‘Stop and Frisk’ is Over, But Low-Level NYPD Encounters Now Raise Concerns
Leave your thoughtsOne fall evening about two years ago, a man named Dister was walking with a friend in Washington Heights, near…
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CityViews: Trump’s Move to Send Liberians Home Causes Pain on Staten Island
Leave your thoughtsThousands of Liberians came to the United States running away from not one, but two civil wars that killed 250,000…
With De Blasio Rezonings, City’s Scarce Industrial Land Becomes Scarcer
Leave your thoughtsTo the De Blasio administration, the Bay Street area in northern Staten Island represents a great opportunity for housing and…
CityViews: Working People Need Real Transit Fixes, not Cosmetic Repairs
Leave your thoughtsLast week, the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) approved a $250 million plan to add new amenities, including new lighting…
Opinión: Las Familias Trabajadoras Necesitamos que Repares el MTA, no Reparaciones Cosméticas
Leave your thoughtsLa semana pasada, la Junta directiva de la Autoridad Metropolitana de Transporte, conocida como MTA por sus siglas en inglés,…
New Head of Zoning Subcommittee Stresses Balanced Growth, Deep Affordability
Leave your thoughtsLast week’s hearing on the Jerome Avenue rezoning in the western Bronx was facilitated by a new member of the…
CityViews: Trans Women Marched for Respect and Dignity
Leave your thoughts‘It is time to raise our voices so that more trans survivors of violence, discrimination, and other abuses lose their…
The Stand-Up Desk: Nick Petrie on Bay Street and Rezoning
Leave your thoughtsVictoria Edwards Petrie talked about the incredible diversity of the area around the city’s potential rezoning footprint. Only one of…
How NYCs Advocates for Noncitizens Were Bracing for Trumps Moves
Leave your thoughtsWhen President Trump was candidate Trump, he directed harsh words at a lot of people, but no group was targeted…
NYS Can Strike a Blow Against Both Inequality and a Warming Earth
Leave your thoughtsFrom the Empire State to the far-away countries from which many of New York’s immigrants hail, the reality is clear:…