Education

Opinion

Opinion: No child belongs in a box – or a broken school system

The Solutions Not Suspensions bill lets schools address students’ behavioral challenges early and consistently through evidence-based interventions, not punitive or exclusionary discipline.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: When media giants control the remote, New Yorkers pay the bill

The Television Subscriber Choice Act would prohibit forced channel bundling, giving cable, satellite or streaming providers the flexibility to design packages based on what viewers actually want.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Why NYC needs a Department of Community Safety

For decades, the city has defaulted to police, courts and incarceration to contain and supervise crises.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Lowering energy bills starts with getting New York off fossil fuels

Energy costs are on the rise due to the state’s reliance on volatile global oil and gas markets, not its landmark climate law.

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Opinion: Domestic violence isn’t a one-size-fits-all problem

The solution is clear: New York must designate funding for culturally specific organizations for domestic violence survivors.

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.

Opinion

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.

Opinion

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.

Opinion

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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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.