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Opinion: How NYC’s Leaders Can Empower Black Re-Entry Workers Like Me

‘Body Shops specialize in selling the labor of re-entry workers like me because they know how to take advantage of our unique vulnerabilities as Black workers who spent time behind…

Opinion: New York City has a Homelessness Problem—But it’s Not What You Think

‘We need to abandon once and for all the idea that homelessness is a choice, and that people are not in shelters because they don’t know better. The problem is…

Health Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Street Safety, Protected Bike Lanes Must Be Part of New York’s COVID Recovery

‘With vaccine distribution ramping up…and the state preparing to help employers bring workers back into the office, it’s safe to say biking will be the habit of even more New…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Five Myths About the Gowanus Rezoning

‘The city, public officials, and developers have all built an increasingly fevered false sense of urgency that shows just how desperate they are to ram through the rezoning while the…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Homeless People are Worthy of Housing — It’s Time to Stop the Stigma

‘Stigmatizing and criminalizing homeless people is just another tool the real estate industry uses to maintain status quo and maximize their bottom lines. The stigmatization must stop — we need…

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: City’s Plan to Expand Street Vendor Permits Must Protect Our Brick-and-Mortars, Too

‘To be clear, we support the food vendor community and their place in our neighborhoods. The food is as delicious and diverse as the city itself. But reform on what’s…

Government Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Put Trash in its Place—And Off Our Sidewalks

‘Major cities all throughout the world have a modernized and efficient approach to trash collection, and New York City is still lagging. We should make the most out of our…

Education Opinion

Opinion: Want to Have a Say in City Schools? Join a Community Education Council

‘We need more parents to run so that each CEC’s economic diversity reflects that of the district. Without such diversity, whole swaths of a school district may be voiceless.’

Education Opinion

Opinion: NYC Students Need Music Education Now More Than Ever

‘Fifty-five percent of city public schools didn’t have a music educator, even before the COVID-19 pandemic…one aspect of that rebuilding must be integrating music as a core subject in the…

Justice Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC Subways Urgently Need More Cops

‘The math is simple. In a time when less people are riding the subway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, crime is more likely to occur due to the lack of…

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