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Power Brings Responsibility

Late last year, the challenger for the presidency of Social Services Employees Local 371 of District Council 37 blamed his defeat on the unfair advantages he said were enjoyed by the incumbent, …

An IQ Test Failed

The photo of Will Pepe, an employee of Metro-North, standing inside the U.S. Capitol Building Jan. 6, shows him smiling as he looks at his cell phone.  It's not known whether he was taking a …

Unfit to Serve

 Donald Trump is a sick man. He lies as naturally as other people breathe, he is incapable of admitting that he lost or is wrong—and those aren't the worst of his maladies. That was driven home …

Can't Ignore the Numbers

The most-astonishing thing about the 44-percent jump in homicides in the city and a doubling of shootings here compared to 2019 is that those crimes had already reached alarming numbers by the time …

A Disturbed Ex-Court Sgt.

Terri Napolitano, who was just fired for posting illustrations of President Barack Obama with a noose around his neck and Hillary Clinton heading for the gallows, clearly has serious psychological …

Indulging a Grandstand Play

Maybe four years of dealing with Donald Trump's nonsense, from his inflammatory, degrading tweets to backing away from commitments he made a short time earlier, was what led House Speaker Nancy …

Perspective on the Protests

There are few police-union officials who would want the Rev. Al Sharpton to testify on their behalf, but something he said during the protests that were triggered by the death of George Floyd lends …

'Safest Places' for How Long?

Mayor de Blasio, who erred on the side of extreme caution in closing schools last month when they did not seem to be a significant factor in spreading the coronavirus, may be on the verge of being …

Playing the 'Thug' Card

A relatively civil hearing on a City Council bill that would sharply limit the use of solitary confinement in the city jail system took a sudden turn into nastiness after Correction Officers' …

Cop Unions Soft on Crime?

It may be a reflection of the polarization in this country, state and city that an attempt by the co-owner of a Staten Island bar ran over a City Sheriff's Office Sergeant Dec. 6 while trying to …

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