Opinion
Nonprofits
Are nonprofits the permanent government of New York City?
Current and former executives, as well as others in high-ranking positions in philanthropy and government, weigh in on the question, holding organizations accountable and more.
Opinion
Opinion: Congress must act to guarantee funding for child care in New York
The government shutdown could imperil billions of dollars of federal funding necessary to keep New York’s child care system afloat.
Opinion
Opinion: Let upstate cities choose overdose prevention centers
When facing an overdose crisis of this magnitude, municipalities should have every option on the table.
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Don’t let migrant protests taint New York’s reputation
The violence that erupted at a Staten Island rally against asylum-seekers moving into a local shelter was a warning.
Opinion
Opinion: The City Council must strengthen police transparency laws
The NYPD is exploiting loopholes in the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act to shield its new spying tools from oversight.
Opinion
Opinion: The case for fixing probation and parole
Research shows that the supposed benefits of probation and parole are illusory, but their harms are very real.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Penn Station redevelopment plan deserves an RFP
A competitive selection process may be the best way to reimagine the nation’s busiest transit hub.
Commentary
Commentary: Chris Quinn for Mayor?
The former City Council speaker has spent nearly a decade running a homeless services nonprofit. She could be a strong contender in 2025 – if only she would challenge Adams.
Opinion
Opinion: New York City must reckon with its treatment of Muslims after 9/11
A new exhibit at MoMA PS1 highlights the discrimination faced by Muslim immigrants in New York City and the community’s resilience.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: A much-needed hug on 9/11 that I’ll never forget
I don’t often talk about that day, but a recent phone call reminded me how New Yorkers showed up for one another.
Opinion
Commentary: Apocalyptic Eric
Why does the mayor of New York City insist that New York City is doomed?
Opinion
Opinion: Here’s how we ‘saved the Hudson’
The successful effort to ban nuclear waste discharges from Indian Point holds lessons – and warnings – for the entire state.
Opinion
Editor’s Note: A longer-term permit renewal might get James Dolan to contribute to Penn Station’s redevelopment
Incentives may get the Madison Square Garden owner to do his part for the redevelopment of the nation’s busiest transit hub.
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Opinion: The right to shelter makes New York stronger
Undermining the right to shelter in order to avoid housing asylum-seekers would be a betrayal of our city’s values and leave us all worse off.
Commentary
Commentary: The newspaper war that will shape the 2025 mayoral election
The New York Times and New York Post are the last two newspapers in the city with the power to move votes. Their coverage of Eric Adams could make all the difference.
Opinion
Opinion: Rikers is richly staffed. Without a plan to rightsize, it will cost us dearly.
New York City currently employs more correction officers per incarcerated person than any other city.
Opinion
Opinion: Did you ever think child support services could serve as an anti-poverty tool?
Meet “Mr D,” who said a child support-led work training program was a “life saver.”
Opinion
Opinion: Is the end finally near for New York’s congressional redistricting?
The 2014 state constitutional amendment that created this poorly developed process and its incomplete language should compel legislators and the public to look for a better method after 2030.
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Opinion: Waking up to the true Rudy Giuliani
Maybe the former mayor really was a heel the whole time.
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