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What Mayor Mamdani can learn from Sail 4th 250

What Mayor Mamdani can learn from Sail 4th 250

The largest fleet of tall sailing ships and naval vessels in history has gathered in New York Harbor to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation....

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Tom Fox

The liberty of clean air & clean water

The liberty of clean air & clean water

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, let’s take a moment away from the chaotic headlines we wake up to every morning to reflect on...

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Julie Tighe

Let us all become civil and united

Let us all become civil and united

The civic group, the United States of Kindness, is encouraging Americans to celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary with 250 million AOKs — acts...

yesterday 2

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David Petraeus

Mamdani and NYC survive the mayor’s first budget

Mamdani and NYC survive the mayor’s first budget

The first budget for Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin, at loggerheads until the final hours over the skyrocketing costs of the...

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A peacetime armada echoes a wartime one

A peacetime armada echoes a wartime one

In the predawn darkness, an enormous armada of ships will gather south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Then, as the sun begins to rise, the vessels...

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Jonathan Russo

Why are my caregivers being deported?

Why are my caregivers being deported?

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that most Americans will read about and move on from. I won’t have that luxury. I am...

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Valerie Joseph

Readers sound off on Supreme Court rulings, Venezuela’s earthquake and Yanks’ record

Readers sound off on Supreme Court rulings, Venezuela’s earthquake and Yanks’ record

Judges as corporate lawyers, Trump as CEO Kearny, N.J.: “The business of America is business” is a quote attributed to one of the worst Republican...

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Voice Of The People

The N.Y. FAIR Act will cut electric bills

The N.Y. FAIR Act will cut electric bills

Even without a heat wave like this week, times are tough for New York’s utility customers. New Yorkers pay some of the highest electricity prices in...

thursday 2

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Patrick Robbins

Schools must teach the love of reading

Schools must teach the love of reading

The writing is on the wall. Our children can’t read it. America is trapped in the severe, compounding collapse of reading, and has been for more...

thursday 2

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Eva Moskowitz

Bramhall cartoons for July 2026

Bramhall cartoons for July 2026

Take a look at the editorial cartoons from New York Daily News staffer Bill Bramhall for July and August 2026. Bill Bramhall/New York Daily...

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Bill Bramhall

Readers sound off on America at 250, genocidal intent and free Slurpees

Readers sound off on America at 250, genocidal intent and free Slurpees

Take stock of what changed & what remains Bradford, Ontario: America’s birthday approaches. It will not be a sober affair, but a time to...

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Voice Of The People

Freeze the property tax, not the rent

Freeze the property tax, not the rent

The city’s Rent Guidelines Board has unsurprisingly voted for the rent freeze on which Mayor Mamdani campaigned. As board member Christina Smyth put...

thursday 7

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Howard Husock

Greene: Obama opens his presidential center, and owns a ‘suite’ in Trump’s head

Greene: Obama opens his presidential center, and owns a ‘suite’ in Trump’s head

The big “O” carved outside the newest presidential library obviously stands for Obama. But for the man who succeeded the nation’s first Black...

thursday 10

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Leonard Greene

Readers sound off on alleging genocide, Mamdani’s rent freeze and public benches

Readers sound off on alleging genocide, Mamdani’s rent freeze and public benches

Israel critics go too far & betray peace Manhattan: Not long after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, I wrote a letter to Voice of the People in...

thursday 10

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Voice Of The People

Housing voucher expansion will bust the city budget

Housing voucher expansion will bust the city budget

New York City’s fiscal year starts on July 1, Wednesday, and Mayor Mamdani must continue to resist the City Council’s desire to expand CityFHEPS...

thursday 10

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A community’s voice is ignored by NYC

A community’s voice is ignored by NYC

Why do we have a City Charter? Why is this administration investing $50 million to launch a new Office of Mass Engagement while simultaneously...

thursday 9

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Trish Goff

Predicting the political shift: Signs of NYC’s voter discontent were hiding in plain sight

Predicting the political shift: Signs of NYC’s voter discontent were hiding in plain sight

The New York and Washington Democratic political class was in stunned disbelief last week, scrambling to interpret Tuesday’s primary results, and...

thursday 6

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Bradley Honan

N.Y.’s Bivens Act can fight against federal abuse

N.Y.’s Bivens Act can fight against federal abuse

A few weeks ago Border Czar Tom Homan threatened to deploy “more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen in New York City.” He did so in retaliation...

