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Fifty years ago this month, a president of the United States famously told New York City to “drop dead” in rebuffing City Hall’s request for an emergency loan to prevent the Big Apple from falling into bankruptcy.

Editorial | Defunding NYC also defunds America

Posted on October 16, 2025

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Editorial | The push for NYC jail reform should address a complex truth

Posted on October 15, 2025

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Editorial | No troops needed in New York, despite Trump’s saber-rattling

Posted on October 9, 2025

Remembering Oct. 7 attack on Israel at vigil

Editorial | Let history not repeat itself in NYC and the Middle East

Posted on October 8, 2025

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Editorial | Time for accountability at ICE and Department of Homeland Security

Posted on October 6, 2025

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Editorial | Trump’s funding cuts to New York are penny-dumb and pound-foolish

Posted on October 2, 2025

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Editorial | ICE’s attack on reporters is unacceptable and un-American

Posted on October 1, 2025

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Editorial | Deactivating danger for rideshare operators, drivers and customers

Posted on September 25, 2025

Protesters unfurl banner against drilling at protest during UN General Assembly

Editorial | NYC pays the price for UN General Assembly traffic. Why shouldn’t diplomats?

Posted on September 24, 2025

elected officials arrested by ICE agents in federal court

Editorial | How can New York trust ICE without verifying them?

Posted on September 22, 2025

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Editorial | On 9/11, never forget who we are as a country

Posted on September 11, 2025

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Editorial | The progress of congestion pricing

Posted on September 10, 2025

A firefighter stands at the 9/11 Memorial on Sept. 11, 2024.

Editorial | The 9/11 Memorial and Museum is NYC’s sacred place, and must remain so

Posted on September 9, 2025

Children are torn from their father by ICE inside immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Aug. 26, 2025.

Editorial | ICE must abandon its destructive enforcement policy

Posted on August 28, 2025

New York City, USA - October 8, 2017: A member of the New York City Police. The officer is patrolling the streets of manhattan

Editorial | NYC can effectively fight crime without troops

Posted on August 27, 2025

Manhattan's 28th Precinct has seen a recent spike in gang violence.

Editorial | What NYC can do to stop the cop crunch

Posted on August 20, 2025

NYPD at scene of deadly Brooklyn mass shooting believed to be gang-related

Editorial | Let the NYPD deal with the gangs of New York

Posted on August 17, 2025

cooling towers in Harlem amid Legionnaires' disease outbreak

Editorial | Preventing another needless outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the future

Posted on August 14, 2025

An artist's rendering of the proposed New Utrecht Ave station on the Interborough Express in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Editorial | The purpose of the Interborough Express

Posted on August 13, 2025

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Editorial | A story of sacrifice for officer slain in Midtown mass shooting

Posted on July 30, 2025

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Editorial | The Midtown mass shooting, and evil in our midst

Posted on July 29, 2025

Man in mask walks past American flags at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC

Editorial | ICE, immigrants and the path of justice in NYC

Posted on July 23, 2025

NYC EMTS working to wheel woman on stretcher during fire

Editorial | NYC EMT pay is a disgrace. It’s time for City Hall to do what’s right

Posted on July 21, 2025

A view shows a flooded subway station in New York

Editorial | NYC will sink or swim with choice of rebuilding sewer system

Posted on July 16, 2025

An NYC Ferry departs from St. George in Staten Island on Aug. 23, 2021.

Editorial | NYC Ferry redesign should strongly consider this transportation desert

Posted on July 15, 2025

Black garbage bags sat next to several full litter baskets on corners near NYC streets, including this one on Seventh Avenue in the West Village.

Editorial | ‘New York, Let’s Clean Up New York’ in the war on trash

Posted on July 14, 2025

E-bike with operator riding along a NYC street with buildings

Op-Ed

Editorial | NYC tries to go both ways on e-bike and car traffic in parks

Posted on July 6, 2025

Male patient having consultation with doctor or psychiatrist who working on diagnostic examination on men's health disease or mental illness in medical clinic or hospital mental health service center

Editorial | ‘Big Beautiful’ pain

Posted on July 3, 2025

People wearing bright shirts protesting rent hike

Editorial | NYC’s rent crisis leaves everyone in the hole

Posted on July 2, 2025

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Editorial | A matter of Pride and rights for Americans

Posted on June 29, 2025

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Editorial | Why did Mamdani win? It’s the economy!

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Editorial | The one-word answer to NYC’s questions

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Editorial | The choice is clear: Andrew Cuomo should be the Democratic mayoral nominee

Posted on June 18, 2025

Brad lander arrested

Editorial | Unacceptable actions: The arrests of Brad Lander and immigrants by masked ICE agents

Posted on June 18, 2025

NYC voting

Editorial | Your vote has meaning

Posted on June 12, 2025

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Editorial | Shame on Liu! Senator Liu’s endorsement betrays a faithful constituency

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Editorial | Protesters and ICE agents need to keep the masks off

Posted on June 10, 2025

Haitian migrant

Editorial | ICE and Trump are playing with fire in raids, mission of fear

Posted on June 8, 2025

Riverton Square

Editorial | Housing vouchers in NYC are too big to fail

Posted on June 4, 2025

A rodent is seen eating seeds in New York, NY, United States

Editorial | Containing the problem of New York City rats

Posted on June 4, 2025

MTA camera enforcement

Editorial | Candid cameras tackling NYC’s bad drivers

Posted on June 2, 2025

Tenant Bloc

Editorial | NYC tenants and landlords bearing the economic brunt of rent crisis

Posted on May 28, 2025

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Editorial | Fare evasion takes us all for a ride

Posted on May 26, 2025

Bus riding along Manhattan

Editorial | Manhattan transit projects putting pedestrians, and businesses, first

Posted on May 21, 2025

Police rope off crime scene in Brooklyn after shooting

Op-Ed

Editorial | What NYC can do to stop shootings impacting the Bronx and Brooklyn

Posted on May 20, 2025

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Editorial | Mamdani’s Israel, Holocaust resolution refusals show he’s unfit to lead NYC

Posted on May 19, 2025

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Bronx Times

NYC Missing Persons Day event held in Bronx for the first time, offering hope and answers to families

People light candles for hostages killed by Hamas, during a vigil at Columbus Circle on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

Editorial | Never forget Oct. 7, and the pursuit of peace

Posted on October 6, 2024

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