Opinion

The fate of ‘New York’s Bravest’ lost on 9/11 and its sobering lessons

A new book, ‘Don’t Look Back’ by former investigative Daily News reporter Joe Calderone, offers a look at how the city responds to and learns from a disaster, so it can improve its response to future emergencies.

  • By Bill Cunningham

Opinion

Opinion: The removal of women and gender-expansive people from Rikers Island takes on a new urgency

After 11 deaths at the city jail, the population’s exit from the Rose M. Singer Center needs to be prioritized.

  • By Vincent Schiraldi and Jennifer Jones-Austin

Opinion

Opinion: A potential party raid is brewing ahead of the Aug. 23rd primary

Here’s how a one-time quirk in the law is allowing voters to switch parties leading up to the congressional and state Senate primary races.

  • By Jerry Goldfeder

Opinion

Lessons Learned from Al Vann’s Example

  • By Bruce Gyory

Opinion

Opinion: Understanding the nuances of mental health are key for COVID-19 recovery

The 2022-23 state Budget showed a clear indication that New York policymakers have been paying attention to concerns levied by health care providers during the pandemic, but more must be done.

  • By Mark Ustin

Opinion

Opinion: Dianne Morales on what went wrong in her mayoral campaign

The 2021 progressive candidate explains what was going on in her personal life when her run for New York City Hall began unraveling.

  • By Dianne Morales

Opinion

As restaurants’ COVID-19 crisis ends, government’s emergency powers should end too

It’s time to join other cities in lifting the fee caps imposed during the pandemic

  • By Jonathan Askin

Opinion

Opinion: With the expiration of 421-a, state lawmakers must do more to curb vacant luxury developments

Revising or scrapping Section 581 as well as imposing vacancy or pied-a-terre taxes would be good places for Albany to start.

  • By Nora Carrier

Opinion

Opinion: Polling numbers show a fearful and anxious NYC

Here are key themes from our reading of the latest Siena poll

  • By Bradley Honan and Elisabeth Zeche

Opinion

Opinion: Pass Clean Slate and NY leaves no one behind

The state Legislature can make this happen before end of session.

  • By Richard Buery

Commentary

Commentary: Brittle nature of Latino identity politics shows cracks as political representation falls short, disappoints

Achievements by the state’s Black political establishment has highlighted how Hispanic leaders haven’t made the same progress.

  • By Felipe De La Hoz

Opinion

Opinion: Buffalo supermarket shooting highlights need for co-responder models

With the rise in shootings across the country, law enforcement should no longer be the typical response to a mental health crisis.

  • By Jillian Snider and Dean Esserman

Opinion

Bring back the solitary beat cop and put them on each subway

Patrolling train cars and platforms will bring back straphangers and jumpstart our city’s recovery.

  • By Tom Allon

Opinion

Opinion: Is it 1994 again?

History usually repeats itself and recent polling in New York state points to a worsening political climate for Democrats, including Gov. Kathy Hochul.

  • By Bradley Honan and Elisabeh Zeche

Opinion

Opinion: Empower the public in the redistricting process

Here’s how an education plan is the answer.

  • By Carlos Vargas-Ramos

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Leave Delgado’s ethnicity alone

Debating what a person thinks about their own ethnic background is offensive.

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Opinion

Opinion: The silent suffering of Asian women

COVID-19 and hate attacks have taken a disproportionate toll on the mental health of Asian women in New York, and it may get worse.

  • By Luna Liu

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s redistricting process is doomed to fail

Here’s why it’s already time to reform the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission.

  • By David Imamura

Opinion

Opinion: Making the case for a “Freelance isn’t free” law in New York

Legislation would give independent workers a right to a written contract, timely and full payment and protection from retaliation.

  • By Rafael Espinal , Amida Care Inc.

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note: Public transit options to LGA need more promotion

Transit officials have done it before. Remember “Take the train to the plane?”

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Opinion

Opinion: The Tulsa-fication of New York and the rest of America

How the 1921 massacre and destruction of the Greenwood community created the paradigm for the current system of mass incarceration and institutionalized economic exclusion and generational poverty of Black and Brown communities.

  • By Tommy Safian