thursday 10

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Joel B. Rudin

Readers sound off on the rent freeze, shoplifting and James Dolan

Readers sound off on the rent freeze, shoplifting and James Dolan

Treat small landlords as business owners Bronx: With one breath, Mayor Mamdani extols small business as the backbone of the city, yet he goes on the...

thursday 9

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Voice Of The People

Aqueduct’s big history and big future plans for housing

Aqueduct’s big history and big future plans for housing

In 2009, we wrote: “The season ends today at Aqueduct, and with the finish of the ninth race should come the closure of the Queens horse track.”...

thursday 10

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A better way for alternate-side parking

A better way for alternate-side parking

The New York City Council recently sent a Home Rule Message to the state Legislature requesting it approve legislation to authorize the use of cameras...

thursday 9

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Norman Steisel

Phone-free rules should be year-round

Phone-free rules should be year-round

One year in, Gov. Hochul’s bell-to-bell restrictions on smartphone use in schools are already showing results, with roughly 80% of educators...

thursday 6

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Lauren Barr

Readers sound off on centrist Democrats, temperature extremes and Carlos Mendoza

Readers sound off on centrist Democrats, temperature extremes and Carlos Mendoza

Moderate Dems neither defend nor inspire Manhattan: The Democratic Party needs to chill out. They allowed the Republicans to define them for more than...

thursday 9

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Voice Of The People

The Supreme Court shields independent Fed

The Supreme Court shields independent Fed

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled correctly that Donald Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook at will or indeed any of the other...

thursday 10

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New York Daily News Editorial Board

New Medicaid rules put my mother at risk

New Medicaid rules put my mother at risk

My mother, a 51-year-old service worker, immigrated to the U.S. in 2004 and lives in New York with my father. In August 2025, she received a phone...

thursday 10

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Subhajit Saha

A 2028 letter to losing Brad Lander

A 2028 letter to losing Brad Lander

Brad Lander is riding high. New York City’s former comptroller is all but assured of winning a congressional seat this November after beating...

thursday 7

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Elliot Cosgrove

Readers sound off on disability insurance, Haitian TPS and Europe’s heat wave

Readers sound off on disability insurance, Haitian TPS and Europe’s heat wave

Paid leave helps employees and employers Manhattan: A lot has changed since 1989, but one thing that hasn’t is New York’s temporary disability...

thursday 10

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Voice Of The People

The high court stands up for birthright citizenship

thursday 10

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Mamdani always places ideology ahead of people

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Bradley Tusk

N.Y. needs this cap on big data centers

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Liz Krueger

Greene: Championship Knicks can’t win with White House visit

24.06.2026 5

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Leonard Greene

Readers sound off on recognizing Juneteenth, soccer fans and sacrilegious satire

24.06.2026 6

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Voice Of The People

Trump’s Iran bluster ends with a weak whimper

24.06.2026 6

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Reining in the moneyed class: Curb the millions of dollars from outside groups flooding our politics

24.06.2026 6

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Richard J. Davis

A memo to all dads: Pick your fights

24.06.2026 8

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Bob Brody

Father’s Day & falling U.S. birth rates

24.06.2026 5

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Tom Deignan

Readers sound off on strategic foreign aid, botched D.C. plot and tech lobbyists

24.06.2026 5

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Voice Of The People

Trump sidelines his own intel pick of Jay Clayton

24.06.2026 7

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More than medicine to ward off STIs

24.06.2026 5

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Rasheed Gonga

NYC needs a $3,000 head start for kids

24.06.2026 6

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Jennifer Jones Austin

Readers sound off on Alzheimer’s detection, carriage controversy and data centers

24.06.2026 5

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Voice Of The People

Open up NYC primaries to let all citizens vote

24.06.2026 7

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Lucius Riccio

Keep Trump’s hands off of Penn & Midtown

24.06.2026 7

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Tony Simone

Left/right extremes bad for U.S./Israel

24.06.2026 9

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Joshua M. Davidson

Readers sound off on mobilizing the left, carriage rides and sports coverage

24.06.2026 7

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Voice Of The People

The end for N.Y.’s voting language bar

18.06.2026 10

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Robert Polner

Why political insiders are misreading Graham Platner

18.06.2026 10

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Matthew Shelter

Greene: Nassau County’s Juneteenth snub shows nation’s 250th anniversary celebration is not for everyone

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Leonard Greene

Readers sound off on celebrating America, the Knicks’ comeback and screwworm

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Voice Of The People

Trump’s birthday UFC bout debases the White House

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