Criminal Justice
Opinion
Close the Bronx’s jail barge
Close the Bronx’s jail barge. Two jails in one neighborhood is enough.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
Democrats should exile Simcha Felder
As state Sen. Simcha Felder holds both parties, and by extension the state’s entire population, hostage to his whims, it’s worth asking why the actual majority party is so powerless – or unwilling – to stop him.
Transportation
Opinion
On congestion and MTA funding, choose goals before making policies
Instead of randomly choosing fees on certain vehicles, first decide how much to reduce traffic.
Education
Opinion
Harold Levy, an educational Robin Hood who helped the city that raised him
An appreciation for the life of Harold Levy, a former New York City schools chancellor.
Infrastructure
Opinion
No, Mikhail Prokhorov doesn't 'own' the Barclays Center
Nominal ownership by New York state enables tax breaks.
Education
Opinion
A 3-point plan to increase diversity in NYC’s specialized high schools
Black and Latino students are badly underrepresented at top schools, but new bills in Albany aim to change that.
New York City
Opinion
Dan Donovan’s brilliant press release
Rep. Dan Donovan’s airtight logic: Michael Grimm is a felon, so he must love Andrew Cuomo and hate Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Opinion
Michael Cohen is Trump’s new Roy Cohn
When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, according to The New York Times, the Donald Trump complained, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Michael Cohen, the president’s current personal attorney, might have been hurt by Trump’s comments.
Infrastructure
Opinion
The state budget keeps wasting economic development cash
New York Economic development cash and how it's being spent.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are a good idea
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are the ideal way to finance the station's reconstruction.
New York City
Opinion
Politico erases New Yorkers of color
The intended purpose of Politico Magazine's article “My 72-Hour Safari in Clinton Country” was unclear, but as an experiment to see if one can be as cursory, condescending and unilluminating in covering big urban coastal cities as Midwestern and Appalachian towns, it was a resounding success.
MTA
Opinion
Why it costs so much to build anything in New York City
Union fees drive up New York City building costs.
Health Care (Archived)
Opinion
State Senate must protect reproductive health care
Access to abortion and contraception is threatened. Will NY act?
New York City
Opinion
Jared Kushner lied to NYC because he could get away with it
The Kushner Cos. filing of false paperwork on rent-regulated units and efforts to expel tenants is a failure of not just the companys integrity, but of state and local law. With the incentive structure of state rent regulations and a two-tiered legal system in which corporations get a slap on the wrist for ripping off the public while the poor go to jail for drug possession, actions like Kushner’s are inevitable.
Opinion
MTA’s value capture proposal needs to pass
The state Legislature must create the additional funding stream for transit infrastructure improvement.
New York City
Opinion
Tagging someone’s property doesn’t actually make it yours
In January, Jason Williams, a Los Angeles-based artist whose tag is Revok, sent a cease-and-desist letter to clothing retailer H&M, complaining that the company had shot a commercial in front of a mural Williams had painted at a Brooklyn playground. In February, a group of spray can artists who had painted pieces on the famous 5Pointz building in Long Island City won a $6.7 million award owner Jerry Wolkoff ripped down his own building.Graffiti writers who sue anyone for using or destroying their work are ultimately damaging the future of their own art form.
MTA
Opinion
Latest value capture proposal could harm NYC
City taxes should not be diverted to the MTA without local input.
MTA
Opinion
The MTA is leaving disabled New Yorkers behind
Subway station renovations in New York City should include accessibility for the disabled.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion