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Opinion: City’s Rental Voucher Program Should Include Undocumented New Yorkers

“The city’s unwillingness to extend the voucher program to its vulnerable, undocumented immigrants is not only a costly mistake, but down right inhumane. We need the City Council and Mayor…

Opinion: Our Homeless Shelters are Failing New Yorkers with Diabetes

“Even with stable housing, a well-paying job, and food security, diabetes mellitus can be difficult to manage. For New Yorkers who don’t know when their next meal will be or…

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Who Gets to Enjoy NYC’s Open Streets?

“This program was a lifeline for New York City during the pandemic, and now it needs more resources and structural support to reach its full potential.”

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: MTA’s Congestion Pricing Plan Must Protect the Livelihood of For-Hire Drivers

“For-hire driving in New York City has historically provided good-paying work and a path to the middle class for a vast minority immigrant worker base. Over the last decade, that…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Fixing the Bureaucratic Hurdles to Shelter Placement for Homeless Youth

“The dated, time-consuming bureaucratic system of meetings with social workers that lead to referrals, appointments and multiple screenings by various organizations must change. Homeless youth deserve timely and accurate information…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Current AMI Standards are Stripping Affordable Housing. Here’s How We Fix It

“Area Median Income plays an integral role in determining affordability. But communities across the five boroughs faced with potential affordable housing development routinely ask, ‘affordable for whom?’ as lower-income communities…

Economy Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Do We Really Support Children? NY’s Child Support System Says Otherwise

“While states like New York emphasize supporting vulnerable women and children as a priority, there has been too little focus on the need to improve the child support system to…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

“Many homeless New Yorkers are working and could afford rent stabilized rents—yet landlords have been warehousing rent stabilized apartments.”

Economy Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Transit Riders Won Congestion Pricing. We Deserve To See It Happen

“With years of work, riders pried congestion pricing from a recalcitrant Albany. We intend to see the program fully and fairly rolled out next year. When congestion pricing is implemented,…

Economy Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Delivering New York’s Cannabis Promise as Licensing Begins

“For these licenses to serve their purpose, individuals who were targeted for arrest and prosecution must be first in line and have access to non-predatory resources and legal support to…

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