Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The emperor has new clothes

Mayor Eric Adams shuffled his top managers and came up with three aces. Can he still trump his critics and a growing legion of challengers?

Opinion

Opinion: Gillibrand is ignoring the threat of mass deportation

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is not taking the incoming Trump administration's repeated threats of mass deportation seriously.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: It’s too late to bring the SS United States to New York City

The famed ocean liner is destined to become the world’s largest artificial reef off the coast of Florida.

Opinion

Opinion: NYC must account for opioid fund spending

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie calls for transparency and strategy to tackle the local opioid crisis with funds won from pharmaceutical companies.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Threats of mass deportations creates uncertainty and uneasiness, even for migrants legally in U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump has the option of broadly invoking the Alien Enemies Act beyond the “invasions” of gangs and cartels from El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela.

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Opinion: Nonprofits keep New York running, but the city’s pushing them off a cliff

The city’s failure to pay nonprofit contractors on time is harming the social safety net.

Opinion

Opinion: Our veterans deserve better

We can honor the men and women who served our country by prohibiting housing discrimination against veterans and guaranteeing them legal representation in civil matters.

Opinion

Editor’s note: There’s a cure for the post-election blues, doing service

The “day of service” at this year’s Somos Conference was a welcome relief for electeds and other volunteers after the presidential election.

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Commentary: You can’t blame Hochul for Democrats’ failures this time

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Democratic Party notched wins even as the national Democratic Party collapsed – the inverse of what happened in 2022.

Opinion

Opinion: How election night went from the Super Bowl of politics to the World Series

Until four years ago, you could usually go to sleep by midnight and know who won the presidency. Now, it’s likely to be a much longer and drawn-out slugfest.

Opinion

Opinion: Prop 1 will greenlight anti-Asian discrimination in New York

The Equal Rights Amendment could allow the government to discriminate against Asian Americans and other racially disfavored groups.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: An explosive time at Somos awaits

The annual conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, comes a day after the most contentious presidential election (and after the “garbage” remark).

Opinion

Opinion: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cannot be ‘broken up and downsized’

Under another Donald Trump presidency, the agency which runs the National Weather Service, would be gutted and privatized as New York continues to experience climate events along with the rest of the nation.

Opinion

Commentary: Yet another hearing about sexual violence on Rikers Island

This time the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee chair Sandy Nurse voiced her frustration at the Department of Correction’s continuing failure to provide transparency.

Opinion

Opinion: What government can do

During my administration, the state completed numerous infrastructure projects on time and under budget – a testament to what a competent government can accomplish.