'Reimagining our streets is not a job we can postpone until after the pandemic.'

 
 

Una Ciudad sin Límites

Opinion: Why We Organize For Police-Free Schools
‘I have come to see police, surveillance and harsh punitive measures in schools as a way to disproportionately target vulnerable students, primarily Black and Latino, and not to protect and support us as many suggest,’ says high schooler Leah Moise.

Opinion: By Design and Democracy, NYC Must Move Toward Equitable Waterfronts
‘Whether we like it or not, we need to adapt our city to manage the mounting risks that sea-level rise and climate change pose to New York’s waterfront communities,’ says Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, an urban strategist and co-chair of the Waterfront Alliance Public Access for All Task Force

Opinion: Rezoning Will Displace Flushing Residents & Politicians Know It
‘Just as the pandemic has laid bare long-standing societal issues, not created them from thin air, the Special Flushing Waterfront Project is tied to a long legacy of corporate real-estate pushing for development that will displace us,’ says Fiona Zhao and Joseph J. Jung, of the Flushing Anti-Displacement Alliance.

Opinion: Remember Workers Whose Past Prevents Reaching Potential
‘Rather than promote the pathways to success that fair and equitable employment offers for those with criminal justice histories, the current system bars opportunities at every turn,’ says Vivian Nixon, the Executive Director of College & Community Fellowship.

Opinion: Want to Re-Think New York City? Start with Rikers Island
‘We can indeed come back stronger. But this moment at history requires more: It needs us to be better than our past self. Renewable Rikers is how we improve the soul of our city,’ says Costa Constantinides, who represents western Queens on the New York City Council.

Opinion: NYC Schools Can Learn From ‘Open Streets’ & ‘Open Restaurants’
As politicians quibble over schedules and temperate checks: parents, teachers, principals, custodians and children could learn from the City’s most recent attempt to better use the public space of streets, writes Deborah Helaine Morris.