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Opinion

Op-ed | Amazon two-day shipping is speedy. Let’s make it safe in NYC

By Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés and Theodore A. Moore

Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri brief the media regarding the crime statistics for September 2025 and the third quarter.

Crime

Op-Ed | Seven straight quarters of crime reduction: Safer streets, subways, and communities

By Mayor Eric Adams

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Opinion

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

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Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-ed | Seasons change, but priority of building record amounts of housing to make NYC affordable stays the same

By Mayor Eric Adams

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Opinion

Op-Ed | A drug discount program is driving hospital consolidation and higher healthcare costs

By Christopher Sheeron

Demonstrators protesting against the mayor’s plan to shift public-sector retirees to Medicare Advantage on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Opinion

Op-ed | Does NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams care about municipal retirees going into medical debt?

By Marianne Pizzitola

Mayor Eric Adams. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.

Opinion

Op-Ed | The Adams administration’s report card: a city government that works for all New Yorkers

By Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-ed | No regrets: Rosh Hashanah, and contrition, confession, and change

By Rabbi Marc Schneier

Sanitation workers in West Harlem look at trash containers during containerization

Opinion

Op-ed | City Council bill to legalize trash bags on our streets is for the rats

By Javier Lojan and Shaun Abreu

Mayor Eric Adams.

Opinion

Op-Ed | ‘Bridge to Home’ is providing a public health approach to public safety

By Mayor Eric Adams

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

Opinion

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

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Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Matthew Fraser, New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, T-Mobile, Dell Technologies, and New York Yankees All Star Second Baseman, Jazz Chisholm, Jr., announce that 350,000 K-12 New York City Public Schools students will receive new chromebooks for free during the 2025-2026 school year.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Bridging the digital divide: Providing 350,000 students with FREE chromebooks

By Mayor Eric Adams

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Opinion

Op-Ed | NYC’s grocery delivery workers deserve $21.44 an hour — and the flexibility to earn It

By Dani Dudeck

NYPD at scene in Brooklyn where man was shot dead

Opinion

Op-ed | Denial is not a strategy: A holistic blueprint to address gun violence in NYC

By Andrew Cuomo

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Opinion

Op-ed | Our children are not safe until street ‘daylighting’ is universal

By Antonio Reynoso

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Op-Ed | Four years after Hurricane Ida, Queens deserves real climate resilience

By Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas

Joyful children rush down the hallway, backpacks bouncing, eager to learn

Opinion

Op-Ed | What to know to ensure your child succeeds as they head back to school

By Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | Technology empowers Black business owners. Supporting innovation will keep them competitive.

By Phil Andrews

Mayor Eric Adams New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public-safety- and quality-of-life-related announcement.

Opinion

Op-Ed | Quality of life and ending the culture of ‘anything goes’

By Mayor Eric Adams

Opinion

Op-Ed | This National Nonprofit Day, let’s invest in and empower disability nonprofits

By Winifred Schiff

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at City Hall amid ICE raids

Opinion

Op-Ed | Helping New Yorkers save up to $1 billion with first-in-the-nation Municipal Student Loan and College Assistance Program

By Mayor Eric Adams

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at City Hall amid ICE raids

Opinion

Op-Ed | Building, preserving, and planning 426,000+ units of housing to make our city more affordable

By Mayor Eric Adams

Teacher and pupils smiling in classroom at the elementary school

Opinion

Op-Ed | Delivering universal after-school care for working families

By Mayor Eric Adams

NYC EMS units respond to a medical emergency.

Opinion

Op-ed | It’s time for Mayor Adams to pay EMS workers what they deserve

By City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and City Council Member Justin Brannan

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