Age Justice
Opinion: Toleration of Age Discrimination Must End. You Can Help End It
Ray Karlin |
There’s a role for government officials, employers and workers in ending a very common form of employment discrimination: ageism.
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Opinion: Post-COVID NYC Needs Bike Lanes and Electric Microbility
Rachel Weinberger |
‘We can use this moment to position ourselves in ways that best serve New Yorkers—those who have stayed, those who will return, and the newcomers who will power New York’s next cycle of growth.’
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Opinion: How to Make ‘Open Streets’ Permanent and Equitable
Shaun Donovan |
‘Permanent Open Streets in New York City will improve our quality of life, while setting a world-class example. But our approach needs to start with justice.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: If Black Lives Matter, We Need to Address New York’s Prison Crisis
Jose Saldana |
‘The governor and state lawmakers continue to ignore calls to end racist violence that happens every day on their watch, out of sight from public view, in their state prisons.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYS Medicaid Program Could Close the COVID-19 Childcare Gap
Angela Fernandez |
‘During the pandemic, people who need the assistance of caregivers for either their infirm parents or young children find their risk of COVID-19 increased in significant ways.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Restaurants and Grocers Can Ease NYC’s Hunger Crisis
Shaun Abreu |
‘New York City need not look far to increase food resources for those in need: it should incentivize grocers and restaurants to donate excess prepared food that would otherwise go to waste.’
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Opinion: Disinvestment Deepens the Impact of COVID-19 and Racism in the Bronx
Wes Caines and Desmon Lewis |
‘The pandemic has spared no one—but in The Bronx the virus found a host community that has long been left to fend for itself without the resources to do much about it.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Stop Echoing Industry City’s Bogus Math on Jobs
Norman Oder |
Industry City’s ‘Plan for 20,000 Jobs’ included jobs that already exist, jobs that it expected tenant companies to generate, and jobs that murky projections said would be spurred off site.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NY State Prisons Must Relax Rules on Visits
Sheila Rule and Joe Robinson |
‘Those regular visits were like heartbeats, helping to sustain, energize and strengthen our relationship until, exactly 13 years later, the last prison in which Joe resided disappeared from view as we drove together toward home.’
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Opinion: The Truth About Homeless Hotels and the Upper West Side
Robert Mascali |
‘I’m appalled at how homeless advocates have lost sight of the needs of this vulnerable population and have turned against a community that spoke out against human suffering.’
