Opinion Archives - Page 84 of 192

Opinion: After Cannabis Legalization, New York Needs an Automatic Expungement Law

‘Across the state, 1 in 7 people – 2.3 million New Yorkers – have criminal records. They are denied jobs, housing, education, life insurance, loans, child custody, licensure and more.…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Wage Theft is Rampant in NY’s Construction Industry. Albany Can Act Now to Curb It.

‘We need Albany to act now. By addressing wage theft and giving exploited workers a more secure path to recouping unpaid wages we will be taking a major step towards…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Focus on Eradicating Child Homelessness

‘New York State could receive $23 billion as part of the ARPA, representing a once-in-a-lifetime financial base to significantly reduce childhood homelessness, a condition that often sets up the cycle…

Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC’s Equitable, Low-Carbon Future Requires Subsidies for Micromobility

‘Micromobility has proven its value as an affordable, efficient, and equitable transport option and should play a prominent role as our cities reopen and residents head back to work.’

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: NYC Mayoral Candidates’ Campaign Contortions on Religious Instruction

‘It’s silly season on the mayoral campaign trail as candidates contort to convert voting blocs to their cause. But the mayor’s duty to assure quality education for all New Yorkers…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing is the Missing Piece from the Mayoral Housing Conversation

‘Supportive housing has been notably absent from most mayoral candidate housing discussions in spite of the fact that our homelessness crisis is the worst on record – and that it…

Government Opinion

Opinion: Brooklyn Reproductive Health Centers at Risk in Still-Negotiated State Budget

‘Our work here reduces healthcare disparities by providing care to under-resourced communities, but our centers can only operate if we receive necessary funding. As our city continues to confront issues…

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Pandemic Aid Must Go Toward Truly Helping Tenants

‘Our state leaders were handed an incredible opportunity to confront an unprecedented global health crisis that has hit New Yorkers hard. We are calling on them not to squander it…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: In Plan to Close Rikers, Community Reinvestment is Key to Repairing Harms of Incarceration

‘For decades, criminalized communities have been calling on elected leaders to fund our schools, our parks, our hospitals, our community centers, our access to stable homes and more.’

Economy Opinion

Opinion: Why I Joined the Hunger Strike to Fund NY’s Excluded Workers

‘With my savings gone and just working one day a week, I’m standing in food pantry lines for hours just to get enough to eat. I have to constantly borrow…

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