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- A New York for All Falls Short in Albany: Immigrants, Tenants, and Justice Reforms Abandoned
- A Framework to Curb the Chaos in NYC
- Another Year, Another Rent Hike: It’s Time to Reform the Rent Guidelines Board
- 15 Things to Watch as a New City Budget is Negotiated
- After Incumbent Drops Reelection Bid, Wide Open Harlem City Council Race to be Decided This Month
- New York’s Moment for Community Land and Affordable Housing
- Reverse the Cuts: Investing in CUNY is the Best Way to Grow New York City's Economy
- Carrying Juneteenth Forward in New York City
- New York City Tenants Can’t Afford Rent Hikes
- An AED on the Sidelines Saved Damar Hamlin; They Should Be Available to Everyone
- 5G Towers: To Increase Digital Connectivity, Start by Connecting with the Community
- New York’s Public Campaign Finance Law is Meant to Empower Small Donors; Changes Being Considered Could Undermine It
- A Key Step New York Must Take to Stop Right-Wing Extremists
- Protect New York City's Supportive Housing Providers in the Face of a Mounting Crisis
- End Legacy Admissions, Ensure More Fair College Acceptance in New York
- This AAPI Heritage Month, Let’s All Take a Closer Look at Mental Health Care in Our Communities
- The QueensWay is Good for Students and Learning; Let’s Get It Built
- To Stop the Red Wave in Brooklyn, Democrats Must Invest in Young People
- Mayor Adams: Uphold the Working People's Agenda and Invest in Job Training as a Public Safety Solution
- New York’s Compassionate Release Laws were Designed to Keep People from Dying Behind Bars; They’re Failing
- Why We Should Abolish the NYPD's Gang Database, Not Reform It
- Everyone Deserves the Chance for a Life-Saving Organ Transplant If They Need It
- Clean Slate is Good for New York’s Businesses
- New York Can’t Put the Blindfold Back On: Legislature Must Reject Rollbacks to State Discovery Laws
- Our Newest New Yorkers Want to Work: What They Need from the President and Mayor
- Does Voting by Mail in New York Really Require a Constitutional Amendment?
- Our Communities Need Fair Pay for Home Care Work; Albany Leaders Must Hear Them
- Good Cause Makes Good Sense for Harlem
- Expanded Health Coverage is a Win for All; State Leaders Should Include it in Final Budget Deal
- New York Must End the Sale of Menthol Cigarettes and Protect LGBTQ Lives
- New Yorkers Deserve Health Equity; Fully Funding Safety Net Hospitals and Expanding Health Insurance to All is How To Do It
- Navigating a Better Path Forward on Mental Health
- New York Needs the Housing Access Voucher Program
- Will Office Conversions Actually Produce Affordable Housing? They Should, But State Leaders Must Act
- This Holy Season, State Leaders Should Redouble Efforts to Combat Chronic Homelessness with Supportive Housing
- We’ve Lost Children in Preventable Traffic Crashes; Albany Must Let New York City Control Its Streets
- The Most Important Infrastructure Project You’ve Never Heard Of: Improving the Massive $52 Billion Flood Protection Plan for NYC
- He Won Key New York Environmental Battles That Reverberate Today: Celebrating Al Butzel
- What New York City Should Take from San Francisco’s Ongoing Reparations Debate
- To Close Rikers, The City Council Must Correct the Department of Correction
- New York Families Demand A Climate Budget
- Mayor Adams Is On The Right Track: New York City Should Prioritize Addressing Disabilities Early
- For Our Climate Future and Good Jobs, It’s Time to ‘Upgrade New York’ at State-Owned Properties
- Making a Down Payment on New York City’s Future
- To Reach More Disconnected Young Adults, Partner with Their High Schools
- For a Just Energy Transition that Preserves Jobs, Clean Hydrogen Must Be Part of the Playbook
- Time to Create a Fast Lane for Zero-Emission Vehicles in New York; Here's How
- The New York City Council Demands Pay Equity for City Government Employees
- People and Places are Key to New York City’s More Livable, Prosperous Future
- The State Must Take on Frankensteining Before More Affordable Apartments Vanish
- We’re All Exhausted, But Don’t Let that Stop You from Taking Essential Health Precautions Amid a Triple Threat
- Fossil Fuel Front-Group Seeks to Halt New York’s Climate Progress
- Human Services Workers Keep New York City Running Even Over the Holidays; We Must Resolve to Compensate Them Fairly
