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Opinion: It’s Time to Pay Teachers What They Deserve
Ysiad Ferreiras |
“Teachers’ workloads are increasing without their salaries as they take on even more responsibilities to ensure the safety and well-being of their students.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis
Deborah Helaine Morris, Thaddeus Pawlowski and Hugo Sarmiento |
“Hurricane Sandy damaged 10 percent of the city’s housing. In a city with a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, even a temporary loss of the housing supply isn’t just a problem for those directly displaced: it tightens the market for everyone, making it harder and more expensive to find housing.”
Podcasts
City Watch: NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis Demands Federal Response, Coalition Says
David Brand |
The dearth of affordable housing across the city—and the nation—should prompt Congress to increase rental assistance programs and supercharge the National Housing Trust Fund, Sarah Saadian of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) told WBAI’s City Watch. The fund sends money to states to develop homes for extremely low-income Americans.
2022 election
Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary
Daniel Parra, David Brand and Jeanmarie Evelly |
By 6 p.m. Tuesday, 237,888 New York City residents had voted in the unusual August primary, where some neighborhoods were home to heated State Senate and Congressional races while others had no candidates on the ballot at all. Polls close at 9 p.m.
Housing and Homelessness
City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent
David Brand |
The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments as a result of the pandemic
Government
After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers
David Brand |
The city has distributed 91 percent of the roughly 7,800 new emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) they received last May—a dramatic increase since March, when they had issued less than a third of the total. Now comes the hard part: helping recipients use the subsidies to actually lease an apartment.
2022 election
De Blasio Wants Impeachment Probe for Justices Who Struck Roe
David Brand |
De Blasio told City Limits that he wants to see New York City-style right-to-shelter laws for people experiencing homelessness in all cities, rent regulation across the country and a path to citizenship for 12 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization.
Opinion
Opinion: Why We Need Better Place-Based Economic Development Policies
Edward De Barbieri |
Our elected leaders can bring about meaningful improvement in the economies of particular places through policies that address what we’ve learned from the shortcomings of the Opportunity Zone incentive and other similar laws.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Congress Should Act Now to Extend School Food Waivers
Nausher Khan |
“Many food management companies and producers of color are small to mid-sized, and we have benefited from the added flexibility in the way schools negotiate. The waivers have allowed us to retain staff and pay an honest living wage and continue buying fresh produce while serving scratch-made meals to a larger student body.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York Lawmakers Must Support Future Generations of Immigrant Students and Workers
Valeria Lugo |
‘Immigrants are forced to live in a system with arbitrary restrictions that discourage us from advancing our education, obtaining a stable career, and providing for our families. All the while, our community is continuously relied upon as key drivers of the state’s economy.’
