City Views
Opinions on Policy and Politics
Opinion: New York Needs Its Own Voting Rights Act
‘We have the opportunity to protect our democracy by passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York,' says Timothy Hunter, the Chairperson of the CUNY University Student Senate.
Opinion: Budget Cuts to City Parks This Year Will Worsen Decades of Underinvestment
All the recent news coverage and social media posts about New York City parks ridden with trash focus on the symptoms—not the system—which has historically underfunded our parks, says Roxanne Delgado, a member of Friends of Pelham Parkway.
Opinion: Now More Than Ever, NYC Needs a Stock-Transfer Tax
‘The lower the trading volume, the lower the tax. This would help diminish the wild and speculative volatility that caused many of Wall Street’s and America’s problems in recent years,’ says Mary Ann Castle, a senior associate at Planning Alternatives for Change and Gene Grabiner, a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus.
Opinion: Open, Hybrid or Fully Remote, NYC Schools Need Aid, Not Austerity
‘Without increased funding to make up for structural losses at schools, the institutionally racist chasm of inequity in education will continue to grow wider as students least served by city and state governments are left to suffer from resource deficits,’ says Mohammad J. Ahmad, a teacher in the Bronx.
Opinion: NYCHA's New Rescue Plan Must Wait for Resident Input
'We expect that NYCHA and our local elected officials will embrace the opportunity to work with us. These are our homes and nothing will happen to us without us,’ says Marquis Jenkins, a member of Residents for Preserving Public Housing.
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