CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: CUNY Needs Funding, Not Cuts
Berkis Cruz-Eusebio |
“The mayor needs to look somewhere else to cut funding. Successful higher education programs should not be on the chopping block.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: In Call for Parks Funding, Natural Areas Can’t Be Neglected
Sarah Charlop-Powers and Robert Hay |
“New York City’s forested natural areas receive just 0.0042 percent of the city’s funds, basically a rounding error in New York City’s over $100 billion budget.”
Bronx
Opinion: It’s Time to Pay Teachers What They Deserve
Ysiad Ferreiras |
“Teachers’ workloads are increasing without their salaries as they take on even more responsibilities to ensure the safety and well-being of their students.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: City Teachers Could Lose Key Tool for Social and Emotional Learning
Brandon Frame |
“We know that social and emotional skills in schools support academic success. It is crucial that we continue to develop these competencies that contribute to our young people graduating from high school, and thriving in careers and in life. Young people will lose if we hamstring their teachers by letting go of the DESSA.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Overdose Prevention Centers Help Make Communities Safer
Julie Atwell |
“We are in the midst of a worsening overdose crisis. Children don’t deserve the remnants of drug use in the playground, or to lose loved ones to overdose. People who struggle with drug use shouldn’t have to hide in dark places to avoid having their health issues confronted with shame and judgment.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: New York’s Students Need Support, Not Suspensions
Thomas Hale |
“No student deserves to be effectively expelled for bringing a bottle opener to school. There is no disciplinary reason to do so. In the very rare case that students do act out violently and pose a continuing risk to other students, school officials still have the possibility to expel students.”
Brooklyn
Opinion: 421-a Deadline Threatens the Promise of Gowanus Rezoning
Michelle de la Uz and Rachel Fee |
“Gowanus is a critical example, but there are other mixed-income projects with much needed affordable housing comprising thousands more apartments across the city—many in high opportunity communities, and all of which were duly approved through the city’s land-use process—that need the deadline extended in order to happen.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them.
Michaelle Solages |
“These searches enable government agencies to track the whereabouts of thousands of individuals without any specific suspicion of their involvement in criminal activities.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: As Century 21 Returns Downtown, Finding Forgotten Members of the 9/11 Community
Michael Barasch |
“Over 600 union retail workers worked at the department store across the street from the World Trade Center. Many of them are now facing health challenges related to their toxic exposure…They, and so many others who were present there during and after the 9/11 attacks, need to be notified of their rights.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Real Estate Industry Plays Key Role in New York’s Sustainability Plans
Jolie Milstein |
“The real estate industry will play a key role in implementing these new standards and must move quickly to do so. That task might seem daunting, but the affordable housing sector has demonstrated that sustainable construction is both feasible and financially viable.”
