Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Netanyahu is coming to NYC. How should our elected officials respond?
Local officials can’t arrest Netanyahu, but there’s still so much we can do to cut off U.S. funding for Israel.
Opinion
Publisher’s note: Groundbreaking journalists drove City & State’s past 20 years
Many talented reporters and editors have come through our newsroom.
Opinion
Opinion: What if the media acted like NATO?
An attack on one journalist is an attack on all. Is it time for a media boycott of the White House and whatshisname?
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Opinion: New York’s wealthiest universities need to finally pitch in
It’s time to revisit Mamdani’s proposal to have NYU and Columbia help fund CUNY.
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Opinion: We can’t abandon working-class New Yorkers and LGBT seniors in an affordability crisis
Mayor Zohran Mamdani shouldn’t abandon the fight for affordable senior housing at Haven Green.
Opinion
Opinion: Feeding families requires expanding the FRESH program
The innovative program allows property owners and developers to construct larger buildings so long as they include a supermarket.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Setting the record straight on Mamdani’s lawyer
A retired Navy lawyer said New York City Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem should be thanked for his work representing an al-Qaida member.
Opinion
Opinion: Gloria Steinem, undercover journalist
Before becoming an international icon, the celebrated feminist thinker started her career practicing a unique form of journalism that’s become a lost art.
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Opinion: The green economy is a jobs plan
New York City should work with nonprofits to address two issues at once.
Opinion
Commentary: The political arrival of Muslim New York
Historian Asad Dandia writes about how the Muslim community has come full circle, from being surveilled by the NYPD to now leading the city.
Opinion
Opinion: Legionella community outbreaks are hard. Politicizing them makes them harder.
When New Yorkers hear competing claims from elected officials, advocates, commentators and public health experts, it becomes harder to know who to trust.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
He’s a savvy political operator, despite his brash style.
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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.
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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.
