City
Guest Essay: The future of NYC can’t be left to Cuomo or Adams
We, the NYU College Democrats, are proud to endorse leaders ready to move our city forward — ranking Zohran Mamdani first and endorsing Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams and Jessica Ramos.
Opinion: The false choice between housing and green space in NYC
New York City must stop pitting affordable housing against community gardens. In our city, both can thrive.
Opinion: NYC needs to invest in its community, not in a Cop City
Mayor Eric Adams’ Cop City plan will not meaningfully improve public safety — it's time for a different approach that centers social services and housing support.
Off Topic: We must protect our libraries’ federal funding
Libraries and museums provide knowledge, community and equity, yet recent federal funding cuts threaten to undermine these invaluable institutions.
Opinion: Federal funding cuts will exacerbate NYC’s homelessness crisis
The Trump administration’s cuts to federal agencies and programs that combat homelessness will worsen the homelessness crisis and overburden local governments and nonprofits.
Opinion: The urgency of NYC’s water scarcity
For the first time in over two decades, New York City is facing its first drought warning, with dangerously low reservoir levels fueling wildfires. The city, and its people, should be attempting to minimize the damages.
Opinion: How the NYPD evades accountability for misconduct
Legislatures need to address the department’s internal corruption of dodging disciplinary consequences for police misconduct.
Opinion: NYU gentrifies as New Yorkers suffer
NYU’s geographical dominance impacts both affordable housing and the progression of gentrification in lower Manhattan.
Opinion: Hustle culture is harming us, and self-care isn’t helping
In our performance-driven world, students find themselves on the receiving end of two toxic trends — hustle culture and its commercialized counterpart, self-care.
Opinion: Students need to rethink their relationship with weed
As marijuana use increases among college students, including at NYU, it's important to consider the risks that often go overlooked.
Opinion: Subway safety is a manufactured crisis
New York City is spending millions on subway policing and surveillance, but these measures do more to ease public anxiety than actually reduce crime.
Opinion: A lack of accessibility leaves disabled commuters behind
New York City’s transit system has an accessibility problem. What can the MTA do to fix it?
