Opinion

Budget

Opinion: How we save our Black communities

Savings accounts, community land trusts are ways to keep Black New Yorkers from getting priced out of the city.

New York City

Editor’s note: From Rikers Island to Vacationland

There’s precedent for a New York City jails boss to seek respite up north.

Opinion

Opinion: To trans New Yorkers, we must say: ‘We see you’

New York must redouble our legislative support for the trans community and expand the Trans Wellness and Equity Fund to $10 million.

Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani needs to give make-up services to students left behind during the pandemic

New York City has fought nonprofit Advocates for Children’s class action lawsuit for years.

Opinion

Opinion: County governments will benefit from income tax fairness, too

Asking the wealthiest New Yorkers to contribute more is a reasonable step toward stabilizing public finances and strengthening communities.

Opinion

Opinion: We can protect our immigrant neighbors. What are we waiting for?

The New York for All Act is the most comprehensive solution on the table to fight back against the federal deportation machine.

Opinion

Opinion: Protest is sacred

As faith leaders of three spiritual traditions, we oppose the City Council’s “security perimeter” legislation around houses of worship.

Opinion

Opinion: If New York wants affordability, it must eliminate discriminatory auto insurance pricing

The governor’s proposal to weaken the rights of people involved in car crashes does nothing to lower premiums or rein in discriminatory pricing.

Opinion

Opinion: New York homeowners shut out again as World Cup nears

With a $120 billion budget and no real relief for outer-borough families, the city is ignoring a simple solution to let New Yorkers stay in their homes.

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Gun Control

Opinion: New York needs graphic warnings at gun stores

Visual notices about the dangers of firearms would grab attention, communicate serious hazards quickly and leave a lasting impression.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: An MLK Day to remember with Rep. Yvette Clarke

It was an enlightening experience traveling around with the member of Congress in 2020.

Education

Opinion: Without mayoral control, everyone is in charge of NYC schools, and no one is responsible

State legislators should remember the lessons of the past and extend mayoral control for another four years.

Education

Opinion: No child belongs in a box – or a broken school system

The Solutions Not Suspensions bill lets schools address students’ behavioral challenges early and consistently through evidence-based interventions, not punitive or exclusionary discipline.

Opinion

Opinion: When media giants control the remote, New Yorkers pay the bill

The Television Subscriber Choice Act would prohibit forced channel bundling, giving cable, satellite or streaming providers the flexibility to design packages based on what viewers actually want.

Opinion

Opinion: Why NYC needs a Department of Community Safety

For decades, the city has defaulted to police, courts and incarceration to contain and supervise crises.

Opinion

Opinion: Lowering energy bills starts with getting New York off fossil fuels

Energy costs are on the rise due to the state’s reliance on volatile global oil and gas markets, not its landmark climate law.