New York

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Forfeiture News: New York's Program a Mess; Lawmakers Want to End Federal Asset Sharing Program

Scott Shackford | 1.12.2015 12:20 PM

Media Criticism

New York Daily News Censors Charlie Hebdo Cartoon Where Iranian Paper Doesn't

Ed Krayewski | 1.10.2015 11:05 AM

Politics

Mario Cuomo's 'Meager Legacy' in New York and National Politics

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2015 11:47 AM

Police Abuse

Buffalo Cop Claims She Was Fired For Stopping Another Cop From Choking a Handcuffed Suspect, That Cop Was Later Accused of Choking Another Cop, Retired With Full Pension

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 11:04 AM

Militarization of Police

Rand Paul: Demilitarize the Police! New York: Bulletproof Everything!

Scott Shackford | 12.22.2014 5:10 PM

Crime

Don't Try to Blame 'Rhetoric' for the Deaths of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos

Cops and politicians try to use a man's crime to marginalize peaceful dissent.

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2014 3:32 PM

Fracking

New York Bans Fracking Based on Fearful Uncertainties, Not Science

Ronald Bailey | 12.18.2014 4:09 PM

Police Abuse

New York AG Wants to Take Power to Prosecute Cops Away From DAs

Ed Krayewski | 12.11.2014 1:08 PM

Politics

Dead NY Cop Cashed Pension Checks for 28 Years Somehow

Nick Gillespie | 12.11.2014 10:18 AM

Economics

Corporate Welfare in New York: Politicians Say Amazon's Good, Walmart's Bad

Government should treat retailers impartially, rather than play favorites.

Ira Stoll | 12.8.2014 4:30 PM

Eric Garner

Eric Garner's Death Won't Even Show Up in FBI Stats on Police Homicides

Scott Shackford | 12.3.2014 3:55 PM

New York

New York Re-Elects Andrew Cuomo (D)

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 9:50 PM

Politics

Cuomo Vows to Bust NY Public School Monopoly, But His Support for Common Core Tells Another Story

Patrick Hannaford | 10.30.2014 4:59 PM

Policy

You Can Legally Busk in NYC's Subways, But a Cop Might Arrest You Anyway

Zenon Evans | 10.22.2014 12:50 PM

Policy

If You Want to Keep Your Guns in New York, Avoid Mental Health Professionals

Jacob Sullum | 10.20.2014 12:21 PM

Politics

Flood Wall Street Climate Change Protest Is a Washout

Imposing equality is the goal; climate change is the excuse

Ronald Bailey | 9.23.2014 9:30 AM

Capitalism

Ronald Bailey Finds Flood Wall Street Climate Protest a Washout

Reason Staff | 9.23.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Happy 40th Birthday to Robert Caro's The Power Broker

Damon Root | 9.16.2014 12:27 PM

Culture

Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev: One Girl, One Cup

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2014 1:16 PM

Politics

This NY D.A. Wants to Disable Your Phone When You Drive, Also Wants Higher Office

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 3:09 PM

Culture

Rev. Bud Green Claims 'New Pot Party' Planted Mysterious Brooklyn Bridge Flags

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.31.2014 3:20 PM

War on Cameras

Corrections Officers Threaten to Arrest News Crew Over Innocuous Footage, Prevent Crew From Complying With Order to Leave

Ed Krayewski | 7.30.2014 9:53 AM

Politics

Is Campbell Brown Too 'Pretty' to File a Historic Lawsuit That Would Make It Easier to Fire Lousy Teachers in New York?

How teachers unions and their defenders are reacting to the latest anti-tenure lawsuit.

Jim Epstein | 7.29.2014 1:53 PM

Politics

Andrew Cuomo's Corporate Welfare

The New York governor tries his hand at crony capitalism.

Ira Stoll | 7.21.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

New York Tries to Regulate Bitcoin Businesses Right Out of the State

Brian Doherty | 7.17.2014 3:58 PM

Drones

America Isn't Waiting for the FAA to Get Its Act Together on Drones

Scott Shackford | 7.17.2014 3:35 PM

Policy

New York Nurses Threaten Strike Over Growth of "Substandard, Non-Union" Clinic Jobs

Brittany Morrisey | 7.17.2014 10:05 AM

Politics

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Getting Primaryed for Being Too Conservative

Nick Gillespie | 7.14.2014 1:51 PM

Police Abuse

Judge Lets Dangerous Gun Criminal Roam Streets of New York

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2014 3:46 PM

Policy

Common Core Tests: So Difficult, Bureaucrats Had to Implement a Curve Under Which Kids Can Guess Randomly and Still Pass

One gets the impression that public education bureaucrats don't have their new system totally figured out.

Robby Soave | 6.27.2014 3:20 PM

Soda Ban

New York's Big Soda Ban Is Truly Dead

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Surveillance Video Contradicts Cop's Claim Overhead Lights Were On When He Ran a Stop Sign and T-Boned Another Car

Ed Krayewski | 6.19.2014 3:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Poll Shows New Yorkers Don't Know What's Good for Them Want More Cops

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.13.2014 4:15 PM

Policy

New York City's Soda Ban is a Loser

New York City's ridiculous soda ban had its final day in court this week. Here's why the state's highest court should strike down the ban.

Baylen Linnekin | 6.7.2014 8:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Highly Respected Prosecutor Hides Exculpating Evidence, Man Spends 24 Years in Jail for No Reason

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2014 2:41 PM

Civil Liberties

New York Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Police Beating Caught on Tape

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2014 2:38 PM

Policy

Did New York Bully an Alcoholic Slushie Business Out of Existence?

Zenon Evans | 5.29.2014 3:01 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Thomas Massie on Hemp, Julian Sanchez on the NSA, Christie's Saber-Rattling, Hillary's Age, Mrs. De Blasio's Parenting, Switzerland's Minimum-Wage Rejection, Plus Sexy After-show!

Matt Welch | 5.19.2014 8:33 PM

Police Abuse

Off-Duty Buffalo Cops Involved in Near Fatal Beating; Some Cops Troubled, Talk to Newspaper

Ed Krayewski | 5.19.2014 1:13 PM

Policy

New York's Highest Court Upholds the Right to Be Annoying

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 12:57 PM

Policy

It Turns Out Rifles Are Just As Lethal Without Threaded Barrels

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2014 10:57 PM

Police

Cops Search Kid's Home After Tip About Pellet Gun Brought to Middle School

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 3:49 PM

Civil Liberties

NYPD Cops Can't Stop Drunkenly Shooting at People This Week

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2014 2:40 PM

Policy

An End to New York's War on Condoms?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.28.2014 10:53 AM

Public schools

Kindergarten Show Canceled So Kids Can Be 'College and Career Ready.' Thanks Obama!

Ed Krayewski | 4.27.2014 12:08 PM

Policy

More Minimum Wage Nonsense in New York

The latest dubious innovation in left-wing political economics.

Ira Stoll | 4.21.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

"Automatic Government" is Leading to an Automatic Spending Disaster

Philip K. Howard, "The Rule of Nobody," and how technocracy is strangling the future.

Nick Gillespie | 4.17.2014 1:30 PM