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.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Congestion pricing is a necessary evil that waits for no one
It’s not a great time to roll out the tolling program, even if it’s the right thing to do.
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.
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Editor’s note: MTA fare enforcement team’s expansion rightly goes easy on riders
New Yorkers who beat the farebox because they have no choice deserve a warning.
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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.
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Opinion: Public schools need student journalists, too
Instead of subsidizing expensive journalism degrees, the mayor should invest in student journalism in public schools.
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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.
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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
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Train Daddy is right to want a bolder Penn Station redevelopment plan
Former New York City Transit Authority President Andy Byford joined advocates in calling for more ambitious alternatives to reconstructing the transit hub.
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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.
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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
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.
NYPD
Opinion
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.
Energy & Environment
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Opinion: Employ vulnerable communities to build New York’s clean energy transition
In order to right deep-rooted environmental inequities, the state’s clean energy transition should provide communities of color with access to quality job opportunities in the new green economy.
Editor's Note
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Editor’s Note: Eric Adams wastes time criticizing the press for negative news
Crime is down, but unlawfulness and random violence that spiked during the coronavirus pandemic still dominates headlines.
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.
Housing
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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.
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