Day: September 28, 2025

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Change N.Y.’s Scaffold Law?: To tackle NYC’s housing crisis, we lower the cost of litigation


Ask New Yorkers what keeps them up at night, and many will say the same thing — the cost of housing. In a recent survey, more than half the respondents said they might have to leave the city becaus…

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The next mayor must rebuild, not redistribute


Twice over the past summer, storms caused major flooding struck the New York City subway system, closing 20 stations on July 15. The inundation, per the New York Times, exemplified the system’s “lo…

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Change N.Y.’s Scaffold Law?: Don’t let Congress eliminate protections for construction workers


Construction and real estate company executives are teaming with D.C. politicians to weaken laws that protect New York construction workers, who have some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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Baseball springs eternal for us all


Nobody plays baseball where I live now. Nobody. Everyone here plays soccer — the kids, the adults, even the dogs.

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The 2026 Sullivan County’s Fall Foliage Exhibit; calling for photographs (VIDEO)



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Александр Дейнека. «Сидящая девушка». 1952 г. Графика.



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Софья Юнкер-Крамская. «Портрет И.Н.Крамского». 1887 г. Холст, масло. 48х35 см. Районный историко-худож. музей им. И.Н.Крамского. Острогожск.



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Trump’s sham case against Comey: Phony charges against former FBI director another assault on democracy


The trumped up criminal indictment of former FBI Director Jim Comey, as expressly ordered by the president, is a legal nullity and hopefully will be dispatched by a federal judge. But the damage is…

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Can Mamdani Pay For It? A Numbers-First Reality Check on the Mayoral Candidate’s Agenda


The scale of his program is clear, but whether it can be sustained within New York’s fiscal reality is uncertain.

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Art by Pascal Campion