Letters

It feels like every day brings news of another violent crime, often involving gang members, who have entered New York illegally. After all the progress we’ve made in reducing crime over the past generation, this is both frustrating and demoralizing. Violent

“I wish I had generals like Hitler.” Only Donald Trump, who is descending more and more into madness, has the hubris to say this aloud to the American people. It’s a gut punch. He must be stopped. One can only imagine

“Save Girls Sports,” shout Gina Arena’s state Senate lawn signs, strategically placed around Senate District 40. And yet they would be more appropriate enveloped in clouds, revealing them for the smokescreen they truly are. The state legislature amended our Human

For the sake of Liberty, the WNBA champions, vote No on Proposition 1. Under Prop 1, it would be illegal for the Liberty to exclude from their team people who were born as biological males, but subsequently, through surgery or

As a multi-issue voter, I believe that the Democrats provide the best solutions for most of the concerns facing our country. However, for many decades, my primary filter is the environment and the damage that is occurring to our shared

Earlier in the year, Mondaire Jones, the Democratic candidate for New York’s 17th Congressional District, said that “our project is to defeat fascism this year.” Donald Trump’s campaign for president has borne out the importance of that objective as Trump

Only two days after Rep. Mike Lawler castigated Democrats on “Meet the Press” for calling Donald Trump a “fascist,” Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly told The Atlantic that Trump fit just that definition. Putting aside whether Kelly would bristle

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on the challenges faced by survivors and to honor their strength and resilience. We must come together as a community to support those affected by domestic violence, raise

Those of us who are old enough can remember the Willie Horton ads devised by Lee Atwater to help George H.W. Bush win his presidential campaign against Michael Dukakis in 1988. Although Atwater eventually regretted the overtly racist dog whistles of

As a canvasser, I meet northern Westchester residents who are misinformed about the substance and scope of Proposition 1, the New York State proposal on the back of our ballots. Seeking professional, nonpartisan analysis, I consulted the New York City