Commentary

Barclays Center in Brooklyn opened in September, 2012.
Commentary
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is a questionable part of Bloomberg’s legacy
The mayor showed solicitousness toward fellow moguls above all.
By NORMAN ODER
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Bloomberg and de Blasio in November, 2015.
Commentary
Is de Blasio jealous of Bloomberg’s presidential bid?
His constant chiding of the former mayor sure makes Hizzoner look like a green-eyed monster.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
Opinion
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Robert Moses State Park.
Commentary
Keep Robert Moses’ name on Long Island
Robert Moses State Park already has the perfect name for a notoriously segregated region.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Opinion
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New York Police Department officers patrolling the city's subway system.
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Expand Fair Fares instead of cops on NYC’s transit system
The $249 million Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found for 500 more police officers should instead be used to make Metrocards affordable.
By BRYCE COVERT
Opinion
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New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
Commentary
Legislature should reject high campaign contribution limits
If the Public Campaign Finance Commission doesn’t lower its preliminary new donation cap, public financing will be undermined.
By ROSS BARKAN
Opinion
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Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.
Commentary
Don’t let Harvey Weinstein have a nice night out
New Yorkers have the opportunity to call out high-profile dirtbags in person.
By LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN
Opinion
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New York City Councilman Fernando Cabrera.
Commentary
NYC Surrogate’s Court is broken, it should be fixed or abolished
The Public Administrator’s office is part of political patronage in the judicial system.
By ROSS BARKAN
Opinion
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Former New York Assemblyman Keith Wright at a legislative budget hearing on the environment in Albany, 2015.
Commentary
How Keith Wright can be a lobbyist and Manhattan Democratic chairman
The county party’s decentralized power structure makes it possible.
By ROSS BARKAN
Opinion
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Waterfront apartments in Williamsburg, seen from the East River.
Commentary
Could New York City’s Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning rule be overturned?
If a lawsuit against Marin County, California succeeds in the Supreme Court, the New York policy could be vulnerable.
By SCOTT LEMIEUX
Opinion
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Yellow taxi cab
Commentary
How New York City taxis can get ahead of Uber and Lyft
Giving cabs access to the most advanced technology would enable them to compete.
By EMIL SKANDUL
Opinion
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