- The Path Forward for New York Democrats
- The Solution to Our Labor Shortage is Clear: Remove Barriers to Immigrant Employment
- Growing to Love New York City’s Soils
- Bridging the Gap in Understanding the Link Between Domestic Violence and Brain Injury
- Democrats Must Act on Immigration Reform While They Still Can
- Democrats Must Deliver for Asian-American Voters or Risk Losing More of Them
- Reason to be Thankful This Holiday Season: New Law Empowers Sexual Assault Survivors
- We Need to Utilize All Proven Strategies to End Domestic Violence
- Empowering New York City’s Asian American Voters
- Ten Years After Sandy, New York is More Resilient Than Ever, with More Work to Do
- Recharge NYC Climate Policies; City Government Must Finally Transition to Zero-Emission Vehicles
- Boost NYC’s Tech Sector to Ensure a Full Jobs Recovery and Stronger Future for New Yorkers
- Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Retail Can Build Better Neighborhoods
- Health and Transportation Benefits from Congestion Pricing Could Be Truly Transformative
- The Three Vs for Voter Engagement: Validators, Volunteers and Visibility
- How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Take New York’s Climate Action to the Next Level
- Federal Climate Bill Strengthens Demand to Build Public Renewables in New York
- To Address the Crisis at Rikers, Invest in Public Health Now
- Long Overdue Reforms and the Road to Instilling Public Faith in New York Government
- To Protect New York from the Climate Crisis, We Must Transform Our Streets
- To Beat Extreme Heat, New York City Needs to Look to the Streets
- Build a Workforce Pipeline for New Yorkers with Disabilities
- New York Prisons Cut Crucial Lifeline to Incarcerated Individuals and Families Through Arbitrary Package Policy
- New York Should Increase STEM Education Funding for All Schools
- Leveraging the Power of Health Care Spending to Build Community Wealth in Brooklyn
- A New Deal for Public Safety
- Making a Down Payment on the Future of New York City
- New Housing Blueprint Gives LGBTQ New Yorkers Another Reason to Celebrate
- Rethinking Economic Development in the Post-Covid World
- Better Managing Public Space is Key to New York City’s Recovery
- Public Health, Public Safety, and the New York City Budget
- The Rise in Asian Hate is Taking a Mental Toll on New York’s Asian and Pacific Islander Community
- Don’t Let Belmont Bonds Become the Next New York Boondoggle
- New York Needs to Ban Hybrid Voting Machines Before They Make Our Elections Worse
- Tenants are Struggling; New York Needs Good Cause Eviction Now
- How New York Must Build Back a Better Primary Care System
- Closing the Pipeline that Feeds the Disaster of Rikers
- Lessons from the Frontlines of Successful Movement Building in 2022
- It’s Time to Deliver Our Neighborhoods from Illegal Commercial Truck Parking
- Winning the Public Health Recovery from Covid
- We’re Assembly Members, Healthcare Experts, Women of Color, Mothers, and Fed Up: It’s Time to Pass the New York Health Act
- To Protect Older New Yorkers, Leaders Must Expand Proven Solutions to End Traffic Violence
- We Need a Comprehensive Education Plan to Get Our Children Back on Track
- New York Can and Must Stop Insurance Companies from Fueling the Climate Crisis
- In This Moment, New York Needs The AAPI Equity Budget
- New York's Home Care System is on the Verge of Collapse; It Can Be Fixed in the State Budget
- No Rollbacks to Raise the Age
- A Critical Opportunity for New York to Increase Care Not Coercion for Those Living with Serious Mental Illness
- How to Revitalize New York City’s Food System Beyond the Pandemic
- What Comes First in City's Reset on Food Waste? Skip the Truck
- The Compounding Relationship Between Violence and Urban Inequality
- Gun Violence is The Crime Problem
- Shifting Power to the Community: A Hopeful Experiment in Brownsville, Brooklyn
- A New Normal for Our City’s Essential Nonprofits?
- Stemming Violence by Investing in Civic Goods
- History Demonstrates That Diversity Is the Future of Medicine
- New Yorkers Deserve a Breath of Fresh Air
- An Opportunity to Boost the Environment, Economy, and Workers
- Why We Welcome Vegan Fridays in New York City Schools
- It’s Time for a Democratic School Governance System in New York City to Replace Mayoral Control
- California’s Moving to Expand Health Coverage to Immigrants; What About New York?
