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Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.

“The actual solution to the city’s budget crisis is for Gov. Kathy Hochul to finally make our ever-increasing population of billionaires and millionaires pay what they owe in taxes.”

Climate and Environment Government Health Opinion Politics

Opinion: Energy Bills Are Too High, But Hochul Wants to Gut NY’s Climate Law

“The Legislature must hold firm and not buckle by letting Hochul off the hook. It’s time to move New York forward, not double down on expensive, polluting oil and gas.”

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Keep SNAP Theft Reimbursement in New York’s Final Budget

“Across New York City, EBT theft has become a persistent and predictable crisis,” the authors write. “A reimbursement fund is the only immediate mechanism that makes people whole.”

Climate and Environment Government Health Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Lessons From New York’s Deadly Winter

“Cold weather does not disprove climate change. It reveals its sharpest edge: that as the climate grows more extreme, survival itself becomes unequal, and those without shelter are the first…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Most Empty Rent-Stabilized Apartments Don’t Need a Lot to be Habitable

“We need homes available to New Yorkers, not pretexts for giving landlords higher rents.”

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Better Plan for 1727 Amsterdam Ave.

"On rare public land in one of Manhattan’s most densely populated zip codes, the city selected a smaller, less equitable plan that sidelines a community-driven alternative that produces more housing…

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Medicaid-Funded Care Saves and Rebuilds Lives

“Today, Medicaid is under increasing threat of reductions that would put health care out of reach of thousands of people. Those living with or at risk for HIV would feel…

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: The Cost of Delay, And Why SEQRA Reform Matters For New Yorkers

“The State Environmental Quality Review Act, or SEQRA, was created in 1975 to ensure that growth did not come at the expense of our environment. That mission remains essential. But…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Rethinking Immigrant Integration in NYC

“The fiscally responsible move isn’t to strand newcomers in emergency systems; it’s to build low-cost bridges that move people faster from confusion and dead ends into recognized credentials, stable work,…

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Don’t Let a Proven Housing Preservation Tool Slip Through the Cracks

“As the housing crisis drags on, New York City cannot afford to lose existing affordable housing to neglect or rely solely on costly new construction to close the gap. A…

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