Opinion Adams’ State of the City sets some fine goals — shame he has to rely on Hochul to help Mike Schacter Jan 27, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams was right to focus on some vital issues — “jobs, safety, housing and care” — in Thursday’s State… Read More...
Opinion $9B plunge in NYC real estate sets up brutal political fight Mike Schacter Jan 22, 2023 New York City’s golden goose isn’t just losing its feathers, it’s coughing up blood, and the whole structure of… Read More...
Opinion Ignore the wailing, Eric Adams doesn’t cut NYC’s budget far enough Mike Schacter Jan 17, 2023 Critics are whining over tiny cuts in Mayor Eric Adams’ $102.7 billion spending plan for the coming year, yet those… Read More...
Opinion Crime is only the biggest obvious omission in Adams’ new city budget Mike Schacter Jan 13, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams revealed his budget draft for the fiscal year that starts in July — and just like last year,… Read More...
Opinion City Council to embrace sanity on cost-saving retiree health plan Mike Schacter Jan 9, 2023 Kudos to Speaker Adrienne Adams, who’s leading the City Council to the obvious compromise on health-care plans for… Read More...
Opinion NYC Council members who want ‘free’ stuff for migrants SHOULD chip in for it Mike Schacter Dec 26, 2022 Mayor Eric Adams is 100% right: If City Council members keep pushing for “free” stuff for migrants, they should at… Read More...
Opinion Even as the wealthy flee NY, progressives push to punish them more Mike Schacter Dec 12, 2022 A new city analysis shows that a huge chunk of high-income earners fled in 2020. Yet progressives refuse to hear… Read More...
Opinion Adams is doing right in finding savings now — despite some ugly details Mike Schacter Nov 23, 2022 Kudos to Mayor Eric Adams for moving smartly to limit the municipal payroll as more bad budget news rolls in. In… Read More...
Opinion Mayor Eric Adams’ nuclear option would save NYC billions in retiree healthcare costs Mike Schacter Nov 15, 2022 New York City is needlessly losing $50 million a month meeting its obligation to cover retired municipal workers’… Read More...
Opinion Plunging Wall Street profits should sound alarm bells for city, state Mike Schacter Oct 27, 2022 State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli delivered troubling news Tuesday: Wall Street, a pillar of the metro economy and… Read More...