Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Zohran Mamdani, socialist menace?

Nearly a century ago, another socialist was elected NYC mayor. He did a pretty good job.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Halted 34th Street busway proposal deserves reconsideration

Like 14th Street proved, these redesigned thoroughfares increase ridership speed and improve safety.

Housing

Opinion: A vote for more homes

This November, New Yorkers have a rare chance to reshape the rules that have let NIMBYs stall housing production for decades.

Opinion

Opinion: The little-known city agency that roots out government mismanagement in big ways

The Mayor’s Office of Risk Management investigates waste, fraud and abuse in New York City government.

Opinion

Opinion: Public banks offer an opportunity to reclaim local power and build inclusive economies

Unlike private banks, which are required to maximize shareholder profits, public banks are designed to serve the public interest.

Opinion

Opinion: A rent freeze is good politics and good policy

A rent freeze on rent-stabilized housing stock would provide a budget-neutral tool to prevent homelessness and strengthen tenants’ purchasing power as consumers.

Opinion

Opinion: Build without fear

New transmission is key to unlocking Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Remembering a New York City tabloid, shut down before its prime

As one former New York Newsday staffer put it, politicians today are fortunate the paper isn’t around “to torture them.”

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Opinion: She beat Donald Trump

Upper West Side environmental activist Olive Freud, whom the Post once called a “sassy senior idealist,” passed away recently, but her work lives on.

Opinion

Opinion: The time for progressive governance is now

Let’s build a real partnership among New York’s progressive leaders – from the Hudson Valley to Harlem, from the Finger Lakes to Flatbush.

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Opinion: To build a city that works for working people, Zohran’s ideas aren’t radical but required

Imagine if we had a mayor who truly shared the City Council’s vision for a more affordable New York City.

Opinion

Opinion: A more affordable future for NYC’s for-hire drivers and passengers

Reducing the insurance burden on drivers of yellow taxis and for-hire vehicles will save them an average of $300 per year – real money for families living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Budget

Opinion: GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will savage NY’s health care system, budget and economy

The GOP bill would leave 1.5 million New Yorkers uninsured, cut hospital funding by $3 billion and blow a $13.5 billion hole in the state budget.

Opinion

Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics

Zohran Mamdani has been unfairly branded as both antisemitic and a Communist. Neither are true.

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Opinion: What the political establishment can learn from Mamdani’s use of digital platforms

The mayoral candidate’s playbook, which relied on Tik Tok and Instagram for running an effective campaign today, deserves notice.