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In the zone: City Council should approve City of Yes changes today

Today, the City Council will have the opportunity to vote on the economic opportunity part of Mayor Adams’ City of Yes proposals to modernize...

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The whole story on COVID: Gov. Hochul must push for a commission to review the pandemic

Four years ago, when COVID was first smothering New York, the governor at the time and the mayor at the time set up 20 different committees and panels...

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Good to go: Mayor Adams’ plan for more public toilets is welcome relief

Whether man or woman, resident or commuter or tourist, child or adult or senior citizen, ambulatory or wheelchair user, housed or homeless, everyone...

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Charter a better course for NYC: The Charter Revision Commission should improve democracy and accountability

Tomorrow morning at Queens Borough Hall is the first chance for New Yorkers to offer ideas to the Charter Revision Commission set up by Mayor Adams to...

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Error and trial: Hunter Biden’s trial is not about his father

Normally, a trial in the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Del. for lying about not being a drug addict on a form to buy a Colt Cobra .38 Special...

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Crime and punishment: Jailtime seems unlikely for Trump’s felonies

After conviction comes sentencing, but any time behind bars will be unlikely for Donald Trump. It’s not because his attempt to hide his tawdry tryst...

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Principles trumped: The GOP hypocrisy begins

One measure of a person’s principles is their consistency, and it comes as no surprise that many leading Republican politicians fail this test when...

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Bragging rights: District Attorney Alvin Bragg beat the doubters

As the dust settles in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s felony conviction, some appreciation is in order. Like many, we were skeptical of the Stormy...

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Vote of confidence: A bad old law against giving voters water gets knocked out

Last week, the Brooklyn NAACP succeeded in challenging an old New York State election law that had prohibited what’s known as “line warming” —...

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Looking northward: Promising program to set migrants up in Buffalo

Some 2,000 migrants will act as the test subjects for a new NYC program to help them get on their feet, not here, but north and west in Buffalo, as ...

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Pushing the red button: Hochul smart move to kick smartphone from school

Now we’re getting somewhere. Word is out that Gov. Hochul will press for a statewide ban on smartphones in schools — a long overdue move that...

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Politics 101: Colleges wisely choose institutional neutrality to provide a forum for all

Having gotten tangled up with campus protests demanding that they take political stands and divest from Israel (something which we entirely disagree...

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Blowing hot air: NYC emissions law isn’t perfect, but should stand

A Manhattan appellate court has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging NYC’s Local Law 97. The legislation aims to dramatically reduce...

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Guilty as charged: At long last, Donald Trump is held to account, on all 34 felony counts

Donald Trump has made history in many ways over the last several years, most of it very bad. He was the first president in U.S. history to have...

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Play and pay: The rewards and risks of NCAA money deal for college athletes

Just three short years after the dawn of an era in which college athletes can profit off their name, image and likeness, a newer era is about to dawn...

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Sam I am: Justice Alito blames his wife for flag flap

Sam Alito, presently a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, wrote to Democratic lawmakers about why he is not going to recuse himself from two cases...

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Congestion pricing countdown: Almost there after all these years

The wait for congestion pricing is no longer decades away, as the earliest proponents were advocating going back into the 1950s and 60s. The start of...

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Keep the Trump case public: Acquitted or convicted, the official record must not ever be sealed

Should the jury of five women and seven men vote unanimously to find Donald Trump not guilty of the 34 felonies he is charged with, the entire record...

29.05.2024 20

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Gateway keeps getting worse: Permanent post-COVID ridership decline proves wasteful Penn South will never be needed

It was eight years today, May 29, 2016, that the Daily News ran our first editorial questioning Amtrak’s Gateway project with New York and New...

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Pants on fire: Donald Trump’s lies may get him convicted of felonies

After 16 days of lawyers questioning witnesses and presenting evidence, today prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will argue to...

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GOP ballot games: Republican officials plot voter disenfranchisement

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is done with his state Senate’s GOP shenanigans when it comes to this year’s presidential ballot. The...

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Saved from the lifeguards: Mayor Adams puts swimmers ahead of Peter Stein’s union

For decades, how New Yorkers got to enjoy their summers at the city’s beaches and outdoor swimming pools was dependent not on the mayor or the parks...

