“These rates of over-investigation are state-sanctioned family policing. Even where investigations are warranted and allegations are substantiated, the investigative process is often coercive and traumatic, indelibly harming the children the investigations intend to protect.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Restoring our Children’s Future Through Ecosystems of Support
Wesner Pierre |
“While Community Schools—New York’s exemplary model for engaging children in school and guiding them to maturity—were spared in January from millions in anticipated city budget cuts, come July, they will still lose critical COVID-related funding that supports the youth and families who need it most.”
Health and Environment
NYC Housing Calendar, March 4-11
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Brooklyn
Opinion: BQGreen Plan Shows Why New York Must Adopt the People’s Climate Justice Budget
Maritza Davila and Rami Dinnawi |
Decking the BQE trench in the Southside of Williamsburg is not just about turning concrete into greenery; it’s about mitigating the impacts of infrastructure that has long plagued our community.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The UnitedHealthcare-Mount Sinai Contract Dispute Must be Resolved
Michael Osso |
“Patients should never be the forgotten piece in a contract negotiation between healthcare entities. They should be the central focus.”
Government
Local Law 97’s ‘Mediated Resolution’ Clause Gives Too Much Leeway for Exemptions, Lawyers Say
Mariana Simões |
The Dept. of Buildings has the power to offer a mediated resolution to landlords who don’t comply with the city’s building emissions law, bypassing fines if they promise to get back on track. But lawyers fear the provision leaves the door open for DOB to evoke it too freely, and question whether the agency has the staff capacity to monitor such deals.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Comptroller Should Fight Climate Change, Not Finance It
Margaret Perkins and Pete Sikora |
“Blue cities and states have much more pension fund money than red states. As the saying goes, money talks. It’s time for Comptroller Lander to put money that he manages where his mouth is. New Yorkers need him to fight for our interests at least as hard as red state politicians fight for the oil and gas corporations.”
Citywide
New York to See Hotter Temps, More Rain, Flooding & Worse Storms, New Climate Report Says
Mariana Simões |
A new state-wide report on the impacts of climate change shows New York City will be impacted on all fronts: The Big Apple is getting 6 to 10 degrees warmer, and will see more precipitation and tidal floods in the coming decades. “We have to understand that this stuff is going to happen, it’s already happening,” one state official said.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York City Must Invest in Implementing Local Law 97
Eliza Klein |
“If New York is serious about meeting its climate goals, the city must then live up to its stated priorities and give programs the resources to meaningfully follow through on their legislative mandates.”
Government
Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿cómo inmigrantes indocumentados mayores de 65 pueden solicitar la nueva opción de seguro médico de Nueva York?
Daniel Parra |
En 2022, la gobernadora Kathy Hochul cedió en las negociaciones y dio luz verde a la ampliación de Medicaid para dar cobertura a los inmigrantes indocumentados mayores de 65 años. El Departamento de Salud del estado puso en marcha el programa el mes pasado después de un retraso de un año.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: In the ‘Year of Greenways,’ Let’s Insist on Equity
Hunter Armstrong, Sharon Pope-Marshall and EdMundo Martinez |
“This absence of unified design and management can compound inequality. Where some areas of the city have seen the lion’s share of the city’s attention, other areas have been and are in danger of continuing to be completely left behind.”