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Tom Allon
Opinion
Publisher’s note: Tom Allon helping to launch new think tank
The nonprofit Five Boros Institute will be independent of City & State’s editorial operations.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York has a severe nursing crisis
New leadership in Albany and City Hall must prioritize fixing this public health ticking time bomb.
- By Tom Allon
Announcements
Opinion
Publisher’s Note: City & State expands to Florida
GovExec has acquired News Service of Florida.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
A team of rivals should run New York City
The next mayor should follow Abraham Lincoln’s lead and bring competitors into their administration.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Solving New York’s mental health crisis
The next administration needs a three-pronged approach: housing, health care and community.
- By Tom Allon and Dr. Ashwin Vasan
Opinion
Opinion
The pandemic’s affordable housing opportunity
New York City should retrofit stores, offices and hotels to address the housing shortage.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
If tax hikes are inevitable, ensure they are prudent
Increases in taxes on the rich should be temporary and paired with spending cuts.
- By Tom Allon and Seth Pinsky
Opinion
Opinion
A 5-point plan to create New York City’s new economy
The city and state must adapt to irrevocable changes COVID-19 has wrought.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Howard Rubenstein, a man who defined NYC
He represented countless influential New Yorkers.
- By Tom Allon
Announcements
Politics
City & State joins DC media company Government Executive
A letter to readers from Publisher Tom Allon.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Wall Street can spare a nickel
New York should reinstate the Stock Transfer Tax
- By Tom Allon
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New York City
Opinion
A tale of two mayors
In retrospect, Dinkins looks better and Giuliani looks worse than when they left office.
- By Tom Allon
Coronavirus
Opinion
NY should shut down before it's too late
Learn from past mistakes and close indoor dining before the outbreak is out of control.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
How to harness NYC’s creative destruction
New York City should come up with a plan for adaptive reuse and regeneration.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Bring back Bill Bratton to fight crime and police brutality
The turnaround artist could be a bridge to a NYPD commissioner of color.
- By Tom Allon
New York City
Opinion
How to bring New York City back
New York isn’t dying, it just needs leadership and creative policymaking.
- By Tom Allon
New York City
Opinion
New York City should teach older children outdoors
For the next school year, follow the science on who is most likely to spread COVID-19 and where.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
Cuomo’s doing better than Newsom. Here’s why.
This is a time for top-down leadership.
- By Tom Allon
Opinion
Opinion
New York needs a plasma pipeline
Recovered COVID-19 patients can donate blood that helps to fight the virus. Let’s pay them to do it.
- By Tom Allon