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Build the Housing, and Build It Where the Trains Are
The city's transit network is an asset we are declining to use fully.
By The Editorial Board · 4 min read
New York · Opinion
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Arguments from our editorial board and contributors, published with the other side in view.
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Opinion
In Defense of Slow Government
Process protects people. It also has to end at some point.
By The Editorial Board
Opinion
A Case for Congestion Pricing, and an Honest Accounting of Its Costs
The policy is defensible. The communications have not been.
By Hollis Grant
Opinion
Public Schools Deserve a Stable Decade
Three reorganizations in twelve years is not reform; it is churn.
By Deborah Chan
Opinion
Why This Newspaper Still Covers Community Boards
The least glamorous meeting in the city decides the most about your block.
By The Editorial Board
Opinion
The Police Budget Is a Policy Statement
Overtime is where stated priorities and actual ones diverge.
By Hollis Grant
Opinion
Immigration Made This City. It Is Also Straining It.
Both sentences are true, and the second is a funding question.
By Deborah Chan
Opinion
Against the Cult of the Signature Project
Ribbon cuttings are cheap. Maintenance is what earns trust.
By Hollis Grant
Opinion
Give Small Landlords a Reason to Repair
Regulation without a path to solvency produces the buildings we complain about.
By Marcus Bell
Opinion
Tenants Are Not the Problem With the Housing Market
A response to this page's own argument, from a housing attorney.
By Rosa Ferrante
Opinion
The Case for Reading Local News Before Voting
A ballot with fourteen offices on it requires more than a party line.
By The Editorial Board
Opinion
Climate Adaptation Is a Construction Program
Sea walls, drainage and shade are the achievable version of ambition.
By Marcus Bell
Opinion
Our Libraries Are Underfunded on Purpose
Every budget cycle proves what the city says it values.
By Deborah Chan
Opinion
What We Owe the Night Shift
A city that runs at 3 a.m. should govern for the people who keep it running.
By Rosa Ferrante
Opinion
A Newspaper's Obligations in a Network of Three Thousand
Being part of Wiki.News changes our reach, not our standards.
By The Editorial Board