Opinion: Struggling New Yorkers should get a tax rebate

Getting real money into people’s hands can be done quickly and how the funds are used is up to the decision of each individual.

• By Bill Cunningham
• March 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: VA hospitals are not so easily replaced

A Biden administration plan would shut down the VA hospitals in Manhattan and Brooklyn in favor of using other health care providers.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• March 16, 2022

Opinion: Rising gun violence and shocking crimes require sober analysis, not knee-jerk responses

We need to invest in making New Yorkers safe, but failed punitive policies, like reinstating cash bail for low level offenses, are not the answer.

• By Mike Novogratz
• March 11, 2022

Opinion: Don’t give people returning from prison a “second chance”

Using this kind of language reinforces perceptions and prejudice that drive mass incarceration.

• By Tommy Safian
• March 8, 2022

Opinion: Cuts to crime victim services funding will leave survivors behind

Tens of thousands of victims use the help to access vital community resources, recover from trauma, and get back on their feet in the wake of abuse, assault, or exploitation.

• By Judy Harris Kluger and Liz Roberts
• February 25, 2022

Editor’s Note: Riders jumping onto the tracks are part of the safety problem in New York’s subways

Last month, the majority of people who entered subway tracks did so voluntarily, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• February 24, 2022

Opinion: Here’s what’s really holding back criminal justice reform

The absence of a clear mission over the past half-century has led to different plans, tensions and a lack of progress.

• By Tommy Safian
• February 23, 2022

Editor’s Note: New common areas in NYC office buildings provide extra space for a post-pandemic future

Shared spaces are increasingly including amenities like private booths for cellphone calls.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• February 16, 2022

Rethinking how nonprofits pay their workforce

• By Lisa Pilar Cowan
• February 9, 2022

Opinion: New York State is ready for statewide injection sites

After New York City successfully opened the nations’s first legally operating overdose prevention centers, it’s time to open more of them across the state.

• By Annette Gaudino, Brianna Norton and Clifton Garmon
• February 9, 2022

Where are the Latinas among Adams’ deputy mayors?

Observers and critics said the New York City mayor broke tradition by not including Hispanic women among his deputies.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• February 8, 2022

Opinion: Attacks on Bragg don’t hold water

The Manhattan District Attorney’s policies are rooted in decades of research and successful decarceration reforms around the nation and won’t lead to a crime apocalypse.

• By Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Derek Perkinson
• February 5, 2022

How New York leaders can maximize their expanded budgets

Here’s how municipalities across the state can put their American Rescue Plan dollars to work rather than use it for a one-time infusion to plug holes.

• By Celeste Frye
• February 4, 2022

Opinion: New York City’s economic recovery should be top priority

With rising inflation and fewer jobs than before the pandemic as well as a shift to remote work, here are five ways the city’s new administration can help boost economic recovery.

• By Jonathan Bowles and Winston C. Fisher
• February 2, 2022

Opinion: Are schools the safest place for our children?

After students and teachers walked out of classes to voice safety concerns in schools amid the rise of COVID-19’s omicron variant, New York City now has the chance to craft and perfect a remote learning option.

• By Alexa Rodríguez
• February 2, 2022

Opinion: Why it’s time to pass the Adult Survivors Act

Passage of the legislation will show how serious policymakers, post Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

• By Zoe Salzman
• January 31, 2022

Opinion: New York’s climate goals inspire Biden’s clean energy agenda

The President’s administration looked to the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to set its own clean energy agenda.

• By Jennifer M. Granholm
• January 28, 2022

Opinion: Transit equity starts in the Bronx

The planned Interborough Express should be expanded so that it benefits Bronxites too.

• By Amanda Farías
• January 27, 2022

Editor’s note: New owners of decommissioned Staten Island Ferry need to know what they’re getting into

SNL’s Pete Davidson and Colin Jost should look at how others succeeded – and failed – at repurposing ferries and other large boats.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• January 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: Answering the call for help after deadly Bronx high-rise fire

New Yorkers donated food, clothing and money in the wake of the Jan. 9 blaze that claimed 17 lives, including eight kids, and the relief efforts continue.

• By Ralph R. Ortega
• January 21, 2022