Hidden toll of NY’s legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem
New York City ended 2024 with a series of horrific subway incidents linked by a hidden thread: the state’s choice ...
Read more
Tag: Opinion
As congestion toll pain kicks in, MTA boss Janno Lieber insults us on subway crime
MTA chief Janno Lieber seems bent on infuriating the entire city. First came his Saturday celebration of the midnight start ...
Read more
Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city
If you’re familiar with the Broken Windows theory of policing, you may have learned of it, perhaps indirectly, from Malcolm ...
Read more
Gov. Hochul must do much more to get violent mentally ill off streets
The latest announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul — that she will finally expand involuntary commitment — is a necessary but ...
Read more
Gov. Hochul must play hardball with lawmakers to protect NYers from madmen
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing the Legislature to address the terror and mayhem from random violence by the mentally ill ...
Read more
Subway shoving on New Year’s Eve, Letters
The Issue: New York City rings in the new year with yet another subway-shoving incident. How many people are going ...
Read more
What will it take for the city to rescue the Bronx ‘Hub’ from the junkies?
Let 2025 be the year City Hall finally makes good on decades of pledges to clean up The Hub commercial ...
Read more
Mayor Adams’ record is muddled as his re-election year begins
Mayor Adams enters his re-election year with a pretty mixed record, facing a federal corruption trial and denied (at least ...
Read more
Return of the Guardian Angels is proof NY leaders are failing
A sure sign that New York leaders have utterly failed to made riders feel safe: The Guardian Angels are returning ...
Read more
Hochul claims subway safety—but violent deaths rose in 2024
If progressives don’t want people acting in self-defense or defending others on the subway, then the state has to keep us safe ...
Read more
