Guest op-eds, City Limits bloggers and reaction from readers
‘New York City’s Mayor de Blasio just committed to a green recovery. Yet, in this year’s crisis budget, the city cut all funding for organic waste collection.’
Necessitamos trabajamos para lograr cambios en políticas públicas que atiendan a las condiciones estructurales de inequidad que generan la prevalencia del contagio por Covid-19 en poblaciones históricamente excluidas, como afrodescendientes, latinas y pueblos originarios.
‘When people say ‘cities come back, they always do,’ or ‘pandemics have happened before and look, our cities remained,’ they ignore a fundamental truth that distinguishes this moment from many others.’
‘Most Democrats in Congress support increasing hunger funding while the vast majority of House Republicans, and most Senate Republicans, support such reductions. Hunger is now as partisan as gun control and abortion.’
‘El gobernador Cuomo dijo: ‘No necesitan protestar, ganaron. Han cumplido su meta.’ Incorrecto.’
‘Governor Cuomo said, ‘You don’t need to protest, you won. You accomplished your goal. Wrong. While we won important progress in Albany, our demands go much further.’
Until prosecutors stop viewing the enforcement of these crimes as optional and start investigating them like other crimes, unscrupulous companies will continue to incorporate fraud into their business model.
‘The de Blasio administration must recommit to advancing its first rezoning in what is now a majority white, middle-income neighborhood and ensure that the vision of a thriving, inclusive, and resilient Gowanus is actually realized.’
‘The most basic function of government is to keep its people safe. And so there are reforms to our health system that must be made immediately.’
The combination of a pandemic and extreme heat this summer is a perfect storm, as major economic losses and high unemployment rates make it hard to afford energy bills for cooling and high-risk groups face additional health concerns.
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