Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New York needs money. It’s time to tax stock trades.

Hong Kong and London already tax stock trades. Why shouldn’t New York?

  • By Phil Steck

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers deserve subway safety, not scare tactics and empty responses

To improve public safety on the subways, we need more services for mentally ill individuals, not more National Guard troops.

  • By Lincoln Restler

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Rejecting calls for a ceasefire isn’t about wanting more war

It’s about supporting the release of hostages and removal of Hamas from power.

  • By Josh Kramer

New York City
Opinion

Opinion: Social housing is public safety

The “Homes Now, Homes for Generations” campaign will help build healthy communities where neighbors have strong ties to one another, which will reduce violence and harm.

  • By Tiffany Cabán

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New York state has a responsibility to pay the costs of housing migrants

There’s no reason why New York City alone should bear the burden of paying to house asylum-seekers.

  • By Andrew Cuomo

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Don’t let ICE turn state and local facilities into immigrant detention centers

The Dignity not Detention Act would prohibit New York state and local government entities from contracting with ICE for immigrant detention.

  • By Julia Salazar and Karines Reyes

Editor's Note
Opinion

Editor’s note: If there’s one way to get straphangers angry, it’s a subway delay

A work stoppage after a grisly attack on a conductor made for a hellish morning commute that was totally unnecessary.

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

New York State
Opinion

Opinion: To confront the senior care staffing crisis, invest in what works

How proven models create equitable career paths for young people and grow the healthcare workforce

  • By Cordell Cleare

Editor's Note
Opinion

Editor’s note: A subway train improvement creates a whole new breed of straphanger

Everyone going back-and-forth across the open gangways on the new R211T cars deserves the distinction of being called “Gangway Walkers.”

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Those who live in NYCHA can put an end to its corruption

An argument for the creation of Resident Management Corporations to manage the nation’s largest public housing system.

  • By Manny Martinez and Iziah Thompson

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New York must protect the ACA

New York’s GOP members of Congress should reject Donald Trump’s promise to repeal this historic legislation if he wins the 2024 presidential race.

  • By Lea Webb

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New York should not make adoption harder for our residents

An argument for reversing a state regulation change that made it more difficult for New Yorkers to seek adoptions in other states.

  • By Max Rose and Michael Oliva

Editor's Note
Opinion

Editor’s note: It’s housing, stupid

New rental vacancy numbers should spur political leaders to act fast to build more units.

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Commentary
Opinion

Commentary: Biden doesn’t have to pivot to hardline border politics

The president can alleviate the pressure on New York with a national resettlement plan.

  • By Felipe de la Hoz

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Sexual assault survivors in NY, your DNA can be used against you

A new bill would stop the police from using sexual assault survivors’ DNA to implicate them in unrelated crimes.

  • By Lianna Meehan, Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Monica Wallace

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Let’s make New York a leader for equitable digital infrastructure

We can’t allow aesthetic concerns with Link5G poles to stand in the way of closing the digital divide.

  • By Latrice Walker

Editor's Note
Opinion

Editor’s note: I want to be an Age Disruptor and inspire others

Here’s how New York power players 50 and over are defying stereotypes, age discrimination and encouraging new generations.

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: New York needs more housing. There's a real solution on the horizon

Rather than just relying on private developers, New York state can set up a Social Housing Development Authority to build affordable housing itself.

  • By Avi Garelick and Andrew Schustek

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Why Somos needs to stay in Puerto Rico

A relocation of the annual conference to the Dominican Republic would not align with the principles and values the event has promoted between New York and La Isla del Encanto.

  • By Michael Nieves

Health Care
Opinion

Opinion: Medical aid in dying is a long overdue human right for New Yorkers

Terminally ill patients deserve the right to decide to end their suffering on their own terms and timeline.

  • By Richard Gottfried
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