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Nicole Gelinas

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Trump promised to kill congestion pricing — here’s how he can actually make it happen

Trump promised to kill congestion pricing — here’s how he can actually make it happen

President Trump could retroactively revoke the federal government’s approval of the toll — because the Biden administration let the MTA slide on a...

26.01.2025 20

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Hochul’s latest subway safety gimmick isn’t a fix for violence, crime

Hochul’s latest subway safety gimmick isn’t a fix for violence, crime

Kathy Hochul's pledge to put cops on every overnight train — her third enforcement surge in three years — doesn't deal with the system’s real...

22.01.2025 10

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Adams’ $650M plan for homeless mentally ill holds a mirror to his troubled tenure

Adams’ $650M plan for homeless mentally ill holds a mirror to his troubled tenure

On broad policy and plans for NYC, Mayor Eric Adams is often right. It’s just that he consistently bumbles the execution.

12.01.2025 20

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

New Orleans attack a wake-up call for NYC — get serious about vehicle terror

We’re nearly a decade into the age of Islamist terror via motor vehicle, beginning with the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France, that...

06.01.2025 10

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Hochul’s subway-safety claim a cruel joke — as violence hit deadly high 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 — but Gov....

29.12.2024 5

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

‘September 5’ film on 1972 Munich Olympics captures the truth about terrorism

It’s not cozy Christmas fare, but if you want to see a movie that gets the past half-century of Palestinian terror right, go to a movie theater and...

22.12.2024 3

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Alvin Bragg’s bizarre antics told Daniel Penny jury the trial was just a sham

The acquittal last Monday of Marine veteran Daniel Penny is a blow to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg: The jury came to the common-sense...

16.12.2024 50

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a bad sign for New York City

It’s tempting for New York City to greet last week’s Sixth Avenue killing of UnitedHealthcare chief Brian Thompson with macabre relief: It’s never...

08.12.2024 3

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

That $6.2 million banana is a perfect symbol for our bloated economy

The $6.2 price tag for that banana "art" shows how a price can have no relation to value. Justin Sun's purchase of it is more proof that our we are...

01.12.2024 30

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

When Leniency Is the Goal, a Justice System Breaks Easily

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Nicole Gelinas Ms. Gelinas is a contributing editor for the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. Last week...

27.11.2024 3

The New York Times

Nicole Gelinas

New NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch’s top job: Be honest about NYC crime

New NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch can serve the mayor and the city well, if she uses her independence to level with the public about this fact,...

24.11.2024 4

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Hochul’s congestion-pricing fails reveal incompetence — or a long con

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s botch of the toll to drive into core Manhattan is so epic, you must wonder: Is she this bad at politics, or is she doing it on...

18.11.2024 50

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Hochul, Adams offer Trump a bogus olive branch — seeking not peace, just cash

Top New York Democrats cozied up to president-elect Donald Trump to get his help with their big-budget needs — but a reddening Empire State voted...

11.11.2024 10

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Daniel Penny needs a subway-riding jury — and he may not get one

Lawyers parse potential jurors by race, age and gender. But in the Daniel Penny trial, the real divide in the jury pool is transit: who takes the...

27.10.2024 4

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

NY Prop 1’s flaws reflect Hochul’s and state Democrats’ failures

Because they're so ideologically confused, state Democrats and Kathy Hochul must hide behind something that’s popular to pass all sorts of other...

20.10.2024 2

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Why public safety is the key to functioning NYC subways — crime hot spots for over 50 years

We’ve compressed a generation’s worth of killing into four years — and with nine murders on the subway this year, this danger is not abating.

19.10.2024 10

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Trump’s secret fanbase: NY Democrats crave his win to take heat off their failures

Former President Donald Trump is gaining in swing-state polls — and you can bet one group is secretly pleased: New York’s elected officials. The...

13.10.2024 20

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Mayor Adams puts taxpayers on the hook for $1.6 billion a year on migrants — maybe through 2029!

Mayor Eric Adams is trying to ensure that one big feature of his mayoralty stays in office, even if he doesn’t: billions of dollars in taxpayer...

11.10.2024 100

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Biden’s forced end to port strike is a bad deal for consumers — and unions, too

Biden strong-armed the ports into a bad deal that in the long run will push up prices — and harm organized labor.

06.10.2024 100

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Mayor Hochul to the rescue? Here’s how gov can help NYC as Adams flounders

Gotham needs a strong governor to fill the power vacuum Hizzoner’s scandals have created — and Hochul has powers she can wield to the city’s...

29.09.2024 9

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

A Great City, Such a Small Mayor

With all its talent, how did the city end up with a mayor accused of being an incessant petty grifter?

27.09.2024 6

The New York Times

Nicole Gelinas

MTA’s $68.4B capital program is pure fiction —unless Hochul steps up

Unless and until Gov. Hochul becomes a firmer leader, the MTA's massive infrastructure plan will remain unfunded — a lot of ideas, and no way to...

22.09.2024 2

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Hochul’s new plan: congestion pricing for thee, but not for me

Higher “prices” in the form of this new tax aren’t for everyone, of course: Only the private sector must pay.

24.08.2024 8

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

NY prosecutors should follow UK’s lead and send disruptive protesters to jail

In Britain, prosecutors and judges are applying the law so that the illegal actions of demonstrators of all political stripes have real consequences.

20.08.2024 30

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

The Sweaty, Dangerous Labor of Making the Subways Safer

Opinion Guest Essay Credit... By Gus Aronson Supported by By Nicole Gelinas Ms. Gelinas is a contributing editor for the Manhattan Institute’s City...

14.08.2024 6

The New York Times

Nicole Gelinas

What’s the real migrant crime rate in NYC? We have no idea

Last Monday, Venezuelan migrant Sandra Serrano was shot and killed outside the Randall’s Island migrant shelter, caught in the crossfire in what...

04.08.2024 70

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Adams’ e-bike boondoggle aids delivery apps but does nothing for public safety

City Hall is rewarding delivery apps' irresponsible corporate behavior by subsidizing it, spending taxpayer money to do what employers should do:...

28.07.2024 3

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas

Adams has NYPD playing whack-a-mole as crime drops in subway, rises on the street

New York’s public-safety resources are stretched thin, something Eric Adams has never addressed with a long-term plan.

21.07.2024 4

New York Post

Nicole Gelinas