- 4 Ways Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks Can Support Our Most Vulnerable Students
- Housing Courts Must Change: Every Tenant Should Have Right to Counsel as Eviction Moratorium Lifts
- Feed The Hungry: How New York Must Work with the Human Services Sector to End Food Insecurity
- How the Adams Administration and New City Council Must Uplift LGBTQ Older New Yorkers
- Cannabis is a Once-A-Generation Opportunity for New York, Let’s Not Waste It
- Majority Leader Schumer: Your Constituents Demand You Reconvene the Senate to Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and Build Back Better Now
- How Governor Hochul Can Help Improve Birthing Experiences and Maternal Safety
- To Help Increase Resiliency, New York City Needs More Community-Tailored Climate Information
- New York Must Fix the BQE; Governor Hochul Can Help Get Things Started
- On School Admissions, New York City’s Next Step Must be Forward, Not Back
- How The Sackler Opioid Settlement Can Help Address Rising Substance Use in New York
- The City Council Should Vote Yes on the Blood Center Project
- Hey New York, Let’s Have a (Vaccine) Party
- Governor Hochul, Now’s the Time to Give Domestic Violence Survivors Real Rental Support
- Rewriting the History of 2020 Crime
- Good Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated will Make Our City Safer
- Vote Yes on Ballot Questions to Improve Redistricting and Voting Rights
- Health and Safety for Everyone: Former City Jail Physicians on the Crisis at Rikers and Beyond
- Voter Privacy Violations Will Continue Until Government Acts to Fix Them
- An Assignment for the Federal Government: Tackle Student Debt and Expand Educational Opportunity by Doubling Pell Grants
- The Next City Government Must Make New York Safer for Its Oldest Residents
- As the Future of Roe Hangs in the Balance, New York City and Albany Must Act to Protect Abortion Access for All
- For Students to Recover and Thrive, New York Should Ensure Free School Meals Statewide
- Eight Ideas to Drive New York’s Economic Recovery Now
- Seize the Moment to Modernize New York Democracy for the Digital Era
- Youth are New York City’s Best Economic Resource, Let's Invest in Their Career Success
- Celebrating the Growth and Impact of New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program
- How New York City Must Support Low-Wage Essential Workers as They Support Everyone Else
- To Ensure Safety and Increase Participation, Let’s Allow Public Government Meetings to be Conducted Virtually
- We All Rely on Nonprofits — New York Must Value Them
- Time for a Reset for New York City Food Policy; Here’s 6 Key Steps
- Housing for Everyone Makes Everyone Safer: The City Council Must Ensure a Fair Chance for Housing for All
- Doctors to Mayor: Halt the Transfer of Homeless New Yorkers from Hotels to Shelters Now
- Skills Training is Integral to the Success of the Federal Infrastructure Plan and New York’s Construction Sector
- Surveillance and The City: NYC’s Delivery Data Dilemma
- New York City Isn’t Really Taking Our Energy Future Seriously
- Creating Green, Healthy New York City Schools as They Fully Reopen
- We Lost Our Siblings to Solitary Confinement; This Torture Must End Now
- Remembering Herb Sturz: Pioneering Social Entrepreneur
- The Next Mayor Must Stick with the Plan to Close The Boat, and Rikers
- For Our Next Bronx Borough President, Leadership for the Entire Borough
- They Provide Essential City Services. They Deserve More
- Why We Want Lucy Lang as Our Colleague as Manhattan DA
- Federal Infrastructure Plan Must Include a Path to Citizenship for Immigrants
- For CUNY Students to Thrive, Mental Health Services Must Be Expanded
- New York City is Heading in the Right Direction on Saving Small Businesses
- New York’s Chance to Take on the Crisis of Child Poverty
- The State Should Restart the City’s Clock on Shrinking Class Sizes
- De Blasio is on Right Track, But Mental Health Response Teams Need Crucial Changes to Really Work
- A Simple But Essential Step to Help Limit Recidivism
- State Education Commissioner Errs in Yeshiva Ruling
- How District Attorneys Must Step Up to Support Survivors
- In Our Covid Recovery and Beyond, Teachers Should Get the Support They Deserve
- Just as Other Places Have Done, New York City Can Preserve Jobs and Tradition with Electric ‘Horseless’ Carriages
- ‘Open Restaurants’ Shouldn’t Close Them Down
- Finding Our Shared Risks and Goals, and Rebuilding Together
- 4 Ways the Next Mayor and City Council Must Do Better on Street and Subway Homelessness
- With 'Friends' Like That — Friends of Governors Island’s Misguided Plan
- The Biden Administration and New York Partners Must Get Immigration Reform Right
- Fully Reopening Schools Right: How The City Must Start Planning Now to Build Trust and Focus on Healing
- Cuomo Needs a Time Out and Other MeToo Approaches to Legitimizing Victims
- We Must Support Research to Help Combat Long-Haul COVID-19 and the Next Pandemic
- Don’t Be Fooled By ‘Police Reform’ in Name Only
- As New Yorkers Face a Mental Health Crisis, We Can’t Afford to Lose the Resources ThriveNYC Provides
- The Next Essential Step in New York’s Climate Future
- Man Plans, God Laughs: How Not to Reform the Criminal Justice System
- Legislators in Healthcare: State Budget Can’t Jeopardize Covid Recovery and Public Health
- Preventing Hate and Violence Against the Asian-American Community
- Governors Island’s Future Is Now
- Not Just Albany: New York City Lacks Independent Harassment Investigation Process, Too
- Workers Were Left Vulnerable to Covid; We Must Better Protect Them In Its Aftermath
- Now’s the Time to Invest More, Not Less, in New Yorkers’ Mental Health
- New York Must Give Criminalized Trafficking Survivors Like Me a Fresh Start
- Envisioning a Community Farm for Our Neighborhood, and Yours
- The Governor’s Raids of Transit and Climate Funds Must Be Stopped
- We Must Rebuild Our Health-Care Infrastructure to Care for Our Seniors
- To Advance Racial Equity, Encouraging City Employees to Have Difficult Conversations
- Safely Getting Signatures in a Pandemic?
