Community Op-Ed: Opening Doors to Opportunity

Community Op-Ed: Opening Doors to Opportunity

BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office in 2022, illegal smoke shops were popping up all around the city. No matter what community you talked to, no matter what borough you visited, New Yorkers were fed up. Illegal smoke and cannabis shops were cutting the line — hurting hard-earned legal […]

Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | I write this piece to express my views to the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) which announced on April 17 that it will now be taking a more “hands on” approach to the Penn Station project and has appointed Amtrak to lead the project and relegated the MTA and NJ Transit (all three herein […]

Guest Opinion: Destroying Guns, Protecting Our City

Guest Opinion: Destroying Guns, Protecting Our City

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS |. The Adams administration has been committed to public safety from the start, and getting illegal guns off our streets and out of our lives is core to that mission. Since the day I took office, the NYPD has seized more than 21,400 illegal firearms — and last week, I […]

Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine

The following Guest Opinion by David Holowka is comprised of written and visual content that first appeared as part of  “NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine”–published on April 23, 2025 on the blog ArchiTakes. To access the full piece, click here. Above Image: A proposed rezoning of Chelsea’s public housing sites—Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses—could transform much […]