worst. Taxing the rich would…

Education Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Improving Mental Health Outcomes in NYC Begins at Birth

“To most effectively and efficiently address New York City’s mental health challenges, we must focus on our youngest residents and their caregivers.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Taking Vacant Land And Power Back from the NYPD

“These same vacant lots have 314,048 square feet of residentially zoned land on which new affordable housing units may be built, as well as 114,2071 square feet with the potential…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

“The result of the latest reporting only serves to reinforce an unequal economic standing between landlords and tenants. Through its limited scope, this reporting causes unnecessary panic, potential demoralization, and…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC

"Now, longtime neighborhood residents across the city, people who put up with dangerous housing conditions for decades because they had no choice, but who fought to improve their neighborhoods, finally…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time for Supportive Housing to Live Up to its Name

“For decades, the government agencies that oversee and fund the supportive housing systems have disregarded the voices and needs of applicants and tenants, and instead prioritized the needs of providers,…

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