Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The state must make safe e-bikes affordable for all New Yorkers
Trade-in programs and rebates can help support the growing use of safe electric micromobility devices.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: City & State has a lot to celebrate with GovExec’s third anniversary
Our parent company’s growth helped expand your leading news brand for politics and personalities and raised its national profile.
Opinion
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Opinion: Regulating crypto didn’t cause banks to collapse
Barney Frank says anti-crypto regulators are behind the Signature Bank seizure. He couldn’t be more wrong.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Albany has the money to provide families with quality legal representation
The question is, what are we waiting for?
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: How a progressive majority on the NYC Board of Correction had the upper hand over City Hall
Two new members of the panel Tuesday tipped the balance of power in favor of more progressive reforms for the first time in nine years.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: How New York can fight student debt and lead the workforce development revolution
An outcomes-based approach can provide avenues to help New Yorkers advance their careers.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Friends of the MTA are a welcome support for New York’s subways
The volunteer program will prove rewarding for its volunteers and the stations they support.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NY can provide health care to undocumented immigrants and still save the state $500 million
Both can happen with passage of the Coverage for All bill.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Adams replaces school funding with gaffes and prayer
As the mayor’s talking points validate the instincts of a large, and likely growing, supermajority, progressives need to start planning a credible challenge to defeat him in 2025.
Health Care
Opinion
Opinion: Medicaid prescription changes threaten patients and safety net providers
The federal 340B drug pricing program that serves low-income and underserved patients is about to be stripped of funding which may reduce STD and COVID-19 treatment services in New York.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Hochul should fund moving Madison Square Garden
The governor, who gave a big subsidy for her hometown Buffalo Bills, can do the same for the city’s famed arena.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Hochul’s budget can’t afford to ignore homeowner protection from deed theft
With the threat of deed theft displacing Black and brown homeowners, $40 million is vital to include in the state budget to create a stronger line of defense.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Hochul says a recession is coming. That’s why we must tax the rich.
Raising taxes to fund public goods would help reduce the impacts of an economic recession.
New York City Council
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Opinion: the straight shot on facial recognition at MSG
James Dolan won’t be blocked from City Hall for a City Council hearing.
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Opinion
Opinion: Increasing CUNY and SUNY tuition is a working and middle-class tax increase in disguise
It’s time for the state to reinvest in both institutions and follow through on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision for higher education.
Commentary
Opinion
Commentary: Chaos didn’t follow Supreme Court overturning New York gun law
The bleakest predictions did not materialize because the state focused on filling the regulatory void.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We need to end the foster system to prison pipeline
Closing Rikers Island so we can reinvest in our communities and our youth is a first step.
Opinion
Opinion: Being anti-GOP isn’t the answer for Democrats
New York is not the cobalt blue bastion we think it is.
Editor's Note
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