- With More Than 1 Million Uninsured, New York Needs Immediate Comprehensive Health-Care for All
- Hunger is Still Here: Nourish New York Can Help
- Comprehensive Planning is Not Just About Housing and Zoning
- The First Step to Fixing Our Disregard for Women of Color in the Workplace
- New York’s Next Shot to Strengthen Our Democracy
- At-Risk Communities Need a Covid Hero to Protect Critical Federal Resources
- Every New Yorker Has a Right to a Roof, We Need an Integrated Housing Plan to Get There
- New York City Should Start Preparing Now for a Biden Infrastructure Plan
- It's Time to Stop Tolerating Wrongful Convictions and How They Undermine Our Legal System
- Letter To The Editor: One Key for the Governor’s New 'Commission on the Future of the New York Economy'
- Further Deregulation of 5G Technology Won’t Close the Digital Divide
- We Need a Full Plan to Save the Arts in New York
- Mend the Health Care Safety Net for LGBTQ New Yorkers
- CUNY’s Adjunct Faculty Should Have the Same Job Protections as New York’s Fast-Food Workers
- The Mayor Must Immediately Create a Just Reentry System for Those Leaving City Jails
- How Blockchain Technology Can Boost Voter Confidence in New York City and Beyond
- For Schools, Communities and Families to Recover from Covid, We Need More Women in Leadership
- This Holiday Season, Mental Health Support is Here for New Yorkers
- For Climate and Community Protection, It’s Time to Electrify Transportation in New York
- Creating a New Hub to Protect and Empower Brooklynites
- We Must Take Steps Now to Help Domestic Violence Survivors
- Mass New York Voter Enfranchisement Awaits a Stroke of the Governor’s Pen
- Digesting a New Path Forward for Residential Composting in New York City
- Green Gentrification and Environmental Racism in Flushing
- Ending Hunger by Supporting Food Pantries and Making Sure They Aren’t the Only Option
- Key Protections for Black, Brown, Immigrant, and Poor New Yorkers Await Governor Cuomo’s Signature
- Light the Way to Diwali in New York City
- Separating Fact and Fiction About the Special Flushing Waterfront District
- For an Equitable Recovery, New York Must Utilize Our Manufacturing and Industrial Sector
- Queens Deserves Better Than a Development Plan That Benefits Too Few
- Supreme Court Hearings Could Be the Beginning of the End of Your Healthcare
- More Youth-Police Partnership is Not NYPD Reform, It’s Dangerous
- 9 Things to Watch in the 2020 General Election in New York
- New York City Should Take Its Census Commitment to Communities of Color Into the Land Use Process
- Surveillance and the City: Online Bar Exam, Remote Learning Fuel In-Home Surveillance
- This is Chuck Schumer’s Moment; Why is He Blowing it?
- How to Vote Biden-Harris and Protect Progressive Power in New York
- Rebuilding A Stronger, Healthier New York Through Science
- The Mayor and Governor Must Save Community Nonprofits to Save Lives and Livelihoods
- New York Must Replace Police as Responders to People in Mental Health Crisis
- De Blasio's Cuts to Jail Oversight Must Not Stand
- Uncurb Our Enthusiasm: How the City Can Better Help Restaurants and Keep New Yorkers Moving
- Our Chance to Get Queens, and the City, Working Again
- Rebuilding Smarter After Hurricane Isaias Devastated New York City’s Utility Infrastructure
- Statements Aren’t Enough; We Must Center Racial Equity in the City Planning Process Now
- Should New York City Cut School Bus Service?
