Make Covid-19 Safety For Workers the Law

As economic activity continues to increase, it’s time to enact essential, enforceable State workplace safety laws specifically related to Covid-19.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseOctober 7, 2020Richar Blum, public health, workers, New York City, UM march23-past

Putting Out The Dumpster Fire Of New York’s School Reopening

There can no longer be any doubt that the City’s plan for reopening schools is falling apart. But there’s a way of saving this school year so that children who need the most get it.

Covid-19, Education, Children, Families, YouthSeth MoncreaseSeptember 30, 2020UM march23-past

For Safer Streets, Invest In Community Anti-Violence Groups

Community violence prevention organizations have produced real results in reducing gun violence. They deserve more resources, support, and respect from policymakers looking for community-based approaches to public safety.

Covid-19, JusticeSeth MoncreaseSeptember 23, 2020Covid-19, Justice, UM march23-past

Hospital Care in Black and White: How Systemic Racism Persists

In New York City, skin color helps determine where a patient receives hospital care. It’s a form of systemic discrimination that undermines the health of Black New Yorkers.

Covid-19, Inequality and Poverty, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseSeptember 16, 2020UM march23-past

Paycheck Guarantees: What Workers – Especially Black Workers – Need Now

A paycheck guarantee program would help an economy that has been hemorrhaging jobs and also address the profoundly racialized impact of the Covid-19 crisis.

Racial Equity, Inequality and Poverty, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 9, 2020UM march23-past

Hudson Yards: Another Crisis, Another Bill?

As a result of the coronavirus, New York City faces a $9 billion loss in tax revenue and hard choices to make for the city’s future. Public employee layoffs and drastic service cuts are options under discussion to balance the City budget if significant federal relief doesn’t come through.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJuly 22, 2020UM march23-past

Child Care in the Time of Covid-19: Lessons for the City’s Re-opening

The experience of emergency child care centers serving the children of essential workers at the height of the pandemic offers insights about re-opening New York’s early education programs.

Covid-19, Children, Families, Youth, EducationSeth MoncreaseJuly 15, 2020UM march23-past

100 (+) Days Of Solitude: What’s Been In Your Lockdown Library?

Our colleagues tell us what they’ve been reading during the powerful, disturbing days we’ve all just been through.

Can Digital Learning Be Culturally Responsive and Equity-Based? Yes.

If they aren’t careful, the City might sacrifice their commitment to educational equity in the name of emergency modes of on-line learning. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Covid-19, Education, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJuly 1, 2020UM march23-past

Services Strengthening Families Will Be Vital in a Re-opening NYC

More prevention services, not more reliance on foster care, should be on the agenda as the pandemic crisis starts to lift.

Children, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJune 24, 2020

Police Violence Is a Public Health Crisis. Here’s How to End It.

The problem isn’t isolated decisions by “bad apples.” It’s decisions made at much higher levels of the government and social system.

Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 23, 2020UM jun242020-past

As the City Reopens, Five Ways to Reduce Waste and Save Green Jobs

“Zero waste” policies will also create good green jobs, reduce food insecurity, and address climate change.

Environmental Justice, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJune 19, 2020UM jun242020-past

An American Reckoning – And a Movement that Has Changed Common Sense

The crisis, as ever, is white supremacy. But this is not a rerun; this is something new.

Covid-19, Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 16, 2020UM jun242020-past

Pandemics, Policing, and the Curse of Localism

To end the effects of structural racism, we will need national standards in public health and public safety.

Covid-19, Racial Equity, PoliticsSeth MoncreaseJune 10, 2020UM jun242020-past

After George Floyd: Naming The Pain, Finding A New Path

This moment holds much more than rage at police brutality: the path of the coronavirus has revealed the dense fabric of inequality in a manner we have never seen before.

Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJune 4, 2020George Floyd, Protest, UM jun242020-past

Covid-19 Exposes the Health Dangers of Burning Trash

The increased burning of household trash, a likely side effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, could well make an already desperate health situation in many Black and Latinx communities even worse.

Covid-19, Environmental JusticeSeth MoncreaseMay 27, 2020UM jun242020-past

Expanding Housing Vouchers: A Covid-19 Prescription for Both Tenants and Landlords

Covid-19 relief for tenants and landlords won’t last long. But a swift and dramatic expansion of the existing Housing Choice Voucher program would stabilize their lives.

'The City Is Remarkably Resilient’: A Q&A About the MTA and Covid-19

The author of Last Subway talks about shoring up finances, calming riders' fears, and planning for the future at the nation's largest mass transit system.

The City & Neighborhoods, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseMay 13, 2020UM jun242020-past

What Will September Look Like? Perhaps Not What You Think.

For the next school year, here are six key things officials must be focusing on right now.

Covid-19, Children, Families, Education, YouthSeth MoncreaseMay 6, 2020UM jun242020-past

Covid-19 and Hospital Inequality; Why It’s Getting Worse, and How to Fix It

The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the underfinanced hospitals serving thousands of poor and working-class New Yorkers the hardest. Now it’s up to State and City policymakers to straighten things out and make New York City’s hospital system work better for everyone.