In The News Press coverage and updates from NYC Common Sense.

NYC Common Sense released the following statement on New York City’s rent freeze implementation:  “The sad reality is that the very New Yorkers City Hall claims will benefit from this rent freeze – tenants – will in fact be hurt by its fallout, as building owners increasingly lack the necessary resources to invest in their […]

NYC Common Sense released the following statement regarding the City Council’s E-Bike hearing:  “We commend Speaker Menin and the City Council for taking the e-bike crisis seriously and dedicating time to exploring how best to protect New Yorkers as streets, crosswalks, and sidewalks across the five boroughs grow less safe by the day.   “Every day, millions of New Yorkers […]

NYC Common Sense, a nonprofit watchdog organization, was formed earlier this year to serve as a check on City Hall and champion effectiveness and accountability over ideology and identity politics.  On September 2, NYC Common Sense Chair Jim Walden wrote to Department of Investigation Commissioner Nadia Shihata and asked her to open a formal investigation […]

NYC Common Sense released the following statement regarding the closed-door meeting with President Trump at City Hall:  “At a time when access to government officials and the right of a free press to operate without constraint are being fought in court, a closed-door meeting between the president and the mayor sends the absolute wrong message […]

NYC Common Sense released the following statement in advance of tonight’s NYCHA in Your Neighborhood Forum:  “Almost nine months in and this administration is just now getting around to what should have been done on Day One: Prioritizing the needs of its own tenants. Showing up now to listening to the complaints of NYCHA residents […]

NYC Common Sense released the following statement regarding City Hall’s Street Safety Program:  “This administration has missed a real opportunity to address one of the biggest safety issues on New York City streets: reckless operators of e-bikes and other e-vehicles. A so-called street safety plan that fails to seriously address this growing danger that puts […]

Twenty-five years and counting. We will never forget the 2,977 innocent lives lost that day, the thousands who have died since from illnesses linked to toxic dust and air exposure, and the tens of thousands who continue to suffer – both mentally and physically – as a result of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. […]

On behalf of New Yorkers who have the right to know that public funds are being used for public purposes rather than political promotion, NYC Common Sense respectfully urges the Department to open a formal investigation into whether the Office of the Mayor and other City agencies have misused taxpayer-funded staff time, contracts, access, or other public resources […]

NYC Common Sense released the following statement in response to the Mayor’s decision to not send a representative to the City Council hearing on the rollout of the pied-à-terre tax:  “Thousands of permanent New York City residents who owe nothing under this surcharge have been left confused, exposed, and forced to spend their own time […]