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October 4, 2023
Variety Is the Spice
At first glance, Mayor Eric Adams’s extensive new citywide rezoning plan, meant to encourage new housing, may seem like more of the problematic same. It emphasizes, for instance, the construction of yet…
September 28, 2023
How To Halt New York’s Ubiquitous Illegal Pot Blight
The state Office of Cannabis Control has not demonstrated any capacity to control illegal pot distribution — more than 8,000 unlicensed “dispensaries” are thought to be operating in the city….
September 26, 2023
Voter Suppression, New York Style
New York governor Kathy Hochul is preening about her Democratic Party’s commitment to democracy, in the form of legislation she just signed authorizing mail-in voting. Republicans are suing to stop…
September 6, 2023
Why Staten Island seceding from NYC makes sense — for multiple reasons
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is right that Staten Island is not likely to succeed in seceding from the city of New York. The borough needs the approval of both the City Council and…
August 24, 2023
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
New York City’s Independent Budget Office this week reported that some 13,000 rent-regulated apartments in the city have been vacant for more than two years — fueling the charge that owners…
August 23, 2023
Solve Two Crises At Once: Put Migrants In NYCHA
As New York City gives over soccer fields and recreation centers to housing for a wave of migrants, and Gov. Hochul feuds with Mayor Adams, one public housing resident on…
August 13, 2023
The Bill to Repair NYCHA Projects Doubles—but Pols Won’t Fix the System
We knew Big Apple public housing is in dangerously bad shape—but it turns out it’s twice as bad as we thought. New York City Housing Authority officials just revealed the $40…
August 11, 2023
Why Does NY Campaign To Stop Smoking But Not Illicit Drug Use?
The New York drug policy philosophy — what might be called making drug use safe, legal and everywhere — has hit some serious snags. On Monday, US Attorney Damien Williams…
August 7, 2023
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
The most revealing thing about Friday’s Union Square pop-up riot is that as police dispersed the mob, members started chanting, “Black Lives Matter.” Make no mistake: This was not a protest on…
August 7, 2023
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
The kabuki theater of Washington budgeting has again featured the lightning-rod issue of public broadcasting. Last month, a House Commerce subcommittee voted to zero-out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),…