Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: For years the issue of immigration reform has become nothing more than lip service in State of the Union speeches. Tuesday night […]
Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at El Museo Del Barrio in New York during Three Kings celebration on January 6, 2023 (Shutterstock) Every year, the Mayor presents a budget to the people of New York City. This budget is about much more than what we are spending and what we are spending it on. It […]
By El Mansour Bettahar Nobody plans to get sick or injured, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. Ten years ago, I got into an accident at my construction job. I was in pain and alone, having left my family in Algeria during my recent move to the United States. I wanted to get treatment but didn’t have […]
Mayor Eric Adams speaks during meeting with the Orthodox Union on combating antisemitism by elected officials at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York on December 12, 2022 (Shutterstock) Every day when I’m out talking to my fellow New Yorkers across the five boroughs, I hear the same things. All of us want a strong economy, […]
By Linda Nwoke In over two years, the trajectory of the overdose crisis has shifted. Before 2020, the country concentrated on dealing with neighborhoods in cities and towns getting awash with legally prescribed drugs like oxycodone that were abused. However, recently, a new wave of devastation in the form of synthetic opioids flowed into the […]
By Linda Nwoke Recently, People, Power & Politics Radio Show chatted with Carol-Ann Church, Brooklyn’s Director of Community Boards. The interview focused on the role, value, and process that Brooklynites can follow to become members of the borough’s community board. “Community boards offer a direct link to the community, from everyday residents to government bureaucracy. […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Most Americans are aware that the nation is deeply divided, and that politics is intruding everywhere. They seem to think that we have two equal opposing forces, as shown by razor-thin majorities in Congress and in many key elections. This superficial appearance papers over a marked asymmetry in actual power, […]
Mayor Eric Adams speaks at PO Taufique Bokth, PO Brunel Victor receiving proclamations on saving the life of a man who collapsed on subway tracks on 116th street station on November 28, 2022. (Shutterstock) While I was on the campaign trail, I met many New Yorkers who expressed their desire for a safer city. New […]
New York City, NY – March 22, 2017: Unidentified homeless people sleeping at the subway station in New York City, NY. (Shutterstock) Our city is facing a crisis. New Yorkers with severe and untreated mental illness are living out in the open, on our streets and in our subways. They are in danger and need […]
Pre-dating the Brooklyn Bridge or the Empire State Building, the New York State Regents Exams, established in the 1860s and given in grades 9-12, are the bedrock strata for the current system of using tests to evaluate schools. As with standardized State tests administered in grades 3-8, their outcomes have come to directly impact school […]