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N.Y.’s Clean Slate Act is good for the Green Economy
Widely celebrated for his contributions to civil rights, the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advocacy encompassed a broad spectrum, including two issues that aren’t emphasized enough: economic and environmental justice. In his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize address, King declared, “There is nothing new about poverty.
We transformed police accountability in New York City. State leaders should follow suit.
After the murder of George Floyd, the protest movement of 2020 forced many of us to take a long look in the mirror and ask, as Americans, are we doing everything we can to live up to our foundational principles and ideals? As a New York City Council member, I decided to explore ways to make police more accountable when an officer engages in misconduct.
We transformed police accountability in New York City. State leaders should follow suit.
After the murder of George Floyd, the protest movement of 2020 forced many of us to take a long look in the mirror and ask, as Americans, are we doing everything we can to live up to our foundational principles and ideals? As a New York City Council member, I decided to explore ways to make police more accountable when an officer engages in misconduct.
We Must Take Steps Now to Help Domestic Violence Survivors
Seeking an end to domestic violence and protecting survivors (photo: William Alatriste/City Council) Three women tragically lost their lives in New York City over the course of one week due to domestic violence. Thousands of women and children remain in danger. Many are faced with the devastating choice of staying with an abuser or losing their home. Domestic violence was the leading driver of homelessness in New York prior to the pandemic, and it’s only become a greater threat since.
New Yorkers with conviction records need homes, too
As our city continues to face challenging economic and public health outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns around access to safe and affordable permanent housing are intensifying. But already, when someone leaves the criminal legal system, far too often, returning home is simply not an option. In 2017, over half of the people paroled from New York State prisons went directly to homeless shelters.
Five keys to safely reopening NYC during coronavirus crisis
By Corey Johnson and Stephen Levin May 1, 2020 | 8:40pm Enlarge Image An empty Grand Central Terminal during rush hour earlier this week. G.N. Miller/New York Post New York City has been through hell. Now we need a clear strategy for what we do next. There is growing consensus that the way forward is through “containment”: confronting a pandemic using four key tactics: widespread testing, contact tracing, social distancing and isolation/quarantine of confirmed cases and their contacts.
Where the homeless should go: No one should be on the street or in a congregate shelter with coronavirus raging
As New York pushes through the apex of the current coronavirus crisis, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio still have not shown any real plan to house and protect New Yorkers who are homeless. We must make 30,000 vacant hotel rooms available to homeless New Yorkers, to protect people living in crowded congregate shelters and on the streets. We must act now to protect millions of others from continued community spread of the virus.
We need to #ShutdownNYC. And we need to do it yesterday.
Two weeks ago, on March 5, Dr. Bruce Aylward, the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization, was interviewed on Canada’s Global National News by anchor Dawna Friesen. Dr. Aylward had just returned from a fact-finding mission to China, to see how the Chinese turned around their COVID-19 epidemic, which began in Wuhan in December and had infected 80,000 people in China by March 1.
As Early Childhood Educators Consider Strike, New York City Must Achieve Pay Parity
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) We know now, more than ever, just how malleable the mind of a young child is, and we understand that the earlier we begin engaging a child’s mind, the better off that child will be.
Give New York City’s foster kids a fair shot at success
Every year, hundreds of young people age out of New York City’s foster care system at age 21. (Sasiistock/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Every year, hundreds of young people age out of New York City’s foster care system at age 21. Twenty percent of them will become homeless by the time they turn 24. Much has been made in the news recently of the lengths parents are willing to go to in order to launch their children into the world.
The Government Shutdown and Trump’s War on the Safety Net
Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. City Council Member Stephen Levin, the author We have now reached the longest government shutdown in history with no plans for reaching a deal anytime soon.
Proposed Changes to ‘Public Charge’ and Access to City Benefits: What To Know
Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office) New Yorkers know that it is the city government’s job to make sure that they’re taken care of. We fill potholes, pick up the trash, clean the streets, clear the drains, prune the trees - you name it. But that’s not all we do. And while we faced many challenges as a city and as a nation in 2018, New Yorkers continue to step up and help their neighbors in need.
