Manhattan Institute | Nicole Gelinas

Democrats Putting Transit in Total Chaos Days before NY State Budget Due

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

As Friday’s state budget deadline looms, New York’s supposedly transit-friendly Democrats are punting on transit.

One Bank, Indivisible

Nicole Gelinas — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Government decisions are making America into a nation of big banks, and only big banks. One Bank, Indivisible

Banking Turmoil

Nicole Gelinas — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

10 Blocks podcast Banking Turmoil

Defund the Police? New York City Already Did

Nicole Gelinas — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Since mid-2020, government spending on American police departments has come under intense scrutiny nationwide. The New York Police Department (NYPD) is no exception.

Insane State Law Poses Huge New Threat to New York Jobs

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

New York’s stores and restaurants struggling after the pandemic have a new headache, besides inflation and crime.

Bro-Bank Blues

Nicole Gelinas — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

It’s easy to blame an out-of-control-tech sector for recent financial failures, but Washington created the monster. Bro-Bank Blues

Policing NYC's Subways Is Working - but Not Nearly Enough

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Has New York broken its three-year-old subway curse, under which violent felonies have soared even as nonviolent thefts stayed low? Not yet.

AOC's Met Gala Trip Meant Breaking Congressional Ethics Rules

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Courtesy of an ongoing Congressional ethics investigation into Bronx

Planes, Trains, and the Dangers of Complacency

Nicole Gelinas — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

During the 2008 global economic meltdown, people who wanted to know what had caused the crash became familiar with the “Minsky Moment”: the commonsense theory, developed by economist Hyman Minsky, that good times create bad times.

Pandemic New York: Stilled or Riotous?

Nicole Gelinas — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Was empty Manhattan a state of wonder or a looters’ playground?

Why It Costs New York Five Times What Other Cities Pay to Install a Toilet

Nicole Gelinas — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

New York wants to spend at least $9 billion to build new jails in four boroughs, and it’s also spending billions of dollars to protect us from climate change.

There's No Easy Fix to Midtown's Post-COVID Half-Empty Offices

Nicole Gelinas — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Is the Midtown office building half empty or half full?

Union Deal Is Bad for Everyone, from Taxpayers to NYC Employees

Nicole Gelinas — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The best thing to say about Mayor Adams’ first-ever labor deal, tentatively agreed last week with the city’s nearly 100,000-strong civilian workforce, is that it could be worse. Except: It will get worse.

Even (Some) NYC Council Progressives Get the Madness of ‘Defund the Police'

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The City Council’s progressive circus — er, caucus — has fallen apart.

The Post-Covid States of America

Nicole Gelinas — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

After the pandemic, a survey of gains and losses The Post-Covid States of America

New York Is Rich, but Gov. Kathy Hochul Still Wants to Raise Your Taxes

Nicole Gelinas — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Gov. Hochul pledged Wednesday not to raise taxes on the middle class. As she said, “it’s not a news flash that New Yorkers already believe they pay too much.”

Eric Adams' Subways Are Safer - but Not Safe Enough

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

How safe are the subways? Hours before a gunman wearing a skull-and-bones mask shot a stranger on the Manhattan N train, Gov.

Prince Angry

Nicole Gelinas — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

While Random House promotes “the eternal power of love over grief,” the real theme of Harry’s memoir is the eternal power of hatred. Prince Angry

Adams Has Fine Ideas for NYC but Risks Losing Focus On Issue #1: Crime

Nicole Gelinas — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The state of the city is . . . long. Mayor Eric Adams spoke for more than an hour Thursday, lobbing proposal after proposal to pols, commissioners and media at the Queens Theatre.

Mayor Adams Needs to Call Out Exactly Who's Handcuffing NYC on Crime

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce hosted its first-ever Anti-Crime Summit Thursday. That the chamber thought the event was necessary is a bad

No, Mr. Mayor Eric Adams, You Don't Get a Blank Check for Migrants

Nicole Gelinas — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Sorry, no. A blank check for an uncapped number of migrants would reward New York for its broken hotel-shelter system and broken emergency-contracting system.

Crime Is Only the Biggest Obvious Omission in Adams' New City Budget

Nicole Gelinas — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Mayor Eric Adams revealed his budget draft for the fiscal year that starts in July — and just like last year, he proposes to slash spendin

Driven to Debt

Nicole Gelinas — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Too-low interest rates caused unsustainable growth not just in the auto market, but in the economy at large. Driven to Debt

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Needs to Follow Up on His Road-Safety Success

Nicole Gelinas — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

With murder and other felonies still way higher than before 2020, Mayor Eric Adams ended 2022 with one solid success story: pedestrian de

Farewell to a One-of-a-Kind Friend - to Me and Manhattan

Nicole Gelinas — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Many things happened in 2022, but for me, it will always be the year that my friend Gary Taustine died.