A 5-Point Plan to Create NYC’s New Economy Countless stories in recent months, including from the Cassandras at the New York Post this weekend, lament the exodus of... News 18 Feb 2021 | 11:18
The author’s apartment door. Photo: Deborah Fenker “Bah, Lovebug!” “It’s a made up holiday.” “I buy my wife flowers when I want to ... not when some florist tells me to.” “We celebrate our... Voices 07 Feb 2021 | 05:20
Along the East River. Photo: Jon Friedman ‘The Sea Was Angry My Friends’ The words in the headline, belong, of course, to George Constanza, in the Seinfeld episode known as “The Marine Biologist.”... Voices 19 Jan 2021 | 12:59
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (right) and other members of the NY Congressional delegation with Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall on Saturday, January 9, 2021 to demand the impeachment of President Trump. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. A Violent Assault on Our Democracy In the years since the 9/11 attacks, my Congressional staff and I have participated in security drills, including “shelter... News 11 Jan 2021 | 10:10
New York Stock Exchange, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo: Anthony Quintano, via Flickr Wall Street Can Spare a Nickel Right now, New York City and New York state are waiting for a federal bailout that may or may not happen in the first quarter... Voices 22 Dec 2020 | 01:05
Outdoor dining. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Kicked to the Curb News of the indoor dining shutdown has put New Yorkers on tenterhooks about the all-but-imminent closures of other non-essential... Voices 09 Dec 2020 | 11:57
The world’s largest Hanukkah menorah is raised by a crane in New York City on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. Photo: Itzik Roytman / Chabad.org via Flickr Hanukkah’s Gift: Eight Nights That Make us One Hanukkah is early on this year’s Jewish calendar, but it can not come fast enough. At a time that Jews are dangerously divided,... Voices 25 Nov 2020 | 02:10
Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Photo: U.S. House Office of Photography We Need to Crack Down on Anonymous Shell Companies For nearly 30 years, a 36-story office building in the heart of midtown Manhattan — around the corner from Radio City Music... Voices 12 Nov 2020 | 10:44
The author masked up on the day he had to leave Clark University in March. Photo courtesy of Oscar Kim Bauman Transferring Colleges in a Pandemic Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, even the best-laid plans from “the before times” are in tatters. These... News 15 Sep 2020 | 06:02
Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski (fourth from right) with four generations of family, including his mother (first on the right). Photo courtesy of Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasianski The Gift of a Global Shabbat This year Rosh Hashanah begins on Shabbat which is a day of rest, a day of delight and a day of pleasure which sets the tone... Voices 09 Sep 2020 | 05:37
Manhattan Reality Check leaders during a day of action visit at the Capitol Building in Albany. Left to right: Charity Asante, Athena Kotsopriftis, Daniel Jeon and Isabella Hynes. Photo: Ayo Alli, Youth Engagement Manager, NYC Smoke-Free How Tobacco Companies Shape-Shift to Addict Teens Shape-shifting is often associated with mythical characters. But the Big Tobacco companies have been shape-shifting for years... Voices 01 Sep 2020 | 04:45
Playing “Settlers of Catan” (left to right): Gali, Matan and the author. Photo: Gali Gordon The Quarantine Games of Apartment 605 In early March, a crisis was only getting started. Emotions were running high, people’s characters were getting tested and... Voices 26 Aug 2020 | 06:12
After-school tutoring at Jacob A. Riis Settlement. Photo: Eric L. Cooper Amazon Won’t Save Us As New York City tries to return to partial normalcy amid the worst pandemic in over a century, the most significant social... The Way Forward 26 Aug 2020 | 11:56
The Belleclaire Hotel on Broadway has been housing homeless men and women. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via flickr Déjà vu All Over Again? I had to do a double take when the headline in the news said the city had moved hundreds of homeless men and women into West... News 14 Aug 2020 | 10:35
Photo: Harmon Rangell Incident on 23rd Street The brownstone buildings that lined Chelsea’s 23rd street were all about the same. They were five story buildings. Elevators... Voices 22 Jul 2020 | 03:26
