Queens Borough President Donovan Richards perfectly described the consequence of raising property taxes when he said that would "force people out of their homes." This is especially true of the high increase of 9.5 percent that Mayor Zohran...
This July 4 will be the 250th anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence from Britain. That raises the question: how do we make America great? I didn’t say “again” because the answer lies in our collective future, not the...
President Kennedy, on June 10, 1963, delivered a commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C. He said, “Total war makes no sense in an age when great powers can maintain large and relatively invulnerable nuclear forces...
To the editor: To the toadies for Donald J Trump in Congress, here’s something Paul Anka would never have written and Frank Sinatra would never have sung: And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain I state my case, a sad...
What we have learned about the super wealthy, like all those many associated with the Jeffrey Epstein files, is that most lie like a rug. Among those named in the files are Elon Musk, Lord Mandelson (UK ambassador to the U.S.), Prince Andrew,...
To the editor: Déjà vu. The Municipal Labor Committee leadership wants its union members to approve healthcare cost savings . First there was the Medicare Advantage debacle. Then last Fall, there was a rush to approve the new NYCE-PPO...
To the editor: We’ve all heard the MAGA explanation of why Donald Trump was returned to office - Joe Biden lost control of the border and allowed record levels of illegal immigration. I think it is time to present a more clear-eyed...
To the editor: Federal agents seized a gun from Alex Pretti that he had not drawn, held him down and shot him dead. That is murder no matter how Thomas Curley tries to spin it. When an ICE agent jumped in front of Renee Good's car...
To the editor Gaslighting, as defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica, is a sophisticated and deceptive technique used to manipulate and psychologically control an individual over time. The goal is to make the victim unable to tell truth from...
Donald J. Trump's revenge presidency now threatens to harm the health of all Americans and all people around the world. Trump has reversed the Obama-era policies that support all federal actions on curbing planet warming gasses. The...
To the editor Donald J. Trump and Martin Luther King Jr.: Two peas in a peace pod? What can we learn from President Trump’s text to Norway’s Prime Minister after being denied the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump says he “no longer feels an obligation to...
To the editor: A bill to separate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from the Fire Department was on the agenda at a November 2025 NYC City Council hearing. Driving the bill are years of frustration over low wages...
I intended to write how the partial DOJ release of the Epstein files proves that Donald Trump not only knew of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, but that Trump was likely a participant. But, why? Trump apologists would only parrot his false...
To the editor: According to The Editorial Board of The New York Times in its Feb. 8 edition, President Trump is “eroding American democracy” (as flawed as it has been). This erosion carried out by his administration and a compliant...
The Beatles sang, “Money can’t buy me love,” and while that’s true, conversely, Donald J. Trump has proved that the evil and sadistic use of money and power can bring on hate. For most people in all nations, Trump is the most hated person on...
To the editor: My sympathy goes out the family of Alex Pretti but with the drama on the subject I think in needs to be said that he was irresponsible in bring a gun to a demonstration or rally, whatever they're calling it today. It's handgun...
Renee Good and Alex Pretti would be alive today if the Minnesota Governor and the Minneapolis Mayor would have done their duty. They simply needed to deploy local police to separate “protesters” from the federal agents who were trying to carry...
Seven other New York City Hospitals, and six others in New York State, were able to afford to give nurses what the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) was demanding. So how can Mount Sinai, Montefiore and New York-Presbyterian claim...
To the editor: Just when we think we have seen and heard it all about the second cold-blooded murder of an innocent citizen by ICE in Minneapolis comes news that many witnesses at the scene were quietly and quickly rounded up and detained in ICE...
To the editor: Our ICE agency today blithely spins outrageous lies to protect themselves from accountability. That is clear enough with the detention and exile from her home state of a Minneapolis two-year-old, along with her dad. The pair’s...
To the editor: Why do so many critics of Donald J Trump attack his political positions, world view and economic strategies and not his horrific immorality? According to Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Bishops in the US, Senator Rafael Warnock...
To the editor: “Rules for Radicals,” a 1971 book by Saul Alinsky, serves as a comprehensive guide to empowering the underprivileged, commonly referred to as the “Have Nots.” It outlines his three-step process for achieving social change. The...
Video evidence of ICE agents’ brutality has changed public opinion. Renee Good killed in her car, Alex Pretti shot dead while being held on the ground, ChongLy Scott Thao’s home invaded and him taken out nearly naked into the subfreezing...
A pre-2024 presidential election New York Times editorial said, "Donald Trump says he will prosecute his enemies, order mass deportations, use soldiers against citizens, abandon allies and play politics with disasters. Believe him." But many...
Two recent interviews were revealing and terrifying. The first was held between Donald Trump and New York Times staffers; the second between Steven Miller and CNN anchor Jake Tapper. NYT correspondent Katie Rogers asked Trump whether...