Nicole Gelinas
The Archive
Supreme Court firearms decision puts crime-fighting Adams under the gun
June 26, 2022 | 7:00pmThe Supreme Court’s ruling last week in favor of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association will make it harder for the city to keep handguns out of the...
NY Dem voters can't gripe about voting choices -- or the direction the state heads in
June 17, 2022 | 8:46pmProspective Democratic primary voters are in a far sunnier mood than voters overall: 52% think the state is on the right track.
NYC's $105B budget barely nods at soaring inflation despite boost in reserves
June 12, 2022 | 5:13pmMayor Eric Adams $104.9 billion city budget deal won’t be affected by soaring inflation – but taxpayers will be on the hook for no improvement on city services.
Boudin's recall is great for San Francisco— and all crime-plagued cities, like NYC
June 8, 2022 | 6:52pmSan Francisco recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin after he couldn't deliver on his promise to decrease crime with progressive, lenient policies.
Locking up some criminals actually can save them -- despite what soft-on-crime pols say
June 7, 2022 | 9:38pmFor all the patronizing attitude toward low-level criminals on the part of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and his supporters not all criminals are mentally ill or irrational in the choices...
The MTA has a fare-dodging point. But why make it so dumbly?
June 2, 2022 | 7:59pmThe state-run MTA is its own worst enemy when it comes to tackling the city’s current fare-evasion dilemma and stopping murder on the subway.
Left and right must agree on this: Public order is the government’s job
May 31, 2022 | 7:01pmCan we agree that though police and the criminal-justice system are imperfect, the alternative to a government monopoly on keeping law and order — armed chaos and disorder — is...
NYC subway crime is soaring because we no longer prevent it
May 28, 2022 | 1:58pmPolice are stepping up their enforcement of minor laws underground. In April, they gave out more than 10,000 non-arrest summonses, up a third from April 2019. But this welcome return...
NYC subway slay is latest sad proof that working from home is safer
May 23, 2022 | 10:23pmThere have been 18 victims of subway homicide since March 2020, each one a preventable tragedy. And each one a message to the rest of New York that it’s unsafe...
London’s new subway line shows it's far ahead of NYC in working to get riders back
May 22, 2022 | 7:45pmLondon, where former New York City subway-chief Andy Byford has run the transit system, has elected officials who take transit seriously — and New York doesn’t.