“The warranty of habitability is implied in all New York residential leases, which means that all landlords—including NYCHA—are responsible for making sure apartments are livable and safe, and prolonged gas, heat, and electricity outages run counter to that duty.”
ARTS and CULTURE
Opinion: Why NYC Needs a Five-Borough Cultural Festival
Eli Dvorkin and Winston Fisher |
“Creating a citywide cultural festival of global proportions would give locals and visitors a powerful new reason to explore the five boroughs each year, while sharpening the city’s creative edge amid an increasingly packed international calendar of must-do experiences.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: Clean Air Legislation Offers a Road to Justice for New York
Marcela Mitaynes and Elizabeth Yeampierre |
“Passing this legislation before the end of the session allows legislators to implement a transformative emission reduction strategy, significantly improving air quality for their constituents, especially for communities living and working along bus routes and near bus depots.”
Boroughs
Opinion: Proposed Vending Bill Would Hamper City’s Sidewalks
Erin Piscopink and Robert J. Benfatto |
“Vending is a commercial enterprise that creates private income. Sidewalks are for all of us, and until now the city has sought to ensure that all those items that encroach on pedestrian space constitute a public service, such as parking meters, trees, and fire hydrants.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Well Past Time for New York City to Get the Right Stuff Done
Harvey Robins |
“The city is becoming increasingly harsh for the very constituency the mayor claims to care about: the underserved in the forgotten outreaches of the city’s neighborhoods.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s Day—Investing in Universal Child Care
Talya Wolf |
“It is easy to see how mothers are affected by the prohibitively expensive costs of child care, but perhaps less so to understand it as a communal crisis.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing
Pascale Leone |
“New York is a national model of supportive housing, which has been proven time and again to be among the most successful methods of ending chronic homelessness. But the system has grown unwieldy, thanks to the vast disparities in available services, funding, and unit maintenance.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ending the Jury Ban on New Yorkers with Felony Convictions
Rob DeLeon |
“The right to serve on a jury is as fundamental to the function of democracy as the right to vote. When we head to the polls, we decide who should write our laws. When we participate as a juror, we collectively decide how those laws should apply to justice.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Hidden Consequences of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act
Daniel O'Donnell |
“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.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New Immigrants and Asylum Seekers Can Help Revitalize Struggling NY Cities
Patricia A. Swann |
“Programs and policies to facilitate intra-state transfers of asylum-seekers would be a win-win, both for small cities that need an injection of people and economic drawing power, and for large cities that have traditionally been a magnet for immigrants and refugees, but are currently overwhelmed by the influx of new arrivals.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: 50 Years Later, Economic Abuse Survivors Are Still Living Like It’s 1974
Nathaniel Fields, blair doroshwalther and Teal Inzunza |
“In the 50 years since the Equal Credit Opportunity Act became law, so much has changed: women are home buyers, can open credit cards and despite a persistent gender wage gap, are able to accumulate wealth. But for survivors of domestic violence, the vast majority of whom experience economic abuse, so much remains the same.”