Op-Eds
2021
Moss, M. L. (2021, June 15). Please, please, please vote: Why this NYC mayoral race matters. New York Daily News.
2020
Moss, M. L. (2020, September 22). Don’t give up on NYC: Why the city can and will get through this rough patch, despite its leadership. New York Daily News.
Voice of the People. (2020, July 26). Readers sound off on young voters, Puerto Rican statehood and the Port Authority. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L., & Heller, B. (2020, July 1). Kids have to go back to school: The racial achievement gap expands the longer students are out of class. New York Daily News.
2019
Moss, M. L. (2019, August 27). Slow the jail-building rush: Manhattan’s contribution to Rikers’ replacement project deserves more public input. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (2019, May 7). Will the Rent Guidelines Board face up to reality? Crain’s New York Business.
2018
Moss, M. L. (2018, August 9). What to do about New York’s retrenching retail sector. Crain’s New York Business.
Moss, M. L. (2018, April 9). Road to relief. New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2018, April 8). What to do next on congestion—And fixing the MTA. New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2018, February 12). N.Y. snubs bear blame for giving us Trump. San Francisco Chronicle, A8.
Moss, M. L. (2018, February 10). Blame New York for Donald Trump. San Francisco Chronicle.
Moss, M. L. (2018, February 6). We can thank New York City for Trump. Zócalo Public Square.
Moss, M. L. (2018). Ecce Cuomo. Democracy, 48.
2017
Moss, M. L. (2017, July 9). Transit mess was years in the making—Now we must all chip in to fix it. Crain’s New York Business.
Moss, M. L. (2017, February 16). Getting from point A to point LGA: Why we need a LaGuardia AirTrain. New York Daily News.
2016
Moss, M. L. (2016, July 6). A real estate developer can go bankrupt. A president can’t. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L., & O’Neill, H. (2016, April 29). Forget romantic fantasies—Rebuild Penn Station without uprooting the Garden. Crain’s New York Business.
Moss, M. L. (2016, March 29). Brooklyn has fully conquered New York. Observer.
2013
Moss, M. L. (2013, December 30). Why would a New York mayor want to be president? The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2013, December 23). New York is lucky not to have the games. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L., & Rathman, D. (2013, November 15). New York’s coming baseball famine. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (2013, October 1). A great mayor says goodbye. Observer.
2012
Moss, M. L. (2012). Sandy puts Obama, Romney on the sidelines. Fort Worth Business Press, 24(44), 36.
Moss, M. L. (2012, October 31). Sandy debunks ‘nanny state.’ CNN.
Moss, M. L., & O’Neill, H. (2012, July 18). Using the Olympics to stimulate urban growth. Huffington Post.
Moss, M. L. (2012, July 17). A battle for New York. New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2012, June 11). Sky-high stakes in airline bankruptcy. Crain’s New York Business, 11.
Moss, M. L. (2012, March 29). New York tax plan: Subway riders get the shaft. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2012, January 24). Newt vs. New York. Huffington Post.
2011
Moss, M. L. (2011, December 7). Let us give thanks to Anthony Weiner. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2011, August 17). A toll hike we have to swallow: Port Authority needs money to keep bridges & tunnels in shape. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L., & Poeppel, D. (2011, July 15). Coburn wrong on research. POLITICO.
Moss, M. L. (2011, June 7). Cuomo and Brown: Common bonds and challenges. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2011, March 27). The census delivers good news for New York: Let’s count the ways. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (2011, March 16). On the waterfront. Observer, 4.
Moore, M., & Moss, M. L. (2011, March 13). Bloomy’s legacy. New York Post.
2009
Moss, M. L. (2009, November 1). Fiscal blood on the tracks. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2009, September 1). Kennedy death ends era of Irish power. POLITICO.
Moss, M. L. (2009, July 13). Washington, DC: The real winner in this recession. Newgeography.com.
Moss, M. L. (2009, March 27). N.Y. ready for its close-up. Times Union.
Moss, M. L. (2009, January 26). Don’t let red tape stymie stimulus. New York Post.
2008
Moss, M. L. (2008, November 26). As if Thanksgiving weren’t stressful enough. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (2008, November 25). Being ever so thankful... Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (2008, October 28). Why meltdown won’t stop NYC. New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2008, July 6). You had a friend in Albany. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2008, May 22). Death by ‘preservation.’ New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2008). New York: Vital to the core. Rothman’s Magazine, Fall 2008, 30–34.