- As New York City Continues on Path to Recovery, City Officials Must Take Action to Protect Good Construction Jobs
- Racialized Austerity: The Case of CUNY
- Wasted Opportunities: New York City’s Misplaced Budget Priorities Fail Marginalized Communities and Us All
- A Wall Street Investor and an Unemployed Immigrant Cook Agree: Tax Billionaires, Support Excluded Workers
- How Development Should Be Decided in New York City
- The Path to Better Policing and Safer Communities in Brooklyn and Beyond
- A Portal Does Not Replace A Knock On The Door
- Housing is Health, We Must Support It As Such — Especially Now
- We are Justice-Involved Women of Color; And We are 2020 College Graduates and Innovators
- Diploma Privilege Now
- New York Must Address Racist State Violence from Policing to Jails and Prisons
- Returning Power to the People by Rebalancing the State Budget Process
- Prioritize Schools - New Yorkers Demand a Real Plan for Our Students and Our City
- We Were Proud to Vote for Police Reforms, Now It’s Time for Prison Reform
- New York Got Federal Money to Address Extreme Heat; Now’s The Time To Use It
- City Threatens to Exacerbate Affordable Housing Crisis for New York Seniors
- Defund the DOC, Invest in Supportive Housing
- With Mass Evictions and Real Estate Speculation Looming, City and State Leaders Must Give Communities Opportunity to Own Their Own Land
- Defund the NYPD and Save Black and Brown Lives by Reforming Mental Health Crisis Response
- NYCHA Tenant Leaders: Where Amazon Never Arrived, New Opportunity Arises
- City Budget Crisis Threatens Lifeline for Day Laborers and Immigrant Workers
- Staving Off an Eviction Nightmare by Expanding New Yorkers' Right to Counsel
- Informal Recyclers are Essential to a Just and Green NYC; Here's 7 Things We Must Do To Help Them Survive
- Who Traffic Enforcement Agents Really Are, and Why They Must Remain Part of the NYPD
- Peaker Plants Harm Communities of Color; It’s Time for New York City to Replace Them
- The Necessity of New York City Budget Justice
- Remove the NYPD from the Enforcement of Streets and Sidewalks
- As Courts Reopen, Threat of ICE Returns: State Lawmakers Must Protect Our Neighbors
- NYCHA in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond
- Building a Financial Foundation for Our Children’s Future on 529 Day
- Infrastructure Investment Can Restart the Economy, But Prioritize Fixing What We Have
- Enough Talk, Time to Give FDNY EMS Their Due
- Human Services Workers are Essential Workers: It’s Time for the City to Treat Us That Way
- New York’s Next Step Toward More Justice and Better Democracy
- No to Austerity, Yes to Efficiency and Fairness: Getting Our Budget Priorities Straight for a Strong Post-COVID New York
- What New York City Voters Need to Know About the June Primary Elections
- Let’s Thank All Caregivers, Not Just the Most Visible
- Governor Cuomo Owes Subway Riders and Homeless New Yorkers A Housing Plan
- New York City Must Keep and Expand Organics Collection, It’s an Essential Service
- Opening Up New York’s COVID-19 Data Can Save Lives
- Coronavirus Crisis Again Shows New York Must Ensure Long-Term Support of Grassroots Emergency-Response Groups
- Policing During a Pandemic: The Mayor Must Alter City's Approach
- Aid to States is Important, But Next Federal Stimulus Must Truly Spark a People’s Recovery
- The Pandemic Preys Upon Pollution’s Victims and Shows the Power Path Ahead
- The ‘Wartime Budget’ New York City Needs
- When Homeless New Yorkers are Safe, We’ll All Be Safer; The Mayor Must Use 30,000 Hotel Rooms Now
- Where Governor Cuomo is Turning a Blind Eye to Coronavirus Spread and Must Take Life-Saving Action Now
- Next Steps to Ensure Voter Access Amid Coronavirus
- Governor Cuomo: Act Now to Protect New York City Electric Grid Amid Coronavirus Threat
- Coronavirus Crisis Worsens Challenges Faced by Women and Reaffirms Need to Elect More Women to Office
- The $2.1 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill - What’s In, What’s Not, What’s Next?
- Expanding Construction Prevailing Wage Mandates Would Worsen Our Economic Crisis
- Coronavirus Crisis Presents Opportunity for the City to Finally Step Up for Struggling Taxi Drivers
- Our Patients Need Medically-Appropriate Shelter, During Coronavirus Outbreak and Always
- Open City Streets to Promote Social Distancing and Public Health
- Coronavirus Crisis Spotlights Importance of Food Delivery Workers and Need to Legalize Their E-Bikes
- To Have Truly People-Powered Campaigns, We Need Democracy Vouchers
- Is Cuomo Serious About Addressing Climate Change? Indian Point Decision Says No
- Lessons for the New York Primary from Sanders’ Nevada Blowout
- 5 Steps to Properly Combat Housing Discrimination in New York
- Investing in New York City’s Future
- Time for Public Power for New York
- The Social Value of Bail Reform
- Manufacturing is Alive and Well in New York City, But It Looks A Lot Different Than It Used To
- New York Lawmakers Must Consider Consequences of Banning Both Vaping Flavors and Menthol Cigarettes
- Real Criminal Justice Reform Requires Standing Up to Fear-Mongering
- New York City Needs Design-Build; The Governor's Signature Can Deliver It
- What’s Really Been Missing from the Democratic Presidential Debate Stage
- It’s Time to Bring MTA’s Paratransit Into the 21st Century
