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Opinion: We Need a Database to Track For-Hire Vehicle Drivers Who Violate Safety Rules

‘If an uninvited kiss or unwanted touching doesn’t lead to a criminal complaint, even if the driver is terminated from the platform under which it occurred, the driver who violated…

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Opinion: Stop Re-Traumatizing Brownsville Through Tired Media Stereotypes

‘These deleterious media representations, offered with no counterbalance, send Brownsville residents out into the world with a Scarlet Letter on their souls, and this scarlet letter B is one that…

Education Opinion

Opinion: ‘Learning to Work’ Program Cuts Threaten the Futures of Students Like Me

‘While students face different kinds of obstacles in their previous schools, from mental health to family obligations or just a lack of support, they found trusting relationships and a new…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Fix the City’s Rental Assistance Vouchers

‘At current payment levels, the CityFHEPS voucher falls close to $500 below fair market rent, leaving thousands of voucher holders competing with each other for the one or two units…

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Opinion: NY’s Contact Tracing Program Must Protect Participants’ Privacy

If New Yorkers are concerned about how their information will be used in contact tracing, they will hesitate to participate. Gov. Cuomo must sign the Contact Tracing Confidentiality Act, which…

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Reform Flood Insurance so New Yorkers Know Their Risk

As sea level rise and extreme rainstorms increase, the impact of flooding will only get worse if we don’t help New York communities become more resilient. One way to do…

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Making Sure Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers Know Their Voting Rights

‘During the three months we set up shop in Harlem every Saturday, we encountered scores of people who thought that because they had a felony conviction and/or they were on…

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: NY Is Not Anti-Business. But It’s Not a Pushover, Either

‘The narrative that New York is anti-business, triggered by the recent defeat of the Industry City proposal, is not only misleading, but simplistic.’

Climate and Environment Opinion

Opinion: National Grid Has No Place in NYC’s Climate-Resilient Future

‘Gas is incompatible with New York’s future. Despite knowing this, National Grid continues to push for more gas infrastructure.’

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NY Must Act to Stop ‘Warehousing’ of Vacant Affordable Apartments

‘While New York City is experiencing a severe shortage of affordable housing and increase in homelessness both before and amidst the pandemic, landlords are holding thousands of affordable units off…

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