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Opinion: Privately owned public spaces should actually benefit the public
Property owners agreed to create public plazas and lobbies in exchange for zoning concessions, but many of these spaces remain uninviting or inaccessible.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Finding – and teaching – America’s Next Top City Council Member
The new We the People Fellowship is looking for potential 2029 candidates.
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Opinion: Central Park as policy lab
A blueprint for mobility safety across the city
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Opinion: NYCHA residents’ lives are not for sale
Public land, held for the public good, should continue to serve the people who depend on it, not be transformed into a vehicle for private real estate development.
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Opinion: NYCHA residents deserve modern, brand-new homes
Don’t listen to outside advocates coming into our community with patently false claims about the “privatization” of the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses.
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Opinion: The election isn’t over on Nov 3rd, stay ready
If the Trump Administration slides further into authoritarianism, we need to prepare to hit the streets – and stay there – until bad actors back down.
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Editor’s note: A load of horseshit
Banning horse carriages in Central Park may have some olfactory benefits.
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Opinion: The horse heroine
In the battle of the speaker vs. the union boss, Julie Menin emerged victorious.
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Opinion: Specialized solutions
It’s time the mayor and chancellor reform the exam for specialized high schools – and add additional schools to serve more ambitious students.
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Opinion: On National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, we must protect the most vulnerable among us
We need a new law to empower the city to pursue remediation of dangerous lead hazards in housing.
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Opinion: Bring the ‘People’s Yacht’ to Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx
Our rivers should connect us, not divide us.
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Editor’s note: AI is changing how City & State’s journalists work
We’re putting our own guardrails on this emerging technology.
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Opinion: The World Cup was a test for city government. How did we do?
The World Cup added $2 billion to our local economy, supported more than 12,000 jobs and increased foot traffic to our sports bars by 16%.
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Opinion: New York still needs more AI regulation
The state Legislature has passed bills regulating AI chatbots and data centers. It’s now up to Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign them.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Count your Rising Stars
These up-and-coming leaders have a better track record than the Forbes 30 Under 30.
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Opinion: The quiet whitewashing of history at Bowling Green
Why New York must defend the Museum of the American Indian
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Opinion: We need transformative responses to sexual violence
New York must pass the Healthy and Safe Students Act.
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Opinion: Israel is not Netanyahu, and the Oct. 7 attacks cannot be erased
A rebuttal to Democrats who demonize the state of Israel
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Editor’s note: Newcomers versus oldheads
How much do local relationships matter in congressional politics?
