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Opinion: It’s Time to Pay Teachers What They Deserve

“Teachers’ workloads are increasing without their salaries as they take on even more responsibilities to ensure the safety and well-being of their students.”

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: City Teachers Could Lose Key Tool for Social and Emotional Learning

“We know that social and emotional skills in schools support academic success. It is crucial that we continue to develop these competencies that contribute to our young people graduating from…

Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Overdose Prevention Centers Help Make Communities Safer

“We are in the midst of a worsening overdose crisis. Children don’t deserve the remnants of drug use in the playground, or to lose loved ones to overdose. People who…

Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Students Need Support, Not Suspensions

“No student deserves to be effectively expelled for bringing a bottle opener to school. There is no disciplinary reason to do so. In the very rare case that students do…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: 421-a Deadline Threatens the Promise of Gowanus Rezoning

“Gowanus is a critical example, but there are other mixed-income projects with much needed affordable housing comprising thousands more apartments across the city—many in high opportunity communities, and all of…

Government Justice Opinion Politics

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…

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