To the editor: On July 22, The City Reporter reported 1,550 broken cell doors in two Rikers jails. Former department of correction commissioner Vincent Schiraldi was interviewed, and he did what he does best. He blamed correction officers for...
To the editor: Thornton Wilder was the co-screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite film: “Shadow of a Doubt.” Uncle Charlie tells his niece, “What do you know…Nothing. What are you all? – sleepwalkers – blind… the whole world’s...
To the editor: Recent reporting in the July 24 edition of The Chief effectively highlights the urgent need for a change of direction (or leadership?) within the NYC labor movement. At the same time that we should all be celebrating and learning...
To the editor: In all the years the city's Rent Guidelines Board voted to allow landlords to raise the rent in rent stabilized apartments, never once did anybody sue. But the FIRST time they vote for a rent freeze, a group of...
To the editor: Donald Trump, witnessing the four young deceased American soldiers coming home, lied blatantly when he said, without any evidence, that each of these heroes died supporting the war with Iran. He has no idea how each soldier...
To the editor It’s time MAGA faced facts – you’ve been had. Donald Trump doesn’t know how to lower prices, bring back manufacturing jobs or end wars. There never was a “migrant crime wave," Latino gang invasion, emptying of foreign...
To the editor: George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 warned of a “Big Brother” state-run Ministry of Truth that controlled the information citizens received. If any country today resembles 1984, most Americans would name Iran. Iran’s “leader,”...
Journalists persist in publishing things like, “America did thus and such in Iran last night.” Folks, America is not at war with Iran. Congress and the American citizenry have had nothing to do with either launching or prosecuting this war. This...
To the editor: Lately, I have read articles that have gone viral on social media demonizing a young female New York City Correction Captain by the name of Latanya Brown. Recently, she made headlines after she was criminally indicted by federal...
To the editor: "St. John's files federal anti-union lawsuit," (June 19th Chief) because they claim their 1st and 14th Amendment rights are violated by a law that requires them to negotiate with their workers' union, whom they no longer...
To the editor: Two political rising stars recently flamed out due to morality problems: Eric Swalwell, a California Congressman, and Graham Platner, a Maine U.S. Senate candidate. The lesson here is that “power corrupts.” People just cannot be...
To the editor: A recent letter (The Jews and the left) paints Democrats as antisemitic and anti-American. That is a lie. The truth is Democrats believe in social justice; what the far-right derisively calls “political...
To the editor: Boards of retiree organizations must democratically operate with transparency. Governing bylaws should be disclosed. And these rules must be followed. The Municipal Labor Committee rules were difficult to find...
To the editor: "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace." That wisdom sounds like something we would have gotten from John and Yoko back in the day. But it's something that the Manhattan District Attorney apparently does not appreciate...
It is sad that former District Council 37 union leader Lillian Roberts passed away last week at the age of 98. But she lived a long and productive life. I knew her since 1980 when she helped CETA Workers (a federal government jobs program began...
To the editor: I had the privilege of working for and with Lillian Roberts for many years at District Council 37 AFSCME and when she was New York State Labor Commissioner. She passed away last week. RIP. When I went to work at DC 37 in 1977 and...
To the editor: Government officials often make verbal promises that never materialize. They won’t make a commitment in writing or action. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress that the proposed Anti-Weaponization slush fund “was not...
To the editor: Whatever the arguments, congestion pricing was never going to be the only remedy to decrease long ambulance response times. Since congestion pricing began below 60th Street in 2025, the average response time by ambulances to life...
To the editor: What’s the hoopla about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)--a political activist organization--not a political party? Is it an Orwellian nightmare, or is it just another attempt to amalgamate socialism into the American...
To the editor: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...
To the editor: Donald Trump’s 2025 financial statement disclosed a staggering $2.2 billion in personal earnings - more than he earned as a private citizen. Most of it, $1.4 billion, came from cryptocurrency deals involving Chinese and UAE...
To the editor: Forget Project 2025, here is Trump’s real agenda People are giving President Trump way too much credit for implementing a sophisticated, well-planned far- right agenda. He is not capable of that. He is a cartoon character, a...
To the editor: The Commission on Government Efficiency has issued a preliminary report. It reveals no outreach to retirees and glosses over health benefits. COGE is “keen on a comprehensive external engagement approach to reach people from all...
I remember Jay Leno's comment about the German man who killed himself when his wealth dropped to $10 million: "How was he supposed to eat?" California Governor Gavin Newson evidently feels that way about the possibility of any of his...
To the editor: Rank and file workers deserve transparency and competence from the agencies tasked with protecting them. Unfortunately, the New York City Comptroller Bureau of Labor Law has severely failed that standard. For over three years,...