Opinion
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
He’s a savvy political operator, despite his brash style.
NYN Media
Opinion: Invest in low-barrier, high-trust drop-in centers
A naked client on 125th Street couldn’t remember much, but he could remember how our open door made him feel.
NYN Media
Opinion: Let’s treat our museums and libraries like soccer fields
Extending nighttime and weekend hours at the city’s cultural institutions would make the city better.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: City & State’s new, revamped city team
Shenal Tissera is joining City & State, and Annie McDonough and Sahalie Donaldson have been promoted.
New York City
Editor’s note: The thrill of Olympic defeat
Let’s hope New York’s latest bid to host the Winter Games goes as well as the last one.
Opinion
Opinion: I helped run NYC’s largest and oldest horse-carriage stable. It’s time to shut this dangerous relic down.
In all my years of driving a horse carriage, I never saw this many accidents happen so often.
Healthcare
Opinion: The legal loophole robbing New Yorkers of mental healthcare
Patients on Medicaid should be able to have virtual appointments, too.
Education
Opinion: NYU must provide paid family leave for all
Adjunct professors should not have to choose between caring for loved ones and getting paid.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: My slightly scary upstate swing
It was great to meet political players in Syracuse and Buffalo – and stay in a haunted hotel.
Opinion
Opinion: Teaming up for the good of NYC infrastructure
The renewal of Joint Bidding in Albany is a must for New Yorkers.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Albany thrives on deadline
Our legislature’s part-time schedule and lawmakers’ productivity may, in fact, be connected.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Anti-Mamdani forces want open primaries
Bringing independents into the mix could harm democratic socialists.
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Opinion
Opinion: NYC’s proposed horse-carriage ban is driven by emotion and propaganda
“Romanch’s Law” would kill horses and immigrants’ jobs.
Opinion
Opinion: It's time to end horse-drawn carriages in New York City
After crashes, deaths and chaos, the City Council must pass Romanch’s Law.
Opinion
Editor’s note: De Blasio talks to the Irish, Italians and Mamdani
The former mayor helped write the rules for the new era of populism in New York City.
Opinion
Opinion: End New York’s complicity with Israel’s war crimes
The Not On Our Dime! Act would prohibit New York nonprofits from abusing their NGO status to fund illegal Israeli settlement activity and war crimes.
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time to say ‘neigh’ to a dangerous anachronism
The New York City Council can finally get on the right side of history later this month by starting the process to quickly phase out the controversial carriage horse industry.
Opinion
Opinion: Why Block by Block matters for New York's future homeowners
Solving the housing crisis requires not just creating affordable renting housing, but also expanding opportunities for working families to become homeowners.
Opinion
Opinion: The Knicks won. Their fans lost their privacy. It’s time to ban the scan.
A City Council bill would ban MSG and other businesses from engaging in biometric surveillance of their customers.
Budget
Opinion: Why I voted no on the $126 billion budget
New York City Council Member Althea Stevens was the only Democrat to vote against the budget Tuesday.
