Commentary

NYC Council Member Mark Levine speaks at a press conference with taxi drivers on the steps of NY City Hall calling for debt forgiveness for their medallions, July 11.
Commentary
New York City taxi drivers need debt relief, but not from taxpayers
The city does have a role in helping to facilitate private-sector action.
By NICOLE GELINAS
Opinion
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Tiffany Cabán campaigning on the day of the Queens District Attorney primary.
Commentary
Cabán campaign shows WFP’s real purpose
The Working Families Party doesn’t function like a normal third party, and that’s a good thing.
By ROSS BARKAN
Opinion
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Tracy Morgan as Tray Barke in "The Last O.G."
Commentary
‘The Last O.G.’ is the only thing on TV that gets NYC right
The show you’ve never seen nails it on Brooklyn, race and real estate.
By BEN ADLER
Opinion
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Brownstones in New York City's Greenwich Village area.
Commentary
Housing can’t be totally solved by the federal government
Democratic candidates have begun proposing housing affordability plans. Here’s what they get right, get wrong, and can’t do.
By ERIC KOBER
Opinion
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Women are perfectly capable of understanding and consenting to pregnancy in all its forms, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
Commentary
Why gestational surrogacy should be legalized and unionized
Women should have the freedom to be surrogates, with protection from exploitation.
By LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN
Opinion
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Email Ramos of High Mi Madre Co-Operative urges legislators to pass recreational marijuana legislation during a news conference at the state Capitol.
Commentary
Pot legalization opponents exaggerate dangers
Claims range from mostly unproven to wholly unfounded.
By JESSE SINGAL
Opinion
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a rally to urge the Board of Elections to implement a robust early voting plan in April.
Commentary
Leave de Blasio alone
The press unfairly maligns the mayor and his presidential campaign.
By KATE ALBRIGHT-HANNA
Opinion
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Senator Bernie Sanders began his campaign for a 2020 Presidential nomination with a rally at Brooklyn College in March, 2019.
Commentary
The New Yorker from Vermont
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is the most New York candidate for president.
By BEN ADLER
Opinion
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New York City apartment buildings.
Commentary
Instead of fighting landlords, state legislators should fight to increase housing
Proposed stricter rent regulations would reduce the supply of housing available to newcomers.
By ERIC KOBER
Opinion
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Legalization advocates should make the affirmative case for legal access to marijuana and how that will enhance the lives of New Yorkers.
Commentary
What New York can learn from Mexico about marijuana legalization
The affirmative case for the freedom to experiment with a relatively benign drug.
By LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN
Opinion
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