- Celebrating Renewal, Inclusive Planning and Mixed-Use Development in the Bronx
- Christine Quinn on Solving Homelessness: 'This is Not Brain Surgery'
- A Better Trail to New Rail and Parkland in Queens
- The Energy Behind the Renewable Rikers Vision
- Truly Equipping New York City to End Mass Incarceration and Close Rikers
- A Greenway for Queens
- The Right to a Free and Quality Public Higher Education in New York
- National Grid Saga Highlights Need for Public Power
- New York Needs to Make Young Voters a Priority - Here’s How
- Letter to the Editor: A Broken Toy Argument
- A Historic Day for Animals in New York City
- Getting in the Holiday Spirit of Improved Public Space
- Keeping the Lights On, and Saving Billions, While Addressing Climate Change
- Soil Scientists’ Advice to Urban Gardeners: Test for Lead
- New York Must Pass the 'Rape is Rape' Bill
- What New York City Must Do to Halt Fear and Misinformation Around ‘Public Charge’
- Why It’s Time to Re-think Bloomberg Era Gifted & Talented Programming in New York City
- Planned Massive New Jail Will Spark Chinatown Health Crisis
- Attorney General James Should Sue to Dissolve the Trump Organization
- As New York’s Ambitious Energy Plan Breaks Offshore Wind Records, Report Identifies Challenges and Opportunities
- Leaving the REBNY vs NIMBY Doom Loop
- Getting New York City Ready for the Next Big Storm - & the Next Heat Wave, Flash Floods & Other Climate Emergencies
- Fixing the City’s Broken System that Puts the Social Safety Net at Risk
- Decades of Voter Registration Data Shows Tall Task for New York GOP's New Chair
- Paying New York City’s Debt to Taxi Drivers
- Smells Like Teen Surveillance
- As HRA Announces Closure of Another Food Stamp Center, Research Finds Excessive Wait-Times
- How to Address Anti-Semitism in New York City, and Beyond
- Ending Health Disparities That Disproportionately Impact New Yorkers of Color
- Our Work on Public Campaign Financing is Not Done
- New York City Must Fully Restore Article 6 Public Health Budget Cuts
- State Lawmakers Must Help Launch a New Era of NYPD Transparency and Accountability
- The Next Battleground in the Fight to Close the Rikers Island Jails
- As Public School Parent Leaders, We Say Don’t Raise the Charter Cap
- No Money or False Information Can Change the Fact that Banning Fur and Foie Gras is the Right Thing To Do
- Only One ‘Confused’ is the Mayor: De Blasio Must Make Good on Senior Housing Pledge
- The Threat of the Trump Budget to New York City’s Social Safety Net is Very Real
- Where We Work, ThriveNYC is Helping Families and Getting Homeless Children to School
- The Opportunity Ahead for the New CUNY Chancellor
- Heading in the Right Direction on City and State Census Funding, But More To Do
- Advancing Efforts to Hire People with Disabilities Across New York's Economy
- We Must Seize Today’s Path to Actually Closing Rikers; It May Not Be Here Tomorrow
- As Early Childhood Educators Consider Strike, New York City Must Achieve Pay Parity
- Students for School Safety: Solutions Not Suspensions, Counselors Not Cops
- It’s Time to Get Big Money Out of the Climate Change Fight
- We Can’t Effectively Plan for Climate Change without Real Community Dialogue and Long-term Planning
- Giving Our Children Tools to Eat and Live Healthily
- Public Financing of Elections is a Matter of Racial Justice
- Getting to Truth, and Solidarity, on Loft Law Reform
- An Agenda to Protect New York Immigrants and Benefit the Entire State
- Pied-à-Terre Tax Should Be Just The Start
- The Loft Law Bill: Inequity on Stilts
- Negotiation Lessons from the Amazon Deal Blow-Up
- Big Upsides to Downstate Gaming: Union Jobs and Transit Revenue
- Addressing the Crisis of Family Separation Here in New York
- Lobby Laws Should Empower the Grassroots, Not Big Money
- Creating a Single-Payer Health Care System That Works for All New Yorkers
- Justice for New York City’s Private Sector Sanitation Workers
- 15 Ideas for Expanding Economic Opportunity in New York in 2019
- Adapting to $15
- It’s Time for Parole Reform in New York; Here are the First Three Steps
- Community Demands for the Next Queens District Attorney
- Proposed Changes to ‘Public Charge’ and Access to City Benefits: What To Know
- After Six Years, New York Must Finally Pass the Dream Act
- No, Mayor de Blasio, We Can’t Rely on Amazon ‘To Put Moral Considerations Ahead of Profit’
- Now’s the Time for Automatic Voter Registration in New York
- As City Minimum Wage Hits $15, Much to Celebrate and More To Do
- As We Close Rikers, Criminal Justice Reformers are Ready for Full Partnership in Albany
- Instead of Taking Responsibility for Its Failures, The MTA is Targeting People of Color
- For the Future of Our Communities, Labor Support for The Green New Deal
- New York Needs to Restore Access to Driver’s Licenses for All in 2019
- Next Steps for 3 City Charter Revisions Passed Election Day
- Placard Abuse is Corruption; 2019 is The Year to End It
- Solving Problems by Bridging Community and Higher Education
- Advancing an Inclusive Approach to School Meals
- With Fake Clinics Proliferating, New Yorkers Should Know Their Reproductive Health Care Rights
- To Save the MTA, Push ‘Fast Forward’ Ahead Quickly and Responsibly
- What I’ll Tell My Kids About 9/11
