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October 13, 2023
Liberals Reap Consequences Of Their Homeless Policies
…because of Ronald Reagan turning his back on public housing. Indeed, the Martin v. Boise case, whose decision now protects the right to sleep outdoors, was argued by the Washington National Center…
October 12, 2023
Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should
…cash welfare), the National School Lunch Program, water and sewer infrastructure, and education at the elementary and secondary levels. They include both “categorical” grants — that can be used for…
October 4, 2023
Variety Is the Spice
…East Side tenements, whose residents relied on public baths. We need not go that far, but lower-cost arrangements create natural affordability: more units on the same real estate. Adams would…
September 26, 2023
Voter Suppression, New York Style
…the idea out of concern about voter fraud. As Hochul sees it, they are continuing a national GOP voter suppression effort “against marginalized communities . . . under the pretense…
September 6, 2023
Why Staten Island seceding from NYC makes sense — for multiple reasons
…and other common interests can be best accomplished by united efforts and by forces directed from One united municipality.” Proponents also wanted to make sure the city was the nation’s…
August 13, 2023
The Bill to Repair NYCHA Projects Doubles—but Pols Won’t Fix the System
…least 330,000 New Yorkers live. The essential problem, of course, is the age of the nation’s largest public-housing system and the fact maintenance has long been deferred. The vision for…
August 11, 2023
Why Does NY Campaign To Stop Smoking But Not Illicit Drug Use?
…scheduled to go up to $5.35 per pack Sept. 1. Instead, the Department of Health’s Tobacco Control Program, funded by the court-ordered national tobacco settlement, lists clearly its highest priority:…
August 7, 2023
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
…the part of teenagers drawn to 14th Street by Kai Cenat, an online “influencer” with millions of followers, including thousands eager for free PlayStations he used to lure them to demonstrate…
August 7, 2023
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
…federal funding “solely to be used for acquiring or producing programming that is to be distributed nationally and is designed to serve the needs of a national audience.” NPR’s federal…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…used on a truly massive scale. A National Bureau of Economic Research paper found that “approved projects had cleared (or intended to clear) over 400,000 housing units, forcing the relocation…