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Opinion: ‘Just Home’ Project Planned for The Bronx Deserves Community Support

“Fear aside, will our city recognize health care as a human right? If these sick people can’t be placed in a hospital campus, then where else can they go?”

Climate and Environment Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Accountability in Puerto Rico’s Energy Crisis

“There’s no excuse not to transition to a system that is better, increasingly resilient, and more affordable than it was before. All members of Congress should call on FEMA to…

Climate and Environment Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: New York Needs a Bold Climate Action Plan

“The Climate Action Council Scoping Plan for New York must not allow for new or repowered gas power plants that pollute our air and endanger community health. Additionally, the final…

Education Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: America’s Public Housing, As Told By Those Who Live There

“The story of public housing has been engulfed by stereotypes and misconceptions. Facts have been distorted. Nuance has been lost. Residents’ real-life accounts have been reduced to tropes of exceptionalism…

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC’s Aging Water Infrastructure Needs a Climate-Change Upgrade

“Water main breaks have caused outages across my community and contamination from old pipes have left homes with rust colored water for days…The people of New York City deserve functioning…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: To Lower Housing Production Costs, Put People Before Parking

“There is a real solution: end the off-street parking requirements mandated by archaic zoning laws enacted when gas was cheap and full of lead, elevated trains were being torn down,…

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Moral Imperative to Close Rikers Island

The city’s plan to close Rikers by 2027 is “not a perfect plan, but it’s the best plan thus far. And to do the bold and necessary thing—to see this…

Opinion

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…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

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.”

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