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Opinion

OPINION: New York Must Finally Restore Order

The full extent of the impacts to New York state from the unprecedented migrant crisis is still being measured. Four years of open-border policies and millions of undocumented individuals entering the country took a heavy toll. Even now, as President Donald J. Trump and his administration prioritize identifying and fixing the problems, we have a […]

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Robert Romano

OPINION: Is Trump Inheriting Biden’s Recession?

Don’t look now, but the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GPDNow estimate (www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow) for the first quarter of 2025 shows the U.S. economy potentially contracting [by up to nearly 3 percent] annualized. Coupled with initial jobless claims peaking up to 242,000 [as reported on Feb. 27], a good question to ask is whether President Donald Trump inherited

Robert Romano

OPINION: Majority in Poll Support DOGE

The latest Harvard-Harris poll — taken Feb. 19-20, with results issued Feb. 24 — found 72 percent of Americans say they support having a U.S. government agency devoted to efficiency efforts. It also found that 60 percent say that President Donald Trump’s White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is making major cuts to expenditures.

OPINION: Citizen Voting is Fundamental to a Strong Democracy

Citizen participation in governance is the bedrock of U.S. democracy. Americans have a fundamental right to choose who represents them; this principle is one of the chief reasons our nation has evolved into the global economic and military leader it is today. Recent attempts by New York City progressives to undermine this principle by extending

Lee Hamilton

OPINION: For Congress, Now Comes the Hard Part

The early days of a new presidential administration attract a lot of attention from the media and ordinary Americans. The months of speculation since the election about what lies ahead are over; now it’s reality. But equally riveting is what’s going on in Congress, which must react to presidential initiatives, vet nominees, and put its

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