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">OpEd: Con Edison's Rate Hike A Direct Attack on Brooklynites
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- 1 week ago
New York City has long been an expensive place to live, but in recent years, affordability has gone from a challenge to a crisis. Rents are still too damn high and continue to soar, grocery prices feel like mortgage payments, and wages have not kept pace. Now, to make matters worse, Con Edison and National Grid are proposing rate hikes that will further squeeze working families, low-income households, and an already shrinking middle class.
- OpEds
- 1 week ago
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">OpEd: Brooklyn Can Turn Congestion Pricing Into a Win
- Jobs, Wages, & Labor
- 1 month ago
Brooklyn has always been a borough of resilience, innovation, and community. As the MTA prepares to roll out its Congestion Pricing Program in January 2025, Brooklynites are facing yet another challenge that we can transform into an opportunity. While many see this program as a way to keep people out of Manhattan, I see it as a way to draw people into Brooklyn—and keep Brooklyn residents enjoying everything our borough has to offer.
- Jobs, Wages, & Labor
- 1 month ago