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New York State

Editor’s note: If someone’s choosing not to vote, call them out, even if they are one of your kids

This year’s presidential election has left young people, including my own adult children, frustrated and questioning why they should bother with the electoral process.

Opinion

Opinion: Men of America, get over yourselves

A vote for Kamala Harris is not a vote just for women, but for sanity, competence, humanity and old-fashioned American ideals.

Opinion

Opinion: A rapid-response tool to ensure voter rights and fight suppression

Our proposed legislation would require local boards of election to extend voting hours whenever voting is disrupted.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Former Daily News editor leaves behind legacy of grateful journalists

John Oswald, a tough journalist known to his friends as “Oz,” courageously battled health issues and was a giant among his peers.

Opinion

Opinion: With NY Liberty win, school athletics programs must get off the bench for gender equity

The Public School Athletics League should dedicate specific resources to girls’ sports programs to ensure all students have access to school athletics programs.

Opinion

Opinion: Adams indictment highlights growing Turkish influence in U.S.

Local politicians like Mayor Eric Adams have become appealing targets for foreign patronage networks.

Opinion

Opinion: NY ABLE celebrates seven year anniversary

The NY ABLE program allows people with disabilities to build up their savings – without jeopardizing their public benefits.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Kathy Hochul shows Eric Adams how to ‘get stuff done’

The governor reportedly leaned on the mayor, with several members of his inner circle under investigation, to clean house, prompting even more resignations from his administration.

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Opinion: The political chess match in NYC

With the mayor in check, lots of rooks and bishops are plotting their next move. Will anyone put the incumbent in checkmate?

Adams probes

Opinion: It’s long been slippery at the top in NYC government

Former Mayors Jimmy Walker and William O’Dwyer resigned under a cloud of scandal after being accused of corruption. Will Eric Adams suffer the same fate?

Opinion

Opinion: Making homeownership affordable again through zoning

We need a zoning incentive that specifically encourages the development of affordable co-ops and condominiums, not just rental stock.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: City & State’s double magazine cover is on fire

We couldn’t resist updating the design of our Eric Adams issue after the mayor’s unprecedented indictment.

Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s for-hire drivers are on the brink. Let’s give them a lifeline.

The city’s excessive insurance requirements are bankrupting taxi and rideshare drivers.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: The rats don’t run the city, the cops do

Eric Adams’ priority as mayor, thus far, has been restoring the NYPD to strength after years of poor morale and a mass exodus of officers.

Commentary

Commentary: What will be this year’s ‘October Surprise’?

As Halloween approaches, elected leaders and political campaigns are spooked about the potential of new revelations to alter the presidential race.

Opinion

Opinion: The BQE is 75 years old. It’s time to tear it down.

New York City must fix its past mistakes and stop prioritizing cars over people.