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Opinion: To fight poverty, Mamdani must hire Latinos
When policies, programs and budgets are debated in City Hall, we are rarely at the table where the municipal pie is cut up.
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Opinion: Mamdani must act big (and small) on housing
Six ways the new administration can change the trajectory of affordability in New York City.
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Opinion: It’s time for abundance in specialized high schools
Almost 29,000 middle-school students take the SHSAT entrance exam each year, but only 5,000 of them gain admission to the city’s specialized high schools. Why not create more schools?
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Opinion: The 40-year debate over school governance
Should the mayor be in charge of the city’s schools?
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Opinion: Policy that performs is a win for New Yorkers
Our bill to ban bots and brokers from making and reselling restaurant reservations is working.
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Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill
A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.
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Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill
A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.
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Opinion: Stop abusing the environmental review process to block housing
The Sustainable Affordable Housing and Sprawl Prevention Act will reform the process to promote more housing development in walkable, transit-friendly neighborhoods.
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Opinion: Lower LIRR and Metro-North fares for families make for a more affordable ride
Starting next month, kids under 18 years old traveling with an adult will pay just $1.
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Opinion: The Scaffold Law isn’t the problem. Unsafe construction is.
The law imposes a simple and morally obvious rule: if you control the work site, you control the danger.
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Opinion: New Yorkers deserve clean and affordable energy, not more fossil fuel greed
Despite what oil lobbyists claim, it’s not true that environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act are slowing down renewable energy projects.
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Opinion: Stand with tenants and put bad landlords out of business
After declaring bankruptcy, Pinnacle Group put its 5,000 rent-stabilized apartments up for auction – but the city can work with the Union of Pinnacle Tenants to find a better ownership model.
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Opinion: The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act gives older adults a fighting chance to stay in their homes
Passing a bill to give nonprofit developers a better chance to buy properties could result in more affordable housing being preserved.
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Opinion: Universal child care is big business for small businesses
Providing free child care is a strategic investment that will deliver immediate opportunities and economic benefits for New York City’s small businesses.
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Opinion: New York City needs a new operating system
Here are six recommendations for improving the city’s IT strategy and management.
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Opinion: The IBX is a lifeline for Brooklyn College, CUNY and New York City
Connecting underserved neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens will make college more accessible to thousands of people.
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Opinion: Black and Brown New Yorkers deserve an immediate solution to the homeowner crisis
New York City’s ban on short-term rentals is inadvertently pushing Black and Latino homeowners towards financial hardship. The City Council must fix it.
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Opinion: City leaders must continue the work to protect and strengthen NYC’s nonprofits
For years, nonprofits have suffered from a complex municipal contracting and payment system that has made their work unnecessarily difficult.
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