2007
Moss, M. L. (2007, December 26). Out of scale—We need a disaster policy sized to our catastrophes. San Francisco Chronicle.
Moss, M. L. (2007, October 18). Overhauling the federal disaster-response bureaucracy. The Hill.
Moss, M. L. (2007, June 21). Bloomberg, New York, and the nation. Huffington Post.
Moss, M. L. (2007, June 14). Executive governing. Business Week.
Moss, M. L. (2007). From beaver pelts to derivatives: Why New York City thrives. Rothman’s Magazine, Autumn 2007/Winter 2008, 6–10.
2006
Moss, M. L. (2006, November 12). The next scandal. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2006, August 21). Stone’s film shows New York’s heart. Observer.
Moss, M. L., & O’Neill, H. (2006, July 17). The changing face of work in New York. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2006, May 15). Gas and interest rates: The issues that matter. Observer.
2004
Moss, M. L. (2004, November 15). In American politics, geography Is destiny. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (2004, August 24). Finest, bravest, greediest? The New York Times.
2003
Moss, M. L. (2003, December 22). Gore’s blessing won’t help Dean. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (2003, August 15). Ah-nold can’t happen here. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (2003, July 26). City and party politics. The New York Times.
2000
Moss, M. L. (2000, November 30). Nixon and Castro: Still with us. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (2000, August 28). Say it ain’t so: Joe may hurt Hillary. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (2000, May 23). Rx for the ‘new Rudy.’ New York Post.
Moss, M. L. (2000, May 21). And once again, let the race begin. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2000, May 19). Upstate’s gain is city’s loss. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (2000, May 13). What New York’s G.O.P. fears most. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (2000, January 10). We’ve got the human element on our side. Observer.
1999
Moss, M. L. (1999, October 2). Blessed by Bradley: Al Gore benefits from challenge. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1999, August 16). Al Gore’s biggest woe: Clinton’s a Republican! Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1999, April 22). Small towns breed teen killers. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1999, January 3). The stock exchange deal: City is bailing out Wall Street. New York Daily News.
1998
Moss, M. L. (1998, November 13). The politics of Schumer’s victory. The Jewish Week.
Moss, M. L. (1998, November 4). Voting both ways in NY. Online NewsHour.
Moss, M. L. (1998, October 23). Jewish hopefuls have losing feeling. Forward.
Moss, M. L. (1998, September 3). New York still takes stock of world. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1998, June 29). The Bronx? No thonx! But what about soccer? Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1998, April 9). Rudy’s foolish bid to cut off biz districts. New York Daily News.
1997
Moss, M. L. (1997, October 20). Surging Rudy owes debt to Washington. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1997, August 29). Cops can’t retreat in crime war. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1997, August 18). Immigrants’ credo: Make bucks, not war. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1997, April 17). New York’s hot property. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (1997, April 7). Heaven’s Gate? Never happen here. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1997, February 20). Giuliani is tough to love but so what? Newsday.
1996
Moss, M. L. (1996, December 20). Why even Ed Koch will vote for Giuliani. Forward.
Moss, M. L. (1996, October 21). Father Steinbrenner’s home for wayward men. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1996, September 25). U.S. cities need a helping hand. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1996, August 5). The mayor as mourner: He’s on victims’ side. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1996, July 29). Change at school board means end to reform. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1996, May 10). Rudy does the City Council’s dirty work. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1996, February 20). A closed primary hurts the state GOP. Newsday.
1995
Moss, M. L. (1995, December 13). Harlem’s economic paradox. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (1995, November 11). Don’t fight the fare increase. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (1995, August 30). Bank merger’s a wakeup call. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1995, July 16). Thinking globally, reporting locally. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, July 12). We can do better than a lousy T-shirt. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, July 5). Time to pay for kids’ summer play. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, June 28). Bill, don’t count on New York in ’96. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, June 21). The Board of Ed is an orphanage for eunuchs. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, June 14). Forget LaGuardia—Build a train to JFK. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, June 7). Rudy in Albany: Alone again, naturally. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, May 31). Ray Cortines must be doing something right. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, May 24). Rate this commercial strictly pre-K. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, May 17). Caps and gowns: A growth industry? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, May 10). Will the empowerment zone work? No, change it to create jobs. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1995, April 26). Let’s gut Rudy’s Fulton Fish Market plan. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, April 19). Can Pataki develop Carey’s eye for talent? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, April 15). Empty promises for Harlem. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (1995, April 12). It’s amateur hour in the Big Apple. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, April 5). New York should be a slave to fashion. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, March 29). Harry and Louise kick butt in Albany. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, March 15). Fifth Avenue: Flea market to the world. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, March 8). Outrage: A new kind of ecumenicism. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, March 1). There’s a silver lining in the transit cuts. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, February 22). For pols, it’s springtime for Hitler. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, February 15). Looking for fees in all the right places. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, February 8). The Port Authority: More than an ATM. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, February 1). O.J. and the multicultural meritocracy. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, January 25). David Dinkins is England’s cup of tea. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, January 18). How Koch scorched Lower Manhattan. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, January 11). Newt to poor: Let them eat laptops. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1995, January 4). The electric chair as revenue enhancer. Newsday.
