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Opinion: Strange bedfellows

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so Eric Adams endorses Andrew Cuomo.

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Opinion: Mamdani’s proposed Department of Community Safety would be a win for New Yorkers

The proposal is well-grounded in existing best practices, and there is wide support for it among the public and City Council.

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Opinion: Words of condemnation aren’t enough. Lawmakers must pass anti-ICE legislation.

If we fail as lawmakers to match our words with action, we're giving ICE the green light to escalate.

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Opinion: Black women leaders announce NYC priorities and back Zohran Mamdani

We are on the front lines of New York City’s affordability crisis. Zohran Mamdani is our pick for mayor.

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Opinion: Andrew Cuomo’s last stand

The former governor has never liked debating, but he’ll need to turn in a debate performance for the ages to have any hope of becoming mayor.

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Opinion: Stop the steal on ATM fees

New Yorkers now pay nearly $5 every time they withdraw funds.

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Editor’s note: City & State’s advisory board refreshes lineup of experts

The oversight panel now has 15 members, ensuring that our news coverage reflects New York’s diverse communities.

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Editor’s note: Horse carriage ban opponents take a wait-and-see approach

The union representing the industry doesn’t want any deals and is banking on Ryder’s Law failing in the City Council.

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Opinion: Restore the people’s voice to City Hall

For years, the contest for the second-most powerful office in city government has been held behind closed doors.

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Editor’s note: The MTA needs to underscore value to stop fare evasion

Rather than modifying turnstiles and hiring guards, improve service and let New Yorkers know about it.

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Opinion: Becoming a witness changed me forever

How a trip to the nonprofit Selfhelp Community Services helped me to come to know the stories of the survivors of the Holocaust.

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Opinion: To keep our neighborhoods affordable, we need the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act

COPA would give mission-driven nonprofits a first chance to buy multifamily buildings when landlords sell, before real estate speculators swoop in.

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Opinion: Protect housing affordability by confronting New York’s looming insurance crisis

The state can demand greater transparency from Insurers who currently use proprietary models that enable them to raise rates without any independent verification.

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Opinion: SCOTUS and Project 2025 supercharged censorship. New York must push back.

The Freedom to Read Act would require schools to maintain inclusive and diverse library collections and stop local school boards from banning books.

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Opinion: The Adams administration autopsy report

Unforced errors, hostility to the media and blind loyalty to corrupt cronies sunk the fortunes of a mayor who showed early promise, though his term still had many achievements.

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Editor’s Note: Saving a ‘piece of New York City’s history’

Publisher Tom Allon and Editor-in-Chief Ralph R. Ortega salvaged old issues of the West Side Spirit, the “official newspaper” of Manhattan’s West Side.

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Opinion: The $30/hour McDonald’s job isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds

The spread of cities’ minimum wage laws around U.S. lends credibility to Zohran Mamdani’s promise of $30/hour for NYC by 2030.

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Opinion: New York is one of the top 10 worst states for sex ed. Here's how to fix it.

The Healthy and Safe Students Act would require comprehensive sex education instruction for public and charter school students in grades K-12.