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Biden can follow FDR and dump his VP
Almost exactly 80 years ago, a Democratic leader from the Bronx huddled privately with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As told in the powerful new book by historian David Roll, “Ascent...
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A crucial fix for rent regulation
Housing legislation has moved to center stage in Albany, with proposals to provide aid for everything from granny flats to new, subsidized construction on the table.
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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...
New York’s quality of life budget: Focus on improving conditions for everyday people first
With no little fanfare, the City Council passed legislation requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste for composting. Unmentioned amidst the claims for environmental progress was the fact that,...
How Hochul housing plan can pass
Gov. Hochul gets a surprising amount right in the proposal she calls the New York Housing Compact, which calls for an ambitious 800,000 new homes over 10 years. She's right...
Midtown housing options must expand
There is much to recommend and much that is imaginative in the housing elements of Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams' plan to aid the city's post-COVID comeback. Notably, the "Making...
Enough with the Powerball hype
With the jackpot for the drawing to be held Saturday night now estimated at $1.5 billion, Powerball fever is back. And once again, we'll see local television news organizations hyping...
Imagine truly democratic primaries
The focus in the highly-contested Aug. 23 New York Democratic primary election will be, of course, on winners and losers. Will it be Carolyn Maloney or Jerrold Nadler in Manhattan?...
Poor neighborhoods don’t need pot shops
The train carrying federally legalized cannabis has started to leave the station, as the House has voted both to strike marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances and to...
Buffalo’s lesson for New York City
This seems to be Buffalo's turn in the spotlight. The long-withering Western New York City is the hometown of the state's new governor, Kathy Hochul, and its football Bills have...