To the editor: While we understand the seriousness of missing federal reporting requirements, we are distressed to learn that, without notice or warning, AFSCME has placed the DC37 Retiree …
To the editor: I am a DC 37 retiree. Imagine my surprise when I received an email that said the union’s retirees association was placed under emergency administratorship by AFSCME, the parent …
To the editor: Frantz Fanon, the Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist prominent in Algeria’s independence struggle, said it all! When the oppressed achieve victory, they turn around and do the same thing to …
To the editor: After reading Crystal Lewis' article, " DC 37 Retirees Association taken over by AFSCME ” (The Chief, this issue) the question that occurs to me as well is: "Why did it take a severe …
To the editor: As a DC37 member and retired staff member of DC 37, it is heartbreaking to read that AFSCME has placed the union’s Retirees Association under administratorship. What is the …
To the editor: I certainly hope that the bill introduced last year by State Senator Brad Holyman-Sigal and Assemblywoman Karines Reyes making it illegal to alter models' images without their consent …
On Feb. 16, Alexei Navalny, a courageous outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin died in a Siberian gulag. Immediately, President Joe Biden stated, “there is no doubt that the death of …
To the editor: Donald Trump, a Putin fan, compares himself to the Russian patriot, Alexei Navalny, who was murdered by Vladimir Putin. Trump said he sees himself as a victim, not unlike …
To the editor: The recent announcement by the MTA that due to ongoing litigation against implementation of congestion pricing, $15 billion in capital projects within the 2020-2024 five-year capital …
To the editor: So, the TWU local 100 leadership first eliminates any opposition to their plans to sell out their own retirees. By firing the longtime director of the retiree association, they then …
To the editor: Dahlia Lithwick, an attorney who writes about the U.S. Supreme Court, had some harsh criticism for the “performance” of the Justices on the High Court in the case of the State of …
To the Editor: Donald Trump is arguably “the most dangerous man in America,” as Henry Kissinger described Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers. The former president is using fascist …
To the editor: When a District of Columbia Circuit Court judge asked Donald Trump’s attorney, John Sauer, if a president can order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a rival and be immune from prosecution, …
To the editor: The New York City pass unit is moving to a new location on Pierrepont Street in downtown Brooklyn but its policies have not changed. It still insists New York City Transit Authority …
To the editor: On Feb. 6, Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin asking only soft questions conspicuously similar to Sean Hannity’s interviews of Donald Trump. Carlson stated to …
To the editor: When reading "The U.S. needs homes, but also the workers to build them," (The Chief, Jan. 26), I was reminded of a three-way phone conversation I had about 15 years ago. The other two …
To the editor: After reading about the AFSCME trial decision (“ Eddie Rodriguez, longtime head of DC 37 clerical local, is expelled from union ,” The Chief, Jan. 26), it is sad that Eddie …
To the editor: Watching Donald Trump and listening to him speak is reminiscent of the 1960s “Batman” TV and comic book series when you saw words and phrases like “BAM! BOOM! POW! ZOK!” and …
To the editor: The police stop of City Council Member Yusef Salaam, and the publicity he has generated (intentionally, I believe), reminds me of some good advice I received from a veteran police …
To the editor: If every city had a superpower, New York City’s would be its unionized workers. We have people running the nation’s largest hospital network from the doctors, nurses and …
To the editor: In Iowa, where his support is supposed to be so strong, Donald Trump received 51 percent of the votes in their caucus. In the first primary, in New Hampshire, Trump has 54.4 percent …
To the editor: The City Council’s How Many Stops Act is clearly a substitute for, or an addition to, the “Defund the Police” movement. It’s intentionally meant to prevent police officers from …
To the editor: According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “projection” is defined as “the attribution of one’s own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to …
To the editor: Although you prioritize NYC and state topics, on Jan. 5, you printed a letter by Michael Gorman about Israel, Hamas and the Palestinians (“ Third rail of discourse ”). Among other …
To the editor: International Holocaust Remembrance Day was Jan. 27 th , the day when Auschwitz was liberated in 1945 by the Russian Army. The Nazis had created an industrial machine of death whose …