New York’s Businesses Won’t Thrive If Their Employees Can’t Afford to Live Here

New York’s Businesses Won’t Thrive If Their Employees Can’t Afford to Live Here By Yasser Salem Business owners and leaders in New York City face a stark reality: More than half of their workers can’t afford to live here and are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than a third of their income on housing. Other […]
If New Mexico can figure out universal child care, so can New York City

If New Mexico can figure out universal child care, so can New York City By Yasser Salem The problem isn’t theoretical, it’s real and urgent for the approximately 445,000 New York City families with children under five years old. Many of those families – 80% in fact, can’t afford child care in the city. And it’s […]