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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.

  • By Tom Allon

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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.

  • By Harvey Epstein

Opinion

Opinion: Bring the ‘People’s Yacht’ to Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx

Our rivers should connect us, not divide us.

  • By Shaun Abreu, Carmen De La Rosa and Althea Stevens

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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.

  • By Eric Holmberg

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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%.

  • By Maya Handa

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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.

  • By Kristen Gonzalez

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.

  • By Jeff Coltin

Opinion

Opinion: The quiet whitewashing of history at Bowling Green

Why New York must defend the Museum of the American Indian

  • By Andrew Holt

Opinion

Opinion: We need transformative responses to sexual violence

New York must pass the Healthy and Safe Students Act.

  • By Jessica González-Rojas and Christian Celeste Tate

Opinion

Opinion: The best response to measles is action before crisis

  • By Marco Altieri

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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

  • By Sam Sutton

Opinion

Editor’s note: Newcomers versus oldheads

How much do local relationships matter in congressional politics?

  • By Jeff Coltin

Opinion

Opinion: New York can stop filling its parks with doomed 'pet' birds

The City Council must outlaw the sale of live birds in New York City pet stores.

  • By Harvey Epstein and Liz Cabrera Holtz
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Opinion: Don’t let the Hunts Point Market deal die in transition

It took years to develop the institutional knowledge and trust necessary to reach a $650 million deal to modernize the Hunts Point Produce Market – and only a few months of transition to lose it.

  • By Nate Bliss

Opinion

Opinion: Meeting the moment for New York’s homeless youth

New York City made real progress on youth homelessness. Albany is coming up short.

  • By Carl Wilson

20th Anniversary

CEO’s note: Reflecting on 20 years of City & State

GovExec’s Tim Hartman writes about bringing the Washington, D.C., coverage model to the state and local levels.

  • By Tim Hartman

20th Anniversary

Editor’s note: Journalists, making New York government better

Twenty years on, nobody is doing it like City & State.

  • By Jeff Coltin

20th Anniversary

Publisher’s note: Two decades – and counting – of innovative journalism

City & State is on a unique trajectory among local media companies.

  • By Tom Allon

20th Anniversary

Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s record in addressing a Tale of Two Cities

Economist James Parrott evaluates the New York City mayor’s progress on closing the inequality gap.

  • By James Parrott

20th Anniversary

Opinion: Jerry Nadler set an example for all studious Manhattan politicians

His successor in Congress, Micah Lasher, writes about Nadler’s lasting impact on New York and the nation.

  • By Micah Lasher

20th Anniversary

Opinion: How AOC is picking up the torch from the retiring generation

Rep. Nydia Velázquez writes that New York is in good hands with this rising member of Congress.

  • By Nydia Velázquez