Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Addressing the nursing shortage crisis starts with nursing faculty
Increased funding and other solutions will help to begin addressing this persistent problem.
New York City
Opinion: Cultural nonprofits are the unsung stewards of NYC
Why these organizations deserve our support
Opinion
Opinion: Ten child care policy priorities for New York in 2025
The state has the power to serve children and families; and they must seize that power and not kick the can down the road.
Opinion
Opinion: Why NYC should pursue data-driven risk management
A win-win opportunity for timely payments to nonprofit organizations and more effective oversight.
Opinion
Opinion: With another Trump presidency on the horizon, NYC needs to pay its damn bills
The city can move now on the more than $500 million it owes nonprofits before they face possible federal cuts in funding.
Opinion
Opinion: Domestic violence services in New York City are underfunded and mismatched to communities most in need
A coalition of nonprofits explains what needs to be changed.
New York City
Opinion: Nonprofits keep New York running, but the city’s pushing them off a cliff
The city’s failure to pay nonprofit contractors on time is harming the social safety net.
Opinion
Editor’s note: There’s a cure for the post-election blues, doing service
The “day of service” at this year’s Somos Conference was a welcome relief for electeds and other volunteers after the presidential election.
Opinion
Opinion: Climate action matters most at the local level
Why the next administration needs to approve the National Coordination on Adaptation Resiliency for Security Act.
Opinion
Opinion: Rikers must end the inhumane treatment of New Yorkers with mental illness
Recent reports of the use of prolonged confinement and inadequate healthcare warrant an investigation by the Board of Correction.
Opinion
Opinion: Veterans warn of radicals hiding at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally
This is why I, a former U.S. Navy pilot and nonprofit leader, will be in Manhattan this weekend raising awareness among retired troops.
Opinion
Opinion: An urgent call to reform New York’s crisis response to high-conflict relationship incidents
Both first responders and hospital personnel lack adequate training in domestic violence.
Opinion
Opinion: Ending food waste and the cycle of hunger – it can be done
Sharing Excess redistributes food that would otherwise go to waste to communities in need.
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time for Hochul to unpause congestion pricing
We’re suing Gov. Kathy Hochul because her reckless decision to pause congestion pricing threatens our state’s climate goals.
Opinion
Opinion: Saving for college is part of my public school story
How the nonprofit NYC Kids RISE program was a game changer.
Opinion
Opinion: We do divorce wrong
The best way to protect against the harm of a marital split is not to push people to stay married at all costs, but instead to create legal systems that ensure a breakup is quick, simple and fair.
Opinion
Opinion: Building trust and embracing change
Reflecting on a year of leadership at SCO Family of Services
Nonprofits
Opinion: There’s an even better way for MacKenzie Scott to give her money away
Here’s how to resist the weakness of the will that lead to risks.
New York State
Opinion: NY’s climate progress is failing. A new plan for public power can fix it.
The state must build 15 gigawatts’ worth of clean energy projects by 2030 to hit its climate targets.
Opinion
Commentary: When a nonprofit should – or shouldn’t grow
What can be learned from the failed expansion of Benefits Data Trust and how New York organizations are looking to make an impact without taking on the same risks.
