Agenda 2019
Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?
Tom Waters |
‘The governor and state legislature now have the opportunity to do something to help the people most at risk of homelessness.’
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Our Shared Faith and the Fight for Bail Reform
Stephanie Kolin and Winnie Varghese |
A priest and a rabbi write, ‘Our traditions teach that when a person is held captive and the value of their freedom is assigned a price tag that they cannot afford,’ the basic teachings of both their faiths are violated.
Albany
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
Jarrett Murphy |
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: State Comptroller on Bullying, Billionaires and the Budget
Jarrett Murphy |
‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
Jarrett Murphy |
As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers
Olivia Heffernan |
‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
Albany
Opinion: Why Survivors of Domestic Violence Should Support Bail and Discovery Reform in NYS
Leigh Goodmark |
‘Legislation to reform New York’s bail and discovery laws will protect victims of violence—particularly when they become defendants.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Will Prevailing Wage Legislation Help or Hurt Communities of Color?
Reginald Bachus |
‘Progressives do not become progressives by exclusively catering to the building and construction trade unions interests, regardless of the merit or cause.’
Agenda 2019
Tenant Organizations Ramping Up Push to Strengthen and Expand Rent Laws
Sadef Ali Kully |
While it seems almost certain the rent laws will be tightened it’s less sure that the geographic reach of the laws will be expanded.
Agenda 2019
CityViews: Save the NY Program that Keeps Homeowners Out of Foreclosure
Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Steven Cymbrowitz, Kenneth Zebrowski and Jeffrey Dinowitz |
‘This is the type of investment that will pay for itself tenfold by keeping our neighbors in their homes and by keeping our communities strong.’
