Editorial: Time for the city to prove it’s not worthless
At the end of Beach 131st Street in Belle Harbor, there is a plot of empty land by the ocean. A block of dirt and…
Opinion
Editorial: Tear Down This Building
Those rallying outside a building on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven last Sunday issued a plea to the city: Please, let these signs we’re carrying not…
On the road to ending domestic violence
Last week, at a domestic violence forum in Richmond Hill, it was apparent: We have come so far – and have so much further to…
EDITORIAL: To the NYPD and Parks Department: Thank You for Listening
It’s not often we get to applaud a city agency, but this week there is certainly cause to raise our proverbial glass to the NYPD….
Editorial: We’ve Been Robbed.
Carjackings, robberies, home invasions—these are, after all, the things we read about in the newspaper right? Things we see on TV news. Those things don’t…
EDITORIAL: Will the real bully please stand up
We watched a CBS News report last week, with great concern and upset. At the center of the story, stood one of the jewels in…
EDITORIAL: Merry Christmas
I remember Christmas Eve 1967. Forty-six years ago. My mother was in the hospital. I kept overhearing my father and nana about how bad it…
Editorial: Domestic Violence
You are not alone. If there is anything we want to get out there – at any time, but especially during October’s Domestic Violence Awareness…
EDITORIAL: A Storm We Can Stop
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the event that ravaged our communities, we are struck by the reality that, after barely having restored much…
Editorial: Remembering What It Is To Be Human
Outside the burnt buildings that families once called home are the remnants of life: an “Annie” doll, winter coats, a slipper, a baby carriage. They…
EDITORIAL: Stop. Don’t Handcuff Our Cops.
Today we find out whether our City Council will handcuff the men and women who put their lives on the line for us daily –…
Editorial: When the Bench Needs To Be Pressed
The only hope we can associate with Judge Shira Schindleins stop-and-frisk decision is that like so many of her other major decisions, it will be…
Editorial: Throw Us A Lifeline
Say something horrible happens. Say you’re bleeding profusely or you’re feeling significant chest pain – you call 911, right? That number has been ingrained into…
EDITORIAL: A HOPEFUL GOODBYE
Dear public: Thank you. Thank you for finally realizing that Anthony Weiner – his sexts, his tweets, his crotch shots, his massively inflated ego and…
EDITORIAL: What’s Nexting?
We have thus far refrained from mentioning Huma Abedin in this space in connection with her husband, Anthony Weiner. But when Huma emerged from her…