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Opinion: A Truly Equitable SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Should Focus on More Housing, Not Office Space

The need for new housing, especially affordable, in these high-opportunity neighborhoods is much more acute than the need for more commercial space.

Economy Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Unresolved Issues with Cuomo’s $2.05 Billion LaGuardia AirTrain

‘Will there really be 9,000 daily riders? Does a cost benefit analysis justify investing $2.05 billion for this project, long-championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who will no longer be in…

Justice Opinion

Opinion: NY Must Overhaul Statute of Limitations Laws for Childhood Sexual Abuse

‘On Aug. 14, the New York Child Victims Act’s two-year civil sexual abuse statute of limitations “window” will close, and older victims whose claims had previously been time-barred will be…

Justice Opinion

Opinion: Solitary Confinement by Any Other Name is Still Solitary, and Needs to End

‘New York City officials claim people in “alternatives to solitary” will have at least 10 hours of daily out-of-cell time, with counseling and programming. But their actual plan involves people…

Justice Opinion

Opinion: To Improve Public Safety in NYC, Send Fewer People to Jail

‘Jail separates people from work and family, jeopardizes stable housing, and subjects them to violence, especially in inhumane environments like Rikers. Incarceration must be the option of last resort, used…

Government Opinion

Opinion: Congress Should Respect Puerto Rico’s Vote for Statehood

‘In the past eight years, Puerto Rico residents have repeatedly voted against continuing under the current territory status.’

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: This Fall, New York City Schools Should Return to Better Than ‘Normal’

‘We need to have the audacity to be bold, because our students need us now more than ever. Normal wasn’t working, not just for marginalized communities, but for most.’

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Project-Based Learning Can Jumpstart a New Educational Era for NYC Schools

‘Broad use of PBL/PBA in the city’s schools could jumpstart New York’s post-pandemic educational era away from the drill-and-kill, standardized test-based techniques of the last 20 years, invigorating teachers and…

Health Opinion

Opinion: How to Address COVID-Related Mental Health Needs of NY’s Latino Communities

‘New York had a child mental health crisis long before COVID-19. It is imperative New York State and New York City make child mental health a priority, especially for the…

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Invest in NYC’s Community Colleges

‘One thing that is quite clear is that this past year has amplified the need to better serve students at the community college level–students who are the economic engine of…

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