New York must ensure communities punished for marijuana now benefit from legalization
It seems like every elected official in New York is seeing green. In announcing his top priorities for the spring this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that the state should “legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana once and for all.” While this commitment is crucial, it’s beginning to feel like the conversation is excluding the people who have been hurt the most by our state’s unfair and racist drug policies: communities of color.
As We Close Rikers, Criminal Justice Reformers are Ready for Full Partnership in Albany
Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office) This is part of AGENDA 2019, a joint Gotham Gazette-City Limits project Find the rest of the series here Riding high on the crest of a Democratic blue wave powered by grassroots progressives, New York Democrats finally took back the state Senate for the first time in nearly a decade.
A Supportive Housing Victory, and Much More To Do
Council Members Levin & Salamanca, the authors, foreground (photo: Jeff Reed) New York City is facing a crisis. There are more than 60,000 homeless individuals living in the city shelter system daily, and thousands more in shelters for survivors of domestic violence, youth, and those living with HIV/AIDS. An additional estimated 4,000 New Yorkers sleep on the streets each night.
Vol. 5, No. 5 - April 20, 2018 Archives - Innovation In Medtech
Executive Interview – “Finding Meaningful Value in Medtech: An Interview with J&J’s Alex Gorsky, Part 2,” by David Cassak Innovation – “Navigating New Technologies through Seismic Shifts: Medtech Execs, Investors Weigh In,” by Wendy Diller Technologies to Watch – “Technologies to Watch in 2018, Part 2,” by MedTech Strategist’s Editorial Team – “Surgical Robotics: The Future is Now,” by David Cassak – “New Data and More Expansive Guidelines Give Ischemic Stroke Market a Push,” by Mary Thompson...
How New York City can afford Fair Fares
For the second straight year, the New York City Council expressed support for subsidizing transit fares for low-income New Yorkers. This year’s council budget response, released last week, called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to include $212 million in funding for half-price MetroCards for individuals and families living below the federal poverty line and for veterans enrolled in New York City colleges.
A missed opportunity to green our mass transit | Crain's New York Business
A 24-hour public transportation system is what makes New York "the city that never sleeps" and is central to our way of life. Yet with the L train closure looming, the 300,000 New Yorkers who rely on the line daily will need to find alternate routes. One likely consequence will be an uptick in bus ridership.
Fair Fares is a subsidy for the poor, not the MTA
Like many New Yorkers, Yomaira simply wants to provide for her family. She works as a home health aide, often seven days a week, to make ends meet and never takes a vacation. It’s a real challenge for her to support her brilliant daughter, a student at Brown on a full scholarship, while at the same time caring for her own mother. As rents rise uptown, the seemingly small cost of a MetroCard has become a huge burden for Yomaira.
Levin, Cumbo and Miller: For pre-K teachers, a tale of two cities
New York City’s relatively new universal pre-K initiative is, by many counts, a striking success. Free, full-day classes are available to every 4-year-old in the city. Over 68,000 children are enrolled — triple the rate from just a few years ago. National observers say that New York City has effectively set the standard for how to do pre-K, dwarfing enrollment figures in other cities and states. New York City has also been a national leader in the fight for a $15 minimum wage.
NY Slant
New York City and communities across New York state are struggling with a devastating crisis. Roughly 60,000 New Yorkers confront homelessness every night in our city – and that number increases to more than 80,000 statewide. In January, faced with images of homeless New Yorkers sleeping on cold and snowy streets, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to build 20,000 new units of supportive housing over 15 years.
Levin and Hevesi: De Blasio’s war on homelessness
For the last several months, the media have focused intensely on New York City homelessness. We welcome this long-overdue attention. Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo have each put addressing the needs of homelessness at the top of their agendas, with Cuomo criticizing de Blasio for supposedly failing to attack the problem effectively.
Stephen Levin: Support this Brooklyn school rezoning
Across our city, parents invest their time, energy and money in their children’s schools to ensure they are as good as they can be. Parents can be protective of their children’s education as well as their school, and when significant changes are proposed, parents are understandably wary. This fall, the Department of Education proposed a significant change to the zones of two elementary schools in Downtown Brooklyn, PS 307 and PS 8.
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