“Many faith-based institutions are stewards of historically significant sites that contribute to New York’s collective cultural heritage. The push towards developing these sites into apartment buildings…poses a threat to preserving this heritage.”
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Opinion: Fixing NY’s Housing Crisis Doesn’t End With Albany Budget Deal
Sarah Batchu |
“Both city and state governments must extend their efforts beyond the final budget deal, recognizing that tenants’ well-being is intertwined with the physical and financial stability of their homes and addressing root causes rather than assigning blame.”
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Opinion: Centering Residents’ Voices is Key to NYCHA Conversions
Wanda Moret |
“As a voice and advocate for my community, including my neighbors, friends and residents, it is important for me to ensure that their concerns and questions are resolved.”
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Opinion: New York City’s Young People Need Spaces of Their Own
Molly Delano |
“By engaging students in conducting research and advocacy in the process of creating and running programs, and maintaining the street itself, schools can turn Open School Streets into canvases for students to reimagine what their communities can and should look like.”
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Opinion: Mayor Should Halt 60-Day Shelter Limits & Protect Vulnerable Families
Pierina Ana Sanchez and Rita Joseph |
“The 60-day shelter limit runs counter to the very purpose of shelters: to keep vulnerable homeless families and individuals safe and off the streets.”
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Opinion: Pass the Access to Representation Act So No One Has to Fight Deportation Alone
Bruneth Flores |
“My search for legal representation was exhausting. I visited 16 different attorneys before I was able to secure representation. Each denial delivered a wave of hopelessness as I felt the looming 12-month deadline to apply for asylum inch closer and closer.”
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Opinion: What the Workout of the Signature Bank Loans Can Teach About Preserving Affordable Housing
Michael Lappin |
“Will the Signature buildings be viewed as a one-off, or the tip of an iceberg of a more endemic problem?”
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Opinion: Working New Yorkers Need ‘Good Cause’ Eviction
Stuart Appelbaum |
“Our elected leaders have come out strong in support of our efforts to fight for fair compensation and decent working conditions for our members on the streets and at the bargaining table. But the gains that we have won are steadily being eroded by the skyrocketing cost of housing.”
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Opinion: Stop Insurance Carriers From Discriminating Against Affordable Housing
Rachel Fee |
“Our findings also show jarring evidence that insurance carriers blatantly discriminate against affordable housing projects, in some cases completely refusing to provide coverage to homes just based on where they are located.”
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Opinion: Raising Taxes on NY’s Wealthy is the Right—and Popular—Thing to Do
Leslie McCall |
“Not only are such increases necessary to secure investments in badly needed and widely desired public goods like education, health care, and housing, the costs of which are likely the driving factor behind the worrisome out-migration of working and middle class New Yorkers.”
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Opinion: Pass the Full NY HEAT Act in This Year’s Budget
Alex Beauchamp |
“As our planet hurtles toward climate tipping points, beyond which climate chaos is irreversible, every dollar we spend on fossil fuels today takes us backwards.”