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A new start on cannabis: Good riddance to Chris Alexander, who failed the state Office of Cannabis Management

Chris Alexander was Gov. Hochul’s first nominee to be confirmed by the state Senate, winning approval on Sept.1, 2021 to be the inaugural executive...

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A tribute to the valiant: They gave their lives for us

Onward marches the Big Parade, forever into the somber beyond. A column of the young and the brave. Of the dutiful. When Duty whispers low, Thou...

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Show and tell at the White House: Make the president’s tax returns public, by law

James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and who is leading the specious charge on...

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Getting help to the mentally ill: Dan Goldman and Nicole Malliotakis are right to fix this Medicaid problem

For 60 years Washington has been wrong in prohibiting Medicaid payment for care provided in “institutions for mental disease,” defined as...

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Imposing control: Louisiana’s shameful move against abortion medication

This week, Louisiana decided that the state’s near-total prohibition on abortion access wasn’t enough and moved to make the two drugs used in...

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Settling scores: AG Tish James gets some restitution for crypto victims

New York Attorney General Tish James announced this week that her office had reached a $2 billion settlement with a series of cryptocurrency firms...

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Haley’s ambition Trumps principle: Getting back in line like too many Republicans

Of course Nikki Haley now says she’ll vote for Donald Trump. The blink of an eye ago she called him “unstable and unhinged,” an individual...

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Ticket to competition: Feds and states take good aim at Live Nation

In a lawsuit filed yesterday, the Justice Department, 29 states and the District of Columbia filed suit against Live Nation , the world’s largest...

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Randy Mastro deserves a fair vote: The City Council must hear out the mayor’s pick for corporation counsel

As she writes in these pages today, City Council Adrienne Adams wants to amend the City Charter to give the body the power to confirm 21 additional...

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Sound limits on migrant shelter: NYC’s new rules on stays are well-tailored

Yesterday, the city began enforcing updates to its longtime right to shelter settlement, giving most adult migrants only 30 days in shelter before...

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Welcome to the Bronx, Mr. Trump: The obsolete Electoral College means that most states are not competitive for presidential candidates

The lyingest liar who ever lied will rally supporters in the Bronx Thursday. In promoting his Crotona Park rally, Donald Trump previewed his message:...

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The ICC prosecutor in the dock: Karim Khan wrongly seeks Netanyahu arrest warrant and may sink his own court

British lawyer Karim Khan is the third person to be prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. After Khan’s egregious and outrageous (as...

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Will Iran ever change? The death of President Ebrahim Raisi and the terror regime continues

When more than 100 Iranians were murdered and hundreds of others were injured by suicide terrorists in January, President Ebrahim Raisi said: “We...

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Life comes first: Overdose prevention makes treatment possible

With another year comes another opportunity for New York State to formally sanction and fund overdose prevention centers (OPCs), proven facilities...

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Reduce wrapping, reduce waste: Cut plastic to save money and the environment

For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has...

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Fighting the enemy within: Combatting sexual assault in the ranks

When young men and women enlist in the United States armed forces, they do so for a variety of reasons: to serve their country, for patriotism, as...

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Worth the trade?: Hefty electric vehicle tariffs at odds with climate goals

Last week, President Biden announced significant new tariffs on our frequent trade rival, China. Among the targeted goods were steel, aluminum and...

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Nudge forward Atlantic Yards: Brooklyn housing plan must be completed

New York City desperately needs more housing to provide homes and to help lower the cost of living. The Atlantic Yards project, ideally situated near...

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Letting the little ones learn: Mistakes and remedies in the NYC 3-K program

The offer letters went out this week not for college admissions but for the littlest learners — kids set to attend free, publicly funded 3-K, the...

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Contempt for governance: House GOP advances a farce against Merrick Garland

The House Oversight and Judiciary committees have voted in favor of advancing contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland. His...

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A stupid act’s very high price: A quarter century since Albany Dems robbed NYC with their commuter tax repeal

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Learn not to burn: Congress takes first step to curb dangerous lithium-ion batteries

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Go for red: Legislature should expand NYC’s red light camera program

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The rematch is set: Biden vs. Trump debates have the right balance

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Wage war on wage theft: Legislature should pass EMPIRE Act

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Sink this pier plan: Port Authority betrays Brooklyn as it skips town

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Border bumble: Congress gives up on immigration

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Mail it in: Universal postal voting is good for New Yorkers of all parties

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