BY DAVID MULKINS | The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, the nonviolent protests over the deaths of George Floyd,…
Posts published in “Voices”
BY ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZ | In this time of turmoil we need activist leadership! I have served this community since 1995 as either a Democratic…
BY LIZ THOMSON | Eighty days. The time it took for Phileas Fogg to travel around the world. So, too, and in real life, Nellie…
BY PENNY MINTZ | Voters in Manhattan’s 66th Assembly District, which runs from roughly 14th St. on the north to Vesey St. in the south,…
BY NANCY PASLEY | Our restaurants and bars have had operations severely curtailed during the pandemic shutdown, which isn’t over yet. In a well-meaning effort…
BY CHRISTOPHER HIRSCHMANN BRANDT | Handcuff. Etymology: you might think it derives from the same root as the teacher’s feared cuff, administered to the wayward…
BY DAVID R. MARCUS | The flawed 14th St. busway was born out of the flawed plan to close the Canarsie Tunnel for much-needed repairs…
BY MARTA VI GAIA| Consciousness and morality must meet at some point with integrity. These are our young people in the streets. On June 1,…
BY SAM VINCENT WIZON | On June 3, 2020, I would have used the following words to describe my feelings toward the police: Reform. Regulation.…
BY JUDITH MAHONEY PASTERNAK | I’m writing this at the table where I’ve just eaten my first restaurant meal in three months. The restaurant is…