Much was written last summer about the 50th anniversary of the release of “Jaws,” about the lasting effects of the film’s thrills and chills, and about the subsequent effect of the film’s...
Virtue is supposedly its own reward. Recognition, though appreciated, is not essential and should not be demanded. Our hearts' memories have recorded our contributions to world healing, so fame, fortune and external rewards are dispensable. They...
Making our city safer and more affordable for working families has been our priority since day one because our administration understands that in New York, it takes a city to raise a child. This starts with ensuring our youngest New Yorkers have a...
Bryony Gilbey is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker. George Molé is a retired NYPD captain and former member of NYC EMS. They respond to emergencies large and small — cardiac arrests, shootings and other violence, contagious...
Was the author known as William Shakespeare the same person credited with plays and poetry in his name, or was he someone else? After all these centuries, what differences does it make? What a nuisance it is, tidying up the false attributions of...
I always feel that September, and not Jan. 1, is when the new year really begins. That is when our great team of teachers, principals and support staff across all five boroughs welcomes our children back after the summer, and for the next 180...
In the heart of New York City, a group of dedicated individuals operates largely behind the scenes, ensuring safety and order within the complex and often challenging environment of the New York City jail system.
Assuming I'll retain a modicum of cognitive clarity on my deathbed, I'll vividly recall with much fondness and a flicker of trepidation my middle school social studies teacher, whom students and their parents either fiercely and uncritically...
The Adams administration’s North Star has always been public safety. New Yorkers want to be able to send their kids to school, go to work, shop in their local store, go out for dinner, and come home safely to their family and their community. They...
Democratic Socialist Zorhan Mamdani’s decisive win over former Governor Andrew Cuomo in June’s Democratic Party primary has the billionaire class, large corporate real estate owners and the many in the moderate Democratic establishment freaking out.
It’s clear that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is the leader of the pack when it comes to capturing young people’s attention in the mayoral race. His savvy use of social media has propelled him from a little-known Assembly member to the Democratic nominee for mayor overnight...
Zohran Mamdani's pledge to incrementally raise New York City's minimum wage to $30 by 2030 is a viable goal and moral commitment that should be applauded even by those of us who are generally not his fans. That is true also of his positions on...
Marc Bullaro is a retired NYC Department of Correction assistant deputy warden. Ten years after the Nunez v. City of New York consent judgment went into effect, federal district court Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who oversees the consent decrees,...
No barbeque could be more appetizing, indeed exhilarating, than the grilling by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MI) of Bill Sheedy, senior advisor to the CEO at Visa, and Linda Kirkpatrick, the president of the Americas at Mastercard, at a Congressional...
I am proud to be a New Yorker, and as your mayor, I am even prouder to announce that our city is getting cleaner, safer and more affordable every day. But you don’t have to take my word for it: Just look at the numbers. Last week, we released the...
Dr. Damien Archbold is an anesthesiologist at Elmhurst Hospital and a Doctors Council SEIU delegate. Carter Myers-Brown aptly describes how industry-sponsored authoritarians have pushed workers into a corner and intend to land the final...
Technology is already rendering human selfhood superfluous and perhaps obsolete. Almost 80 years ago, W.H. Auden wrote a poem called "The Age of Anxiety" and Leonard Bernstein composed a symphony with the same title. According to Wikipedia, that...
From the start of our administration, we have been clear that the days of ignoring people in crisis — on our streets and in our subways — were over. It’s no secret that too many New Yorkers who suffer from severe mental illness cycle between...
Is there validation sweeter than being on the receiving end of a corporate charm offensive? Their ploys are usually more creative than convincing. My car insurance company, for instance, sent me an AI-generated birthday card reminding me...
At the relished risk of being called a fascist bully (bring it on!), I say it's not merely all right, but is an act of love and consummate civic duty, to "coerce" people whose drug intoxication, or overt and uncontrolled mental turmoil, so...
A subculture lives below New York City resembling a sanctuary society of sorts that many people call home, yet the inhabitants meagerly exist day after day. New Yorkers regularly witness the danger, discomfort and distress of the...
In early July, Congress passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBBA) and signed it into law. An extension of his 2017 tax cuts, the bill represents one of the largest wealth transfers in recent memory. The upper class will enjoy enormous tax...
Ali Shehzad Zaidi, a former Bronx resident, teaches Spanish and French at SUNY Canton. In November, Bronx voters will be pivotal in deciding whether the old and corrupt Democratic machine will prevail in New York City, or whether a transformative...
How we deal with our garbage says a lot about who we are as a society. New York City must look as good as the people who live here. I have said it many times: We cannot allow our streets and sidewalks to be cluttered with unsightly black garbage...
After an alarming and seemingly hopeless decline in the number of NYPD recruits, there has been a dramatic reversal. New hires are almost on pace to replace the estimated 3,800 officers who will retire this year. But attrition within a few years...