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Statue of Liberty on National Immigrants Day

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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 | 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

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

Posted on October 13, 2024

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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

CHANCELLORS COLUMN PHOTO – 9-26-2-2024

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

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

MTA Chair Janno Lieber

Op-ed | MTA Capital Plan sets course for a future of public transit that must be fully funded

Posted on September 22, 2024

third avenue

Opinion

Op-Ed | Start spreading the news: New York must do more to combat negative stereotypes

Posted on September 22, 2024

Rikers Island corrections officers plead guilty to smuggling contraband

Opinion

Op-Ed | Breaking cycles of violence at Rikers Island

Posted on September 21, 2024

The United Nations Headquarters is pictured as it will be temporarily closed for tours due to the spread of coronavirus in the Manhattan borough of New York City

Opinion

Op-Ed | It’s more than traffic: The United Nations brings economic benefits to New York City

Posted on September 20, 2024

Smoke from factory pipe against dark overcast sky

Opinion

Op-Ed | City bounty hunter program is a load of hot air

Posted on September 20, 2024

a group of people in front of a building discussing the Abortion Care Awareness Act

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Broken Promises: How New York’s ‘moderate’ Republicans surrendered to MAGA extremism and betrayed bipartisanship

Posted on September 19, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Keeping New York City safe for everyone

Posted on September 17, 2024

Black blood pressure monitor on a blue background. Medical equipment blood pressure monitor. Healthcare. Place for text. Medicine concept. Cardiology concept.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Why we must pass the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Posted on September 16, 2024

NYPD sergeant at scene

Op-Ed

Op-ed | Correcting the pay disparity for NYPD sergeants invests in future of public safety

Posted on September 15, 2024

The kitten looking from the cage

Opinion

Op-Ed | The solution to New York City’s animal shelter crisis

Posted on September 13, 2024

hotel worker cleaning

Op-Ed

Op-ed | City should embrace ‘Safe Hotels Act’ and a better standard of living for hotel workers

Posted on September 11, 2024

Students welcomed during new school year

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Op-ed | NYC starting the school year on right foot by extending funding for programs in jeopardy

Posted on September 11, 2024

New York City Street Scene in SOHO

Op-Ed

Op-ed | Mayor Adams wants a ‘City of Yes.’ But it should be a ‘yes’ for equality.

Posted on September 10, 2024

New schools welcome students on first day of school year

Opinion

Op-ed | Starting the new school year with new buildings, new curricula and more

Posted on September 10, 2024

Apartment building in New York

Op-Ed

Op-ed | New York Apartment Association’s pledge to New Yorkers

Posted on September 9, 2024

Randy Mastro testifying before the City Council

Op-Ed

Op-ed | City Council has made mockery of ‘advice and consent’ in Mastro nomination

Posted on September 8, 2024

More from around NYC

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Year-in-Review: Bronx takes bold steps toward future with housing reforms and Metro-North expansion

This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Frequent flare-up: Firefighters battle blaze at Gobbler Auto Parts in East Flatbush

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024