As NYC’s Budget Deadline Nears, The Horse-Trading Phase Begins

Reading the uncertain economic tea leaves as City officials make spending decisions for the year ahead.

Seth MoncreaseMay 31, 2023jan2023-onwards

Better Rat Mindfulness and Management: Lessons from New York’s Rat Control Mavens

Pandemic conditions created a perfect rat storm. But New Yorkers can turn things around.

Seth MoncreaseMay 24, 2023jan2023-onwards

Nurses Want Public Hospitals to Close Salary, Staffing Gaps

There’s a widening wage disparity with New York’s private hospitals – and an exodus of RNs from public hospitals.

Seth MoncreaseMay 17, 2023jan2023-onwards

Traditional Schools Are Losing Students. Here's the Picture - And Some Prescriptions.

Enrollment in charter schools is up; in other schools, it’s down. What’s the takeaway for education leaders?

Seth MoncreaseMay 10, 2023jan2023-onwards

Why Progressives Should Say No to NIMBY.

How a strategy for economic growth and development can also make for a more equitable city.

Seth MoncreaseMay 3, 2023jan2023-onwards

‘My Goal Is to Help Parents Be Their Child’s Best Advocate’:

A “teacher’s kid” talks about helping families find pathways to education equity for their children in the nation’s largest public school system.

Seth MoncreaseApril 26, 2023jan2023-onwards

The Constitution Prohibits Unreasonable Searches. Child Welfare Investigators Routinely Conduct Them.

The Fourth Amendment right to be secure in one’s home should apply in child welfare cases.

Seth MoncreaseApril 19, 2023jan2023-onwards

Let’s Fight Crime the Proven Way: By Increasing the Minimum Wage

Crime fell dramatically when New York State started increasing the minimum wage and reducing income inequality. That wasn’t a coincidence.

Seth MoncreaseApril 12, 2023jan2023-onwards

Young People Face a Mental Health Crisis. Here’s What New York City Should Do About It.

We know what’s needed: Expanded school-based services. More clinics. Deeper parental involvement. And decent pay for frontline workers.

Seth MoncreaseApril 5, 2023jan2023-onwards

Want to Reduce Violence? Invest in Community Solutions.

Community violence intervention programs work. But they’re hemmed in by a too-narrow focus.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 29, 2023jan2023-onwards

How Committed Parents Steer a Brooklyn School’s Hopeful Course

An inner-city elementary school thrives as parents work for the common good.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 22, 2023jan2023-onwards

Vulnerable Workers Need An Unemployment Safety Net

Many workers, heavily concentrated in low-income industries, can’t get unemployment insurance. Here’s how to solve that problem.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 15, 2023jan2023-onwards

Pro-Development Notes Sound. But Will New Housing Happen?

City and State leaders want to make it easier to build. But other pieces of the housing puzzle may be more important.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 8, 2023jan2023-onwards

Three Ways New York City Can Prevent Wage Theft

Primarily low-wage workers often suffer from violations of wage standards and denial of benefits. Here’s what City government can do to protect them.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 1, 2023jan2023-onwards

Let’s Freeze New York’s Useless Business Subsidies

When something doesn’t work, stop doing it. That includes awarding pointless big-ticket tax breaks.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 22, 2023jan2023-onwards

To Meet New York’s Childcare Crisis, Cut Red Tape and Increase Wages

We need to do better meeting the needs of a shamefully underpaid profession.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 15, 2023jan2023-onwards

Governor Hochul’s Budget Under-invests in the ‘New York Dream’

New York State’s proposed tax and spending plan continues a decade of disinvestment in its people.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 8, 2023jan2023-onwards

From Surveillance and Control to Family Assistance and Support

It’s time to end policies that result in harsh and racially biased disruption and harassment of families living in poverty.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 1, 2023jan2023-onwards

Enough to Make You Sick: Curbing High Private Hospital Costs

Why is health care in New York City so expensive? The high and rapidly growing cost of private hospital care is the prime cause.

Seth MoncreaseJanuary 25, 2023jan2023-onwards

America Has a Retirement Crisis. It Needs a Universal Retirement Plan.

Despite Social Security, millions of Americans face economic hardship once their work lives end. We need to strengthen our retirement system.

Seth MoncreaseJanuary 18, 2023jan2023-onwards