Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Restore AIM funding in this year’s state budget

In 2010, the state cut New York City off from hundreds of millions of dollars in Aid and Incentives to Municipalities funding, which was never restored.

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Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers Deserve SAFER Homes

The SAFER Homes Act would repurpose the city foreclosure process to focus only on the worst of the worst properties.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: In a rarity for NYC, Mamdani doesn’t bid for DNC

It’s been more than 50 years since a mayor passed on bringing a national political convention to the city.

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Opinion

Opinion: Why New York must ban surveillance pricing

The One Fair Price Act establishes a simple, commonsense principle: the same product or service should have the same price for everyone.

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Opinion

Opinion: New York promised to invest in youth. It’s time to deliver.

The Youth Justice Innovation Fund would take $50 million of unspent Raise the Age funds and make them available to trusted community-based organizations.

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Opinion

Opinion: A Black History Month call to reform New York’s mental health courts

The Treatment Court Expansion Act will help dismantle the racist systems that historically criminalized behavioral health diagnoses in Black communities.

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Opinion

Opinion: How career pathways in health care help all generations of New Yorkers

SkillSpring helps connect young people to careers that allow them to stay in New York and build dignified lives while strengthening the workforce that cares for our aging population.

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Opinion

Opinion: A racial equity plan must guide Mamdani’s budget process

Voters approved a New York City Commission On Racial Equity, but mayors haven’t listened.

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Opinion

Opinion: Finish what we started – and stop making Long Islanders pay the price

Stopping the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project halfway through will only drive up costs and strand investments.

Opinion

Personality

Editor’s note: Budget days are the worst

Take a breath, the real coverage of government finances takes some time

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NYN Media

Opinion: New York needs to require recess

At least 30 minutes of play per day for elementary school students would boost kids’ health and help Hochul hit her budget goals.

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Opinion

Opinion: Homelessness should never be a death sentence

The status quo of homeless shelter proliferation and the presence of longtime encampments in working-class communities is not the answer.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: Don’t count out Adrienne Adams

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s running mate came late to politics – and she’s proven she has no interest in leaving.

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Opinion

Opinion: Only the New York for All Act can end local officials’ collaboration with ICE

The governor’s recently proposed ban on 287(g) agreements is a meaningful first step but would still allow for informal collusion with federal immigration authorities.

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Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani makes the right choice, not the easy one, on ending homeless encampment sweeps

The tragic deaths of 18 people during a recent cold spell have no connection to the mayor’s decision to stop inhumane and ineffective encampment sweeps.

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NYN Media

Opinion: The real crisis in youth justice is underfunding

“Raise the Age is a proven, effective approach, and it must not be undermined,” a former children’s services commissioner writes.

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Opinion

Opinion: New York City Is sitting on billions hiding in plain sight. It’s time to use it for housing and fiscal stability.

Selling the “air rights” above city-owned properties could help finance affordable housing and reinvestment in public institutions.