Should views of the Empire State Building be protected?
Owners of the Empire State Building are battling plans for a rival skyscraper just a few blocks away, claiming it would obliterate long-unobstructed views of the tower from the west and southwest for...
View ArticleShould the city set up “smoking sections” outdoors?
On Wednesday, City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. floated a potential compromise to the Bloomberg administration’s proposal to ban smoking in outdoor places, including parks, beaches, marinas, boardwalks...
View ArticleIs The Donald hurting his brand with the Obama ‘birther’ crusade?
New York’s own Donald Trump–real estate fixture, reality-TV staple, potential presidential candidate–has been loudly questioning whether President Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen. The immodest mogul...
View ArticleIs New York treating Dominique Strauss-Kahn fairly?
On Sunday morning, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken off a plane bound for Paris and later charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel worker. On Monday, a judge...
View ArticleWhat should happen next in the case against Strauss-Kahn?
The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in tatters after prosecutors caught the alleged victim in a web of lies about her past. The Guinean-born chambermaid has been linked to drug...
View ArticleIs NYC only the fourth-best U.S. shopping destination?
The fashion capital of the world recently ranked fourth in a national list of “best shopping spots” by Travel + Leisure magazine. New Orleans was the overall winner, followed by Santa Fe, N.M., and...
View ArticleWhat’s the most important plank of Gov. Cuomo’s platform?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out an ambitious agenda in his annual State of the State address this month. Pleasing the political left, he unveiled proposals for gun control, decriminalizing low-level...
View ArticleWhich food item should be named New York state’s official snack?
In Albany last week, before an audience that included many schoolchildren, the Senate weighed a proposal by Sen. Michael H. Ranzenhofer to declare yogurt as the “state snack.” With Norwich, N.Y.-based...
View ArticleDo you support President Obama’s immigration order?
President Barack Obama on Thursday told the nation that he would take unilateral action to shield as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The move, he said, would also allow...
View ArticleIs Mayor Bill de Blasio right to put the kibosh on plastic foam?
On Thursday, city officials announced a ban on plastic-foam food containers. It also includes the sale of packing peanuts within New York City, although out-of-town shippers can still use foam in...
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