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

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

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

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