- A Path to Reduce Building Energy While Preserving Affordable Housing
- Fostering Feeder Schools Will Improve Diversity at the Specialized High Schools
- 28 Years Later, ADA Non-Compliance Leaves Deaf Patients At Risk
- Lives at Stake: Senate Must Reconvene Immediately to Pass Speed Safety Camera Bill
- Fixing the City's Broken Approach to Nonprofit Contracting
- CUNY’s Turn to Provide Paid Parental Leave for All
- In Crowded Office Market, Amenities are a Must
- From Awareness to Action: Combating The Epidemic of Gun Violence
- Donovan, Grimm in Final Days of Contentious Congressional Primary
- The City Council's Dangerous Affront to Privacy
- A Supportive Housing Victory, and Much More To Do
- New York Congressional Primaries to Watch Ahead of June 26 Vote
- New York City Must Protect Due Process for All in The Trump Era
- Legalize To Our Demise
- Expanding Health Insurance Enrollment Will Help Heal New Yorkers and Our Public Hospitals
- New York City Tourism Industry Deserves Credit for Major Job Growth
- The Mayor’s Much-Needed Investment in Culturally Responsive Education
- City Must Stop Using Incarcerated People as Revenue Source
- Shola Olatoye Did a Lot of Good for NYCHA
- The Justice System Case for Radical Incrementalism
- Promoting Tenant Advisory Groups in Supportive Housing
- Andrew Cuomo’s Missing Endorsements
- Revising The People’s Charter with Open Minds
- Key Takeaways: How the State Budget Impacts New York City
- How the 21 in ‘21 Movement to Elect Women Will Be Successful
- Trump Administration Attacks on Title X Could Result in Even More Deceptive Women’s Health Clinics
- When Lawmakers Fail on Gun Sense, Generation Z Steps Up
- Segregation is Not an Excuse, Mr. Mayor; It’s Opportunity to Lead
- Offshore Wind, Onshore Justice
- An Essential Agreement on Carting Safety, and More to Come
- The Transit Crisis Without A Rescue Plan
- Our School Governance Isn’t Working, and It’s the Perfect Time for Change
- How Bill de Blasio Can Redeem His Education Record
- The IDC Leaves Tenants Out in the Cold
- Shut Down Rikers Island, and Don’t Replace It
- For Safer City Schools, More Counselors, Fewer Cops
- Why is Governor Cuomo Returning Weinstein’s Money But Keeping Loeb’s?
- Former Hillary Clinton Email Director Tells Young Democrats to ‘Run For Something’
- With Federal Help, A Big Project Reset Shows the Way at NYCHA
- At NYCHA, A Small Project-High Concept Reset
- A Victory for School Based Health Centers, But More To Do
- Your Right to Vote in New York is as Vulnerable as Anywhere in the U.S.
- Special Elections Deserve Democratic Deliberation, Not Backroom Deals
- Protecting Tenants from Construction Harassment
- Thank you, Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland
- Establishing a Newborn Health and Safe Sleep Program in New York
- The Smart Path Forward in Early Childhood Education
- Now More Than Ever, the City Must Invest in Adult Literacy
- Our Plan To Save NYCHA Is Working, But Under Attack
- A Smart Move for Homeless Families, Neighborhood Residents and City Taxpayers
- Pulling the Public into Police Accountability
- Getting It Right On Wrongful Convictions
- Observing Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day & Committing To End It
- CUNY's Insufficient Response to Military Veteran-Students
- New York: A Sanctuary City with A Plan
- Housing, Not Handcuffs, Is the Solution to Rising Homelessness
- New York’s Broken Approach to Drug Arrests and Prosecutions
- The Treatment Court Cottage Industry & Its Unintended Consequences
- Don't Dismiss Community Concerns as 'NIMBYism'
- Correcting the Record on the Misguided Plan to Develop Elizabeth Street Garden
- Improving Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Hispanics Will Be a Boost for the City
- Why We’re Marching to Close Rikers
- Democrats Must Control the State Senate
- Vigilance in the Fight Against Islamophobia
- Misguided Political Attack on Airbnb Can't Be Taken Lightly
- New York’s Next Climate and Community Protections
- A Budget for the City of Immigrants
- Top 10 Accomplishments of Progressive Leadership & The Need to #ProtectProgress
- Time to Cut the High Cost of the Free Plastic Bag
- Flushing’s Affordable Housing at Risk
- Investments, Not Cuts, in Youth Summer Programs
- Toward Progress on Equal Pay Day
- Forget the Brooklyn Presidential Debate, the Real Battle is New York State
- An Imperfect Victory for New York Workers
- Key Piece of City's New Housing Deal Will Protect Tenants from Harassment
- The Next Step to Helping Immigrant Families Thrive
- Addressing NYC's School Overcrowding Crisis
- Looks Matter, Especially in Public Housing
- Goodbye to 'First Generation' NYCHA
- As Federal Aid System Advances, Our Outdated Way Leaves New York Students Behind
- Common Core Mistakes Worth Not Repeating
- Stand Against Racism, Protect Asian-American Women's Health
- Don't Be Seduced By Sexy Transportation Projects
- Let's Be Prepared for America's Biggest Corporate Takeover
- Cuomo and De Blasio Must Create Affordable Housing for the Homeless
- Game Changers for JFK International
- Wall Street Doesn’t Work for New York, Let’s Create a Bank that Will
- Saying No to Hate in the Empire State
- Next Steps After Eye-Opening NYPD Inspector General Use-of-Force Report
- Creating a Truly Age-Friendly NYC
- The LaGuardia VaporTrain?
