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Opinion: Is it 1994 again?
History usually repeats itself and recent polling in New York state points to a worsening political climate for Democrats, including Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Opinion: Empower the public in the redistricting process
Here’s how an education plan is the answer.
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Editor’s Note: Leave Delgado’s ethnicity alone
Debating what a person thinks about their own ethnic background is offensive.
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Opinion: The silent suffering of Asian women
COVID-19 and hate attacks have taken a disproportionate toll on the mental health of Asian women in New York, and it may get worse.
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Opinion: New York’s redistricting process is doomed to fail
Here’s why it’s already time to reform the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission.
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Opinion: Making the case for a “Freelance isn’t free” law in New York
Legislation would give independent workers a right to a written contract, timely and full payment and protection from retaliation.
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Editor’s Note: Public transit options to LGA need more promotion
Transit officials have done it before. Remember “Take the train to the plane?”
Opinion: New Yorkers need real solutions to the city’s problems, not more cops
More police and destruction of homeless encampments do not make the city safer.
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Opinion: The Tulsa-fication of New York and the rest of America
How the 1921 massacre and destruction of the Greenwood community created the paradigm for the current system of mass incarceration and institutionalized economic exclusion and generational poverty of Black and Brown communities.
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Editor’s Note: Delivering on cryptocurrency’s supposed social good
Elected officials need more education about bitcoin before promoting it as a way of benefiting New Yorkers.
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Opinion: Can nonprofits help keep the peace in New York City?
The sector can help solve the problem of increased crime, while striking a balance between policing and community safety.
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Opinion: Floor area limits are hindering affordable housing development
The state’s Multiple Dwelling Law needs to be fixed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature before the end of the session.
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Opinion: NYC faces fiscal disaster if officials think they can do it all
Undisciplined management and a spending spree in Mayor Eric Adams’ upcoming fiscal year 2023 budget will set the city back.
Opinion: What shall we call the new Buffalo Bills Stadium?
The name of the new sports and entertainment complex should be determined by New Yorkers who contributed $850 million for its construction.
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Opinion: Lessons for Adams on homelessness from his mayoral predecessors
Here’s what past mayors did to help the homeless and implement supportive housing policies, some more successfully than others.
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Opinion: Combat wage theft to help further New York’s recovery from COVID-19
A coordinated effort must continue as the pandemic subsides to hold unscrupulous contractors accountable.
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Editor’s Note: NYC heroes who ended day of nightmare deserve thanks
From the straphangers that helped one another to the security camera technician who said he identified the gunman, New Yorkers came together to protect their own.
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Opinion: Many vulnerable New Yorkers lose in Hochul’s first state budget
There’s still time to cancel a prescription drug benefit carve out from New York’s Medicaid managed care program designed by the governor’s predecessor.
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Editor’s Note: Vacant NYC stores need tenants who want to be there
The expectation that some businesses will return to the brick-and-mortar locations they vacated during the pandemic is not realistic.
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