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Opinion

Op-Ed | Helping foster youth find their pathways to success

Posted on July 1, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | City Hall makes an NYPD budget blunder

Posted on July 1, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | AI moratorium in schools will not protect our kids

Posted on June 30, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | DSA’s NYC surge was about more than ideology

Posted on June 29, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | We are in an era of abuse of the grand jury process

Posted on June 29, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | Mamdani helped New York’s rent-stabilized tenants. Now it’s time to help small landlords.

Posted on June 29, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Donald Trump is remaking Washington DC in his image

Posted on June 27, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | AI can help run grids more efficiently and lower costs – If Albany and Washington let it

Posted on June 26, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Let’s hear it for New York!

Posted on June 26, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | The unsung winner of the Democratic Primaries? Governor Kathy Hochul.

Posted on June 25, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | A city budget of broken promises

Posted on June 25, 2026 Conversation…

Opinion

Op-Ed | It’s time to remove the barriers that prevent CityFHEPS from working effectively

Posted on June 25, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | The hard truths about the 2026 primary, and Democratic politics in New York City

Posted on June 25, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Why did Luigi Mangione’s defense team raise, then drop, their ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense?

Posted on June 24, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Building a city that values home-based providers

Posted on June 24, 2026 Conversation…

Poetica Coffee in Brooklyn, owned by Parviz Mukhamadkulov (inset), brewed up a feud with U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman and refused his business over his pro-Israel stance.

Editorial | Brooklyn coffee shop’s snub of Congress member shows politics boiling over in NYC

Posted on June 24, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | We must figure out what to do with terror groups and the American-based organizations that finance and support them

Posted on June 23, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | New York City must expand Fair Fares

Posted on June 23, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | An Olympic dream for NYC? Winter Games gambit may bring home the gold

Posted on June 23, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Allowing Rikers Island citizens to vote keeps them connected to community, and democracy

Posted on June 22, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | It’s reform, or bust, for NYC’s horse carriage industry

Posted on June 22, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Mamdani administration releases an ambitious housing plan

Posted on June 19, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | It’ll be a summer of struggle for G train riders. Here’s a potential solution.

Posted on June 18, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | We can’t improve education without housing

Posted on June 18, 2026 Conversation…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Editorial | NYC should save it for a ‘rainy day’ in future budgets

Posted on June 18, 2026 Conversation…

Knicks celebrate title NBA Finals trophy

Opinion

Op-Ed | Go New York, Go New York, Go!

Posted on June 17, 2026 Conversation…

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | FDNY EMS needs a 911 lifeline

Posted on June 17, 2026 Conversation…

NYPD officers tackle unruly man during Knicks celebrations

Editorial | NYPD proves they’re MVPs (most valuable police) in response to Knicks celebrations

Posted on June 17, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Stay in the game this summer with these health and safety tips from NYC’s Health Commissioner and City Council Health Chair

Posted on June 16, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | A parkway precedent? Decision on Staten Island roadway could impact NYC

Posted on June 16, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | ‘Eyes Without a Face’: Time for Billy Idol to ‘Rebel Yell’ about NYC’s failed anti-idling program

Posted on June 15, 2026 Conversation…

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | MTA investments keep NYC moving

Posted on June 14, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Health plans take aim at independent dispute resolution cases; tips for providers

Posted on June 13, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Building housing faster is an investment in New York’s communities

Posted on June 11, 2026 Conversation…

New Yorkers voting on election day on the Upper West Side

Editorial | Don’t forget to vote in the NYC primaries beginning this weekend

Posted on June 11, 2026 Conversation…

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks to reporters after endorsing Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani at a Bronx news conference. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

Law

Op-ed | Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie kills the Wrongful Convictions Act. Why?

Posted on June 10, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | New York City cannot afford to lose another generation of families

Posted on June 10, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | The FARE Act’s negative impact on small property owners

Posted on June 10, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | NYC shouldn’t pay for Trump’s Penn Station overhaul

Posted on June 10, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | A budget that truly supports children and families

Posted on June 9, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | Why should it be so difficult for an innocent person to challenge a wrongful conviction?

Posted on June 8, 2026 Conversation…

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | The MTA has Knicks fever, too. Here’s how they’re helping fans celebrate and get around.

Posted on June 6, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | A bullying lawyer trapped an innocent woman in a five-year court battle – but New York law can’t make her whole

Posted on June 5, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Uncertain world, unstoppable grads

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | GENDA: Where we are on the state’s gender non-discrimination act, and how we got here

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

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Editorial | City Hall must make the most of ‘Fair Fares’ for eligible New Yorkers

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

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Opinion

Op-Ed | The Speaker’s Corner: New York can’t afford to stop growing

Posted on June 4, 2026 Conversation…

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Law

Op-ed | ACS took my newborn without a court order

Posted on June 3, 2026 Conversation…

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Two suspects wanted for allegedly robbing a napping F train rider in Jamaica and assaulting him when he awoke in a panic: NYPD

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Robin Byrd.

Q&A: Robin Byrd, ‘Bang My Box’ directors look back on her TV legacy in new documentary