- In Defense of Plazas, from Times Square to Brownsville
- JFK International: The Airport New York Deserves
- A Call for Equitable Development in Southeast Queens
- Conference Keys to Restore Voter Confidence Start with Campaign Finance Reform
- Taxpayer Payoffs for Layoffs at Time Inc.
- Good and Bad News on Second Avenue Subway
- New York City Can Shine with Solar Power
- Breaking Down the City Budget
- Giving New Yorkers a Fair Chance at Employment
- To Continue Making Progress, We Need Mayoral Control
- Time to Reform Mayoral Control
- Building One Livable City
- Fix NYCHA First
- A Holistic Approach to Reducing Gun Violence
- Access to Condoms: Partial Win in 2015 Budget
- Time for City to Overhaul Drug Strategy
- New York Colleges Need the DREAM Act
- The Limits of Community Policing
- This Budget, Let's Make HOPE Truly Count
- Moving Forward in Sunset Park
- Queens Deserves Better Transportation
- Time to Pass the Homeless Protection Act
- The Climate Justice Mayor: How De Blasio Can Reduce Emissions and Create Good Jobs
- The 2014 Republican Victory for New York State Senate: Impressive...and Fragile
- Small Business Service Needs: Filling the Gaps
- Are New York's High-Risk Neighborhoods Climate Safe?
- Two Years After Sandy, Is New York More Climate Safe?
- Before Pre-K: Improving Early Childhood Education in New York City
- History In Green & White, Stories Told By New York City Street Signs
- Heroes of All Kinds: 15 Years of Honorific Street Names in New York City
- New York City Must Care for Seniors
- Closer to Home
- Justice Denied: A Call for Action in Our City’s Housing Courts
- Expanding de Blasio’s Agenda for Youth Opportunities
- Gov. Cuomo’s Tax-Free New York Initiative Makes Economic Sense
- Op-Ed: The Next Mayor Needs To Make Affordable Housing A Priority
- The Next Mayor Needs To Make Job Creation A Priority
- Keeping ‘Em Honest: Questions for the Mayoral Candidates
- John Liu Is Favored At Mayoral Forum On Public Safety
- The Future Of Stop-And-Frisk Debated At Mayoral Forum
- Hunger After Superstorm Sandy: Why We Need The Kosher and Halal Food Act
- New York's Pushout Crisis: Why Students Don't Graduate
- Participatory Planning: The Sustainability Plan's Missing Piece
- Keeping Watch on the Plan for a Greener New York
- Spending Cuts Could Threaten Women's Progress
- New York's Savior
- Taxing Wall Street Would Ease Budget Cuts
- Elder Abuse Programs Must Be Saved
- Cutting Back on Salt Will Save Lives
- Mentally Ill Seek More Independence
- Brownsville's Dynasty Looks for a Comeback
- Bike Lanes Run into Opposition
- How to Balance the State Budget
- City Council Approves Term Limits Extension
- The Fight for New York Televisions
- Fighting Homelessness in Miami
- Getting Families Out of Shelters and Into Homes
- Cutting the High Cost of Housing
- Lost in the PDFs: Getting City Data
- Promoting Transparency, Protecting Non-Profits
- Reclaiming the City's Abandoned Land
- Lessons from Deutsche Bank
- Poll Site Access for the Disabled
- Keeping Felons from Voting
- Foster Care System Gives Parents a Bigger Role
- Making Growth Work for All New Yorkers
- Developing Brownfields The Right Way
- Helping Foster Children Become Better Parents
- A "Customer" Survey for the City
- Drivers’ Licenses for Immigrants
- Small Schools Exclude Many Immigrants
- Hospital Communication
- Is Homework Necessary? Also: A Truce Over Teaching Math
- Teen Activists
- Cell Phone Ban Angers Students
- Improving School Food
- Think Locally, Act Regionally
- Recycling
- Cell Phone Ban; Special Ed in Middle Schools
- Real School Pests; School Funding
- Student Drug Use; Also: Middle School Confusion
- School Funding and the Special Masters
- Who Owns New York's News?
- The Short-Lived GOP Revival In NYC
- Working Together Toward Recovery
- New York Workers Need a Raise
- A Minimum Wage Increase Will Hurt Small Business and the Working Poor
- A Bill That Helps End Lead Poisoning
- The New High Schools Admissions Process
- Judging School Reform
- Our Project for the Park
- Dedicated Taxes
- The School-Funding Victory
- Felons and the Right to Vote
- Get Out the Vote!
- In the News: The Primaries
- In The News: The Republican National Convention
- Pest or Pet?
- Advice for Taming the Dog Days of Summer
- New York City Council Term Limits