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Opinion: With Federal Support, NYC Can Become World-Leading Hub for Clean Energy

‘The Biden Administration is making $3 billion available to port facilities throughout the country that support the wind industry. New York City is a prime candidate to receive federal investment…

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Opinion: Reimagining Public Health for NYC Starts With Community Conversations

‘To gain a deeper understanding of how we can recover and rebuild, the Health Department recently launched a new series. The vision is to spark conversation by bringing together communities…

Opinion: Child Abuse Prevention Services Have Proved Crucial During the COVID-19 Pandemic

‘Four out of five families who enroll in prevention programs complete them. And, once they complete services, these families are five times less likely to experience another report of abuse…

Education Opinion

Opinion: Why Public Education Advocates Must Stand With NYC’s Grad Student Workers

‘At every level of our education system, and at every school in New York City, educators and school workers must be guaranteed a fair wage and decent working conditions.’

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

Opinion: New York Can Commit to a Greener Earth by Passing the Climate and Community Investment Act

‘Under the CCIA, there would be fees on air pollution emissions, in recognition of the negative externalities they produce. Such fees are profoundly fair: it is not so much a…

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Opinion: New York Needs Publicly-Owned Utilities, Not Sham Stakeholder Participation

‘The time has come to remove corporate profiteering from the picture altogether. Two new bills —the NY Build Public Renewables Act and the forthcoming NY Utility Democracy Act—would do just…

Government Opinion

Opinion: To Truly Combat Political Polarization, NYC Needs Open Primaries

‘In jurisdictions dominated by one political party like New York City, Ranked Choice Voting alone likely won’t be an effective remedy for political divisions, since the partisans of the dominant…

Government Justice Opinion

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…

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