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Opinion: New York must lead the fight for democracy in 2025. Here’s how we do it.

The state Legislature has several bills it should pass to bolster voting access.

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Opinion: We must address the mental health care needs of people leaving Rikers

The current system is deeply broken, and we are failing our city by failing to provide pathways to effective treatment post-incarceration.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Latinos’ greater representation at City Hall comes at Adams’ expense

The indicted mayor, having lost his inner circle, appointed Adolfo Carrión Jr., a Nuyorican, to be his deputy mayor of housing, joining one other Hispanic person at the highest level of New York City government.

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Opinion: Make America Infected Again?

Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?

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Opinion: Universal child care in NY could save the Democratic Party

Let’s show the nation that when Democrats are in power, they pass universal policies that directly improve the lives of working-class people.

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Opinion: New York reached a major health milestone, but we cannot take our foot off the gas

The state must continue to fund Donate Life New York State, the nonprofit organization that operates the organ donor registry.

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Opinion: Letitia James remembers the life of Hazel Dukes

The longtime NAACP New York State Conference leader broke glass ceilings and offered endless guidance and wisdom.

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Opinion: Link5G signals a more connected and resilient Queens

More affluent neighborhoods have long enjoyed high-speed broadband in our city, but working-class neighborhoods have not.

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Opinion: The ungovernable city?

In the 1970s, New York developed a reputation as a metropolis too large and complex to be managed. Voters should consider who is capable of running an increasingly chaotic city.

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Opinion: Training the future health care workforce today

Meeting New York's care crisis for older adults will require strategic investment in workforce training programs like SkillSpring.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Donald Trump takes a page from Eric Adams’ playbook

The president’s decision to decide what media outlets will be allowed into the White House press pool is similar to the New York City mayor’s handling of journalists.

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Opinion: It’s time to fight back against fast-food ads preying on our kids

Our bill would help protect children and other vulnerable New Yorkers from fast-food companies that want to exploit communities of color for profit.

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Opinion: The murder of Robert Brooks as a catalyst for clemency

With abuse rampant in state prisons, why won’t the governor release grant clemency to people who are clearly rehabilitated?

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Criticism aside, Hochul showed leadership standing up to so-called ‘king’

Other powerful Democrats should take notice of how she defied President Donald Trump’s proclamation.

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Opinion: Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a vexing choice to make that will determine New York City’s future. Does she have any good options?

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Commentary: Don’t succumb to Trump’s immigration fearmongering

There’s no need to amplify the president’s unrealistic mass deportation messages.