By Rich Mancuso This columnist, native and resident of the Bronx had to pitch the editor about a first hand perspective of living in the Bronx and the past few days again have come to a point that needs […]
Mayor de Blasio is flying for a week-long vacation in Rome while his administration is being probed by several prosecutors amid questionable campaign fundraising and “pay-to-play” allegations.
South Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake Joins Hilltop Public Solutions The political establishment in the Bronx and Albany is agog at journalist Mike Allen’s POLITICO Playbook item reporting that South Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake is joining Hilltop Public Solutions. Hilltop is […]
Bigotry is alive and well, not only in this nation but right here in our community. I shudder when I read comments from so called community leaders who are posting and calling for the exclusion of Muslims fleeing tyranny, war […]
Anti-Muslim sentiment, often referred to as Islamophobia, Anti-Islam, or Anti-Muslim, is as horrible, hostile and dangerous as any other term denoting hate of one group. Personally, I dislike the term Islamophobia because it implies a severe mental illness affecting a […]
Rethinking Complaining – Tearing Down to Rebuild by Madisyn Taylor When we spend all of our time complaining, we are in essence in constant “destroy” mode rather than “building” mode. We all know someone who has elevated the process of […]
Whenever I vote, I so do expecting the candidate to be a leader, and not a follower. A leader is guided by his or her conscience, and what he or she considers morally correct. A follower often votes based on polls, prejudices in […]
I am extremely proud of my Rabbi, Sharon Kleinbaum. On Thursday night she, three other Rabbis and many other Jewish leaders joined in protesting the death of Eric Garner, and condemning a system of justice which needs to be fixed and […]
by Father Richard F. Gorman, Chairman, CB #12 (Second in a Series) I trust that your Thanksgiving, friends and neighbors, was full — joyful, peaceful, and stomach-full. As I said last week, we have a great deal for which we should […]
As we walk our City streets it is almost impossible not to encounter a homeless person. We see them asleep at the entrances to stores, we see them asleep in alley ways, we see them asking for help on highways, […]
Post by Stephanie Raptis Nothing I write here today will be news to you if you are on any form of social media. Bullies are no longer contained in the schoolyard. When we were kids, the school bell rang and […]
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