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With plans for a Coney Island Business Improvement District, Mayor Mamdani might do something right

A BID helps accomplish what our democratic socialist mayor most dislikes: real-world economic development that benefits the middle class.

01.03.2026 10

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Will NYC builders use their clout to stop Mamdani —and save the city?

The Partnership for New York City seems eager to challenge Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. But when will we hear the same resolve from the powerful,...

13.02.2026 60

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Department stores are dinosaurs, but Saks Fifth Avenue’s bankruptcy threatens a very civilized way of life

Manhattan is down to five full-size department stores — and it's time to worry.

18.01.2026 10

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The woke have seized control of NYC’s ‘affordable housing’

I want NYC housing to be affordable, too — but I want it to be affordable to working- and middle-class people who pay taxes and respect the civic...

15.12.2025 7

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Canal Street ICE raids weren’t pretty — but something must be done to clean up a promising NYC block

With City Hall unable or unwilling to protect legitimate Canal Street businesses and the public from the scourge of unlicensed sidewalk merchants,...

26.10.2025 8

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Times Square, ‘Crossroads of the World,’ is at a crossroads itself — especially if Mamdani is elected

One thing’s certain: Times Square is more troubled than it’s been in two decades, and the prospect of a likely Zohran Mamdani mayoralty portends...

26.09.2025 4

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Starbucks needs proper managers — no one needs to wait 11 minutes for a drink with a cute message scribbled on the side

If Starbucks actually has bosses, they’re in their offices counting coffee beans.

16.09.2025 10

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Can Zohran Mamdani denounce Islamic terror this 9/11 anniversary without blaming US or Israel?

The Democratic-socialist has thus far himself said nothing, zero, nada, bupkis, in his campaign about the imminent anniversary of the single worst day...

10.09.2025 10

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The return-to-office trend is real — and it’s spectacular for NYC

New data debunks the myth that “hybrid” work has put commercial real estate — the engine of this city’s economy and its single largest...

17.08.2025 10

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Progressives are stopping progress when it comes to addressing NYC’s housing shortage

The Brooklyn Marine Terminal could be turned into thousands of much-needed apartments, but its misguided opponents are stuck in the past.

10.08.2025 10

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Why the future of NY under a ‘Mayor Mamdani’ has already arrived

If you think a Mayor Mamdani couldn’t bring us worse horrors than those already inflicted upon us — you are profoundly in error.

05.07.2025 10

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NYC’s unwelcome plan to turn 34th Street into a ‘busway’ is a road to nowhere

There are quotation marks around “proposal” because the scheme is certain to be a done deal by August. The DOT always gets its way, never mind a...

21.06.2025 8

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Casinos? Marijuana? Why NY should stop trying to legalize vices

Who are the victims of casinos, dope stores and “sex work”? Those who can least afford them, the disadvantaged and poor for whom lefty legislators...

24.05.2025 7

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NYC’s new scaffolding laws like ‘more colors’ are just one step in the right direction

The new laws are long overdue.

19.04.2025 3

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How Eric Adams could beat Andrew Cuomo: Remind NYC voters who gave evil-doers free passes

Adams must remind the electorate that Cuomo is mostly behind the city’s stubbornly high felony rate and increasingly disorderly streets and sidewalks.

15.03.2025 8

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The COVID lockdown nearly killed NYC — and it was Andrew Cuomo who came close to destroying it

New Yorkers taken with Cuomo’s odious, I’m-your-hero oratory should remember how he screwed us over in 2020.

04.03.2025 10

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Return of NYC dining sheds is a calamity waiting to happen — and the DOT must stop the insanity

The Department of Transportation’s petty bureaucrats -- who gave us infinitely extended bike lanes and ugly, traffic-congesting “plazas” –...

15.02.2025 5

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Forget global warming and rising NYC waters — New Yorkers still love living by the shore

Who cares about hurricanes, New Yorkers love living by the shore.

15.02.2025 3

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New Yorkers are paying the price for the abuse of public-bathrooms

An increasing number of public bathrooms are being closed.

18.01.2025 10

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Forget crime, NYC remains the world’s greatest tourist town

New York City is a hellhole of unchecked crime, rampant homelessness, empty office buildings, and raging maniacs on every corner and subway...

04.01.2025 5

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