Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: It's time to end horse-drawn carriages in New York City

After crashes, deaths and chaos, the City Council must pass Romanch’s Law.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: End New York’s complicity with Israel’s war crimes

The Not On Our Dime! Act would prohibit New York nonprofits from abusing their NGO status to fund illegal Israeli settlement activity and war crimes.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: It’s time to say ‘neigh’ to a dangerous anachronism

The New York City Council can finally get on the right side of history later this month by starting the process to quickly phase out the controversial carriage horse industry.

Opinion

NYN Media

Opinion: Why Block by Block matters for New York's future homeowners

Solving the housing crisis requires not just creating affordable renting housing, but also expanding opportunities for working families to become homeowners.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The Knicks won. Their fans lost their privacy. It’s time to ban the scan.

A City Council bill would ban MSG and other businesses from engaging in biometric surveillance of their customers.

Budget

Opinion

Opinion: Why I voted no on the $126 billion budget

New York City Council Member Althea Stevens was the only Democrat to vote against the budget Tuesday.

NYN Media

NYN Media

Opinion: How the City Council can help keep people and pets together

Funding a pet food assistance program is just one way to address the affordability crisis

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: DAC déjà vu

The closing days division in the Harlem congressional race felt like last year’s mayoral race.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York needs an EDC leader with an eye on the water

This summer offers a rare chance to unlock the economic potential of our waterfront.

DSA

Opinion

Opinion: DSA’s championship performance

The Democratic Socialists of America capitalized on anger with Bibi Netanyahu, Israel’s embattled prime minister, to (almost) sweep this week’s primaries.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Universal childcare means expanding after school programming too

New York City should double funding for new seats in the budget.

New York City

Opinion

Opinion: Dems and GOP agree, we need an AI moratorium

The school year ends this week. Let’s start the next year without it.

NYN Media

NYN Media

Opinion: Asian immigrant communities need to be protected, too

New York City has an obligation to support Asian-serving legal services organizations

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Juneteenth and the meaning of freedom

Bruce Blakeman’s Nassau County refuses to recognize Juneteenth, but it shouldn’t be a partisan holiday, it should be an American holiday, celebrating freedom.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s kids are falling through the cracks between our agencies

The mayor has proposed defunding the Portal software platform, which connects people across different city agencies and nonprofits who work with the city’s children.