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Sarahana Shrestha

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Kingston rent stabilization lawsuit shows why we need the REST Act

Burdensome requirements and legal challenges have blocked upstate cities from adopting rent stabilization, but the REST Act would fix that.

Energy & Environment

Opinion

Opinion: Our private energy system is failing. The public can save it.

New York must move off fossil fuels as soon as possible – and the only way to meet this goal is to plan our energy system around the needs of the public, not profiteers.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Public power is the key to energy affordability

To unleash the New York Power Authority’s power, we need the right people at its helm.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: NY’s climate progress is failing. A new plan for public power can fix it.

The state must build 15 gigawatts’ worth of clean energy projects by 2030 to hit its climate targets.