1994
Moss, M. L. (1994, December 21). Rudy’s tough love for New York. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, December 14). Will Orange County get a Big MAC? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, December 7). Call him Al, but will he reverse the charges? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, November 30). The Council kicks Rudy when he’s down. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, November 23). 1997: Democrats can dream, can’t they? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, November 16). Blacks: A minority within a minority. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, November 10). How Pataki can make Giuliani’s life miserable. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, November 2). Peekskill could fit in the Smith Haven Mall. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, October 26). Rudy, say hello to John Purroy Mitchell. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, October 19). Is Bill Clinton afraid of Charles Millard? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, October 5). Can’t see the tower for the trees. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, September 28). Rudy saw the holes in Swiss Bank’s cheese. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, September 20). Put porn where it belongs—At home. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, September 14). Is Pataki keeping Rudy up at night? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, August 29). Republicans: Our great social spenders. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, August 15). The information highway’s cold shoulder. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, August 2). Why Senator Moynihan is a rare breed. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, July 18). Will New York say bonn voyage to the UN? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, June 27). Breaking bread in Long Island City. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, June 13). The dumbing down of New York City. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, May 16). Straight talk about the city economy. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, May 2). First, the Yankees owe us a pennant. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, April 18). Mayoralty 101: A school of hard knocks. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, April 4). The streets won’t be safe if they’re empty. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, March 21). For politicians in a misleading role... Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, March 7). Empower both sides of the Harlem River. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, February 21). Rudy: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, February 7). Rudy scarcely lays a glove on government. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, February 4). The vanishing Jew. Forward.
Moss, M. L. (1994, January 25). Highway robbery on Chambers Street? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1994, January 11). Democracy shivers New York’s timbers. Newsday.
1993
Moss, M. L. (1993, December 28). Queens: The jewel in New York’s crown? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, December 14). Top buzzwords for 1994: Death penalty. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, August 5). Shirkers in a shrinking economy. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, July 29). At last, a hall of shame—Er, fame. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, July 22). From Kitty Genovese to Crown Heights. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, July 15). This stock exchange is a bad investment. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, July 8). Suburbia strikes terror in New York. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, July 1). Will whistle-stopping in Israel work? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, June 24). The heat is on to open the waterfront. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, June 17). The year of the woman, but not in NY. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, June 10). Minor-league office, big-league chance. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, June 3). Putting the touch on the Port Authority. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, May 26). Show them the bench. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, April 4). Why Dinkins lost. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1993, March 2). Our fragile infrastructure. Newsday.
1992
Moss, M. L. (1992, December 10). Urban aid is for everyone. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1992, November 29). Faulty lessons from the boardroom. The New York Times.
Moss, M. L. (1992, August 7). Out-of-towners need not apply. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1992, June 24). Wall Street can capitalize on culture. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1992, March 29). Who will be the president of our cities? Newsday.
Moss, M. L., & O’Neill, H. (1992, January 5). New York’s down, but not out. New York Daily News.
Moss, M. L. (1992). NYU Professor Debunks Economic Myths. Decipher, 1(3).
1990
Moss, M. L. (1990, September 3). City should make Trump playground a real one. Crain’s New York Business.
Moss, M. L. (1990, July 18). Come visit our fantasy islands. Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1990, April 3). In planning, who’s the boss? Newsday.
Moss, M. L. (1990, March 2). Long Island has assets to build on if it looks ahead, not back. Newsday.
1989
Moss, M. L. (1989, December 4). Phone networks transcend borders, but all too often are taken for granted. San Francisco Business Times.
Moss, M. L. (1989, September 11). Making New York work: An outline. Observer.
Moss, M. L. (1989, July 24). Untangling telecommunications technology. Forbes.
Moss, M. L. (1989, April 6). Dial a tax. The New York Times.