Three Things New York Should Do for Public Safety
Gotham’s next mayor must retain Jessica Tisch, hire more officers, and halt the plan to close Rikers Island.
Rafael A. Mangual
On Mental Health, New York Must Get Police Messaging Right
The NYPD needs a clear directive: the public and city government want cops to take a more preventative approach to mental illness-related disorder.
Stephen Eide
An Economic Agenda for Gotham’s Next Mayor
With deteriorating quality of life and high housing costs pushing New Yorkers to leave, the city's value proposition must improve.
John Ketcham
New York’s Next Mayor Must Tame Its Public-Sector Unions
Getting control of the city’s finances will require confronting labor on benefit costs and resistance to innovation.
Ken Girardin
How New York’s Next Mayor Can Make the Subways Safer
The system requires a larger police presence—not a reliance on overtime shifts.
Nicole Gelinas
How New York’s Next Mayor Can Keep Families From Fleeing
Practical childcare reforms can stop the city’s middle-class exodus.
Liena Zagare
New York’s Next Mayor Should Help Deport Criminal Aliens
Undoing the city’s expansive sanctuary regime would be popular and help cut crime.
Paul Dreyer
What New York’s Next Leader Should Take From the Giuliani and Bloomberg Years
Both former mayors championed innovations that emphasized results, accountability, and metrics.
Steven Malanga
How to Save New York’s Failing Schools
The city’s next mayor will have to put parental choice ahead of interest groups.
Ray Domanico, Danyela Souza Egorov
Where New York’s Mayoral Candidates Stand on Housing
Not one is willing to level with voters about the need to make the city affordable for a new generation of young adults.
Eric Kober
Top Illustration by Dante Terzigni