Manhattan Institute
Wikipedia's lefty slant measured in new study — but I've felt its bias firsthand
June 25, 2024 | 5:05pmBeing a conservative with a Wikipedia entry means that everyone who meets you has already read a hit piece about you, crowdsourced by potentially hundreds of people determined to promote...
Anti-Israel NYC elementary teachers twist ‘Wheels on the Bus’ song to celebrate the eradication of Jewish state
January 27, 2024 | 10:15amA pair of Brooklyn elementary school teachers are drawing from anti-Israel propaganda to teach kids -- twisting the classic "Wheels on the Bus" into a hateful poem.
Mourning the loss of Fred Siegel, New York's urban giant
May 14, 2023 | 9:06pmFred Siegel, the urban historian who died last weekend at 78, really cared about cities because the near-lifetime Brooklynite liked people, lots of different people, in one place.
How conservatives can save Chicago and other high-crime blue cities
February 5, 2023 | 8:48pmEven with a drop in homicides in 2022, the city was still the scene of 695 murders.
Justice 'reforms' forcing prosecutors to toss out 69% of NYC criminal cases, alarming new study finds
January 19, 2023 | 5:00am“In New York City, adult felony arrests fell by 14% between 2019 and 2021, while NYC shootings rose by 102% and murders rose by over 51%.”
Ditching Rikers for local jails would create 'humanitarian crisis': report
December 1, 2022 | 2:11pmThe City Council approved plans for the borough-based jails at the behest of Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019.
Billionaire bombshells: Paulson's wife, gal pal were at same event days before divorce filing
September 27, 2021 | 5:14pmJust days before the news broke that John Paulson is getting divorced, the hedge-fund billionaire took his wife to a posh awards dinner held in his honor -- and his...
Lockheed Martin execs made to attend 'white male privilege' training: report
May 26, 2021 | 5:25pmThe major defense contractor had top executives attend the three-day seminar, which included the reading and discussion of "privilege statements."
As NY politicians eye new taxes on the rich, high earners eye the exits
November 28, 2020 | 8:28pmWith Gov. Cuomo now threatening to go for “soak the rich” tax rates if he doesn’t get a federal bailout as ginormous as he wants, it’s well worth remembering just...
RIP, Dick Gilder: Saving Central Park was only one of his services to New York
May 20, 2020 | 7:36pmDick Gilder’s services to New York City were huge, from fathering the Central Park Conservancy to turning the then-moribund New-York Historical Society into a now-lively cultural treasure. In between, he...
The Manhattan Institute’s ‘music master’ steps down
May 3, 2019 | 8:30pmOn Wednesday night, the Manhattan Institute honored its outgoing president, Lawrence J. Mone, with the Hamilton Award in recognition of his work in 23 years as its chief and 36...
Reihan Salam poised to bring Manhattan Institute to new highs
February 19, 2019 | 7:12pmOur favorite think tank, the Manhattan Institute, just got a new president: the brilliant, heterodox writer Reihan Salam. Born and bred in Brooklyn and a graduate of the city’s public...
How Cuomo is 'building' blackouts for NYC
August 12, 2017 | 8:29pmBetter stock up on candles: In just three years, New York may face a wave of blackouts following the closure of the Indian Point nuclear-power plant. That’s the bottom line...
Why pensions are set to eat the city budget
June 24, 2017 | 9:36pmDisgusted with the subway? Well, chew on this: Since 2014, the city has forked over more to its pension funds than it has for building and repairing schools, parks, bridges...
The Manhattan Institute's 40 years of landmark thought
May 8, 2017 | 9:14pmWith last week’s Hamilton Dinner, the Manhattan Institute began celebrating its 40th anniversary — four decades of research and thinking that has helped remake New York City and America. One...