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Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

ANHD’s 2022 Housing Risk Chart highlights the compounding pressures, and risks, to affordable housing in dozens of neighborhoods. Indicators of speculation, gentrification, and displacement pressure are distributed throughout the city…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System

“Concerns about the creation of ‘mega jails’ have hounded the plans to close the jails on Rikers Island since before the historic vote in 2019. It has served as a…

Government Opinion

Opinion: We Must Invest in Mental Health Care for Older New Yorkers

The reality is that many older adults have already survived trauma—and those experiences carry so much wisdom, perspective, and resilience to share as a result. Investments to increase access to…

Climate and Environment Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Students Deserve Carbon-Free and Healthy Schools

“The Carbon Free and Healthy Schools plan would be transformational: it would institute energy audits and retrofits of each school, repair and replace HVAC systems, invest in climate resiliency upgrades,…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: How States Can Help Incarcerated Mothers Stay Connected to Their Kids

“We must demand systemic changes to ensure that incarcerated mothers have the opportunity to be part of their kids’ lives. Not just during Mother’s Day, but all year round.”

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: For The Sake Of Public Health and Safety, Pass The Treatment Not Jail Act

“Treatment Not Jail offers the possibility of mental health treatment courts for all justice-involved New Yorkers and improves upon the prevailing model of drug courts.”

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing Can Help Break the Cycle Between Homelessness and Incarceration

“Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root,…

Government Opinion

Opinion: NYC Must Commit To Zero Waste. Universal Composting is How We Get There

“By refusing to send our trash to the communities adjacent to waste transfer stations, landfills, and incinerators—predominantly low-income communities of color—our city will be taking concrete steps to stand in…

Economy Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Overlooked Change in NY’s Estate Law is One Less Barrier to Re-Entry

“The restoration of voting rights in many states for those with felony histories is an encouraging step. In the same spirit, we must educate New York’s families of their right…

Education Government Health Opinion

Opinion: As COVID Mandates Lift, We Must Do More to Support Caregivers of Kids With Special Health Needs

“We have all been on our path to accepting COVID-19 as a part of our lives, but let’s not forget that the stakes are higher for some.”

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