Progressives’ ‘good cause eviction’ bill spells doom for NYC housing
It’s hard to imagine making New York City’s housing market even worse, but the progressives in charge of the Legislature aim to do just that. The city has more public…
Albany’s recipe for ever more gun-toting teens
Each day brings more proof that New York’s Raise the Age law has been a disaster not just for the city and state, but for the young people the law…
Charters succeed at teaching — that’s why their enemies hate them
Faced with the undeniable fact city kids attending charters schools do far better on state exams than those stuck in the regular public-school system, critics routinely complain that charters “teach…
The evidence of charter-school success is undeniable — why hold them back?
The goal of any school system should be to deliver students high-quality education, in a safe environment, at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Charter schools in New York City…
You, the New York voter, are to blame for city’s and state’s headlong rush to disaster
Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” suffered three thundering recent “No”s — to new housing, to judicial legitimacy and to sanity. The fault lies not only with woke politicians and…
NYC tenants, landlords and Housing Court don’t need another layer of bureaucracy
Do state lawmakers intentionally make life worse for landlords and tenants — or are they simply unaware of the damage they cause them? Those are the only possible explanations for…
New York needs school choice, not more money for ever-worse results
New York’s leaders are stuck in an unwinnable battle, doubling down on past failures in the hope things will magically improve. Despite dwindling public-school enrollments driven by families leaving the…
NY must prune its bloated Medicaid program — and focus on improving low-quality care
The coronavirus pandemic exposed a fundamental imbalance in New York’s approach to health policy: Albany spends too much money on its bloated Medicaid plan but neglects the public-health programs that…
Letters to the Editor — Dec. 27, 2022
The Issue: The Legislature’s vote to raise Senate and Assembly members’ salaries by 29%. So let’s put this in perspective: Our state legislative geniuses gather in Albany to vote themselves…
New York’s top Dems don’t want to hear the truth on their ‘reforms’ and crime
Kudos to the left-leaning Gotham Gazette for noting that, nearly three years on, the Legislature hasn’t bothered to hold a hearing to assess the impact of its game-changing criminal-justice “reforms.”…