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Opinion

Op-Ed | Clean Slate benefits economy, public safety

Posted on November 17, 2024

Vegan plate lunch with organic vegetables

Opinion

Op-Ed | Eating vegan benefits ourselves and our planet

Posted on November 16, 2024

Horizontal photo with copy space of a transgender person wrapping with a transgender flag

Opinion

Op-Ed | Standing up for trans health care in a politicized America

Posted on November 15, 2024

Traffic congestion in Manhattan in June 2023.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | New York’s poorest are the only ones paying congestion tax

Posted on November 13, 2024

Flatiron Building

Opinion

Op-Ed | Why cities matter: Leading the way in a divided world

Posted on November 12, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about subway shooting

Opinion

Op-Ed | Drought management in NYC

Posted on November 11, 2024

Methadone - a substance that acts on opioid receptors and is primarily used for pain relief and anesthesia.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | It’s time to destigmatize methadone and recognize its uses

Posted on November 8, 2024

Closeup of red, white for rent sign attached, hanging on wooden apartment, house, home, building door with glass windows

Opinion

Op-Ed | Far left politics will hurt renters

Posted on November 7, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Riding on top of trains takes lives

Posted on November 7, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Healing America’s divide on immigration must go beyond election

Posted on November 5, 2024

Wooden judge gavel hammer on wooden table background. Dramatic light.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Order in NY’s court: Why adding judges alone isn’t enough

Posted on November 4, 2024

Girl carrying lunch tray at school

Opinion

Op-Ed | A recipe for change: NYC’s journey to healthy, delicious school meals

Posted on November 3, 2024

New Yorkers vote in the Aug. 23 primary on the Upper East Side.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Protecting our city’s checks and balances

Posted on October 30, 2024

a court ordered the state to redraw the congressional map

Opinion

Op-Ed | Why New Yorkers must pass Prop 1

Posted on October 30, 2024

Primary voter with dog

Opinion

Op-Ed | Polls are open!

Posted on October 29, 2024

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Op-Ed | The humanities are vital to a CUNY education

Posted on October 28, 2024

Statue of Liberty on National Immigrants Day

Op-Ed

Op-ed | On National Immigrants Day, remember those who built New York

Posted on October 28, 2024

MTA NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | NYC Transit president reaffirms commitment to better service

Posted on October 27, 2024

Daughter assisting father on how to use the computer

Opinion

Op-Ed | Feeling squeezed as a caregiver? Help is available for the ‘sandwich generation’

Posted on October 26, 2024

Students relaxing in dorm room

Opinion

Op-Ed | Cut the red tape stopping new college dorms

Posted on October 25, 2024

Sidewalk sheds are often left in place for extended periods of time, such as the structures around the Brooklyn Supreme Court Building on Adams Street (pictured), which have stood since 2007.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Shed the sheds: Reforming sidewalk scaffolding in New York City

Posted on October 25, 2024

Close-up of a woman patient holding breast cancer ribbon at hospital

Opinion

Op-Ed | Emancipation from cancer: My breast cancer journey: Taking control, breaking silence, and empowering women

Posted on October 24, 2024

The High Line at sunset

Opinion

Op-Ed | Shadows, views, and now wind? Special interests are blocking New York’s future

Posted on October 23, 2024

Happy woman embracing friend in backyard during a visit. Male and female hipsters enjoying weekend together. They are wearing casuals.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Reinforcing community after post-COVID loneliness in New York City

Posted on October 23, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Improving New Yorkers’ quality of life block by block

Posted on October 22, 2024

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber speaks at press conference

Op-Ed | MTA breaking post-pandemic ridership records this postseason

Posted on October 19, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Everyday New Yorkers must step up and say ‘yes’ to City of Yes

Posted on October 18, 2024

Unrecognizable male putting fuel dispenser in tank while refueling vehicle on self service gas station

Opinion

Op-Ed | Renewable diesel is key to advancing NYC’s clean energy transition

Posted on October 16, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Nine straight months of crime reduction

Posted on October 15, 2024

Expensive rates to park cars and vehicles any time of day

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Eliminating ‘parking minimums’ in NYC can help ease the housing crisis

Posted on October 13, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Vanderbilt University is the new neighbor NYC needs

Posted on October 12, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | It’s time for New York to uncap access to justice

Posted on October 11, 2024

people, including DOE deputy chancellor of family and community engagement Melissa Aviles-Ramos around a table of flashcards

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | A letter to the incoming New York City Public Schools Chancellor

Posted on October 9, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Keeping New Yorkers safe and warm this fall and winter

Posted on October 8, 2024

Uber and Lyft signs are seen on a car in Redondo Beach

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | The lawsuit industrial complex is destroying New York’s for-hire transit industry

Posted on October 7, 2024

Bring Them Home Columbus Circle Vigil

Editorial | Never forget Oct. 7, and the pursuit of peace

Posted on October 6, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Brooklyn needs Downstate

Posted on October 5, 2024

rendering of casino at Hudson Yards

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Give a Manhattan casino a chance

Posted on October 2, 2024

Mayor Adams speaking at press conference

Opinion

Op-Ed | New Yorkers are saying ‘Yes’ to more affordable housing and ‘City of Yes’

Posted on October 1, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | The value of a CUNY degree keeps growing for graduates

Posted on October 1, 2024

cops in NYC during a "ghost plates" operation

Opinion

Op-Ed | Ghost plates are defunding transit and making streets more dangerous. But we ain’t afraid of no ghosts.

Posted on September 30, 2024

MTA interim New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow

Op-ed | Investing in better subway and bus service

Posted on September 29, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | AARP is for ADU’s in Mayor’s City of Yes

Posted on September 29, 2024

A taxi passes under an unused congestion pricing gantry.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Congestion pricing ‘pause’ wreaked havoc on the last MTA Capital Plan and threatens the newest

Posted on September 27, 2024

Child development in action as young kid learns to code with a tablet in school. Happy little boy looking at the camera while sitting at his desk in a digital literacy class. Male student in primary school.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Let’s Ensure We Get it Right on SAFE for Kids Act

Posted on September 25, 2024

Happy senior woman with her adult daughter at home

Opinion

Op-Ed | Helping our city’s older adults

Posted on September 24, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Another year of ‘Getting Stuff Done’ for New Yorkers

Posted on September 24, 2024

FILE PHOTO: A delivery person for Doordash rides his bike in the rain in the Manhattan borough of New York City

Opinion

Op-Ed | New Yorkers can’t afford to foot the bill for council’s new proposals

Posted on September 23, 2024

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