New York State
Opinion
Proposed teacher evaluation reform won’t mean more student testing
The bill currently in Albany would de-emphasize standardized tests
New York City
Opinion
Focusing on the seat, not a sitter
New York City should allow candidates to use campaign funds for child care
Education
Opinion
Delinking student test scores and teacher evaluations would harm students
Delinking student test scores and teacher evaluations would make it harder to see which students and schools need more help.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
Is the Albany Power 100 list sexist?
Blame society, not the journalists who report on it, for the unequal distribution of power in the Albany Power 100.
Criminal Justice
Opinion
Criminal justice reform would protect immigrants from deportation
Minor crimes get immigrants in trouble with the Trump administration. Here's what New York can do to protect them.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
Seismic testing threatens New York waters
Seismic testing threatens New York waters even before offshore oil and gas drilling begins.
Bill de Blasio
Opinion
New York City should expand voting rights as part of charter revision
New York state keeps failing to ease voting, but New York City can do it on their own.
Transportation
Opinion
Free street parking in Manhattan is a rip-off
Stopping suburbanites from parking in Upper Manhattan should only be the beginning of parking reform.
New York City
Opinion
Never abandon: Increase funding for the City Council’s Holocaust Survivors Initiative
New York City is home to nearly 45,000 holocaust survivors, almost half of whom live at or below the poverty line.
Immigration
Opinion
NYC citizenship fund would help welcome new Americans
Steven Choi and Scott Stringer on why New York City should subsidize the citizenship process for modest-income immigrants
New York City
Opinion
Two congressional leaders from New York is not too many
Some say Rep. Joe Crowley joining Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic leader of one house of Congress is too much New York City. Here’s why they are wrong.
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
