Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The right to shelter makes New York stronger
Undermining the right to shelter in order to avoid housing asylum-seekers would be a betrayal of our city’s values and leave us all worse off.
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: The newspaper war that will shape the 2025 mayoral election
The New York Times and New York Post are the last two newspapers in the city with the power to move votes. Their coverage of Eric Adams could make all the difference.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Rikers is richly staffed. Without a plan to rightsize, it will cost us dearly.
New York City currently employs more correction officers per incarcerated person than any other city.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Did you ever think child support services could serve as an anti-poverty tool?
Meet “Mr D,” who said a child support-led work training program was a “life saver.”
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Is the end finally near for New York’s congressional redistricting?
The 2014 state constitutional amendment that created this poorly developed process and its incomplete language should compel legislators and the public to look for a better method after 2030.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Waking up to the true Rudy Giuliani
Maybe the former mayor really was a heel the whole time.
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Opinion
Editor’s note: The City Council should remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan when deciding on MSG
The late U.S. senator might not be so inclined to issue a 10-year renewal for the arena if it would keep the transit hub’s redevelopment plan from bolder alternatives.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Judicial independence or intimidation?
The same judicial organizations who condemned academics for publishing a paper about judges setting excessive bail were silent when a judge was reassigned for declining to set bail.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Public schools need student journalists, too
Instead of subsidizing expensive journalism degrees, the mayor should invest in student journalism in public schools.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: A greater society begins by properly caring for the overlooked
Greater funding is needed to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the providers who help care for them.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Closing Rikers is the joke of the decade
There’s no way Rikers will be replaced by four borough-based jails by 2027. So let’s reform Rikers instead.
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Opinion
Opinion: Eric Adams has failed. It’s time for a federal receiver to take over at Rikers
Receivership is the only way to improve conditions and save lives at the troubled jail complex
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Legislators must rescue the rent-stabilized market before it’s too late
In New York City’s unique housing market, incomes aren’t keeping up with the rents needed to operate and maintain buildings in the five boroughs.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor's Note: How many more will die at Rikers?
The city keeps sending people to the infamous jail complex, and people keep dying.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Here’s how we can end the chaos at our curbs
Albany must give New York City home rule to pursue automated enforcement
NYPD
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Opinion: The NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices are still here but under a new name
A new report sheds light on the New York City Police Department’s overpolicing of Black and Latino communities, and passing the How Many Stops Act could bring transparency into the NYPD’s daily activities and help prevent future loss of life.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: For a healthier city, New York must pass the Community Land Act
Here’s how this transformational legislation can deliver environmental, health and housing equity.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Why won't Albany support building green space on the BQE?
Williamsburg could get 3.5 acres of green space – but only if New York state finally stands up against the racist legacy of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: Jamaal Bowman is Eric Adams' political nightmare
He doesn't live in New York City (yet), but Rep. Jamaal Bowman could be a real threat to Eric Adams in the 2025 mayoral primary.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: There were a few notable outcomes from the sleepy 2023 primary
Consultants, among other observers, weigh in on the takeaways and trends from the recent contest.
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