A November 2022 survey of hiring managers in the United States found one-in-four say their respective industry should have fewer Jews. The survey also found one-in-six hiring managers were directed by their leadership not to hire Jews. more

Over the past few years, municipal retirees have had to anxiously grapple with the prospect that they may have to switch health care plans from the Medigap plan promised to them, to a Medicare Advantage plan. I know that promise — I was made the same promise when I began my career as a public school special education teacher more than years ago. more

I have often maintained that the evolutionary pathway that led to the advent of human beings — Homo sapiens — contains horrendous flaws, so that while we display our intellectual prowess in countless ways, we have lost crucial instincts and have a tendency to do all sorts of things that prevent us from living together peaceably. more

William Adams, my father, did not talk about the war — not to his wife nor to his children. Just once, I asked him a question: How close did you come to being hit? He spread his thumb and forefinger no more than two inches apart. more

New York City was built on the backs of working-class New Yorkers; people like my mother, Dorothy Mae Adams, a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support my five siblings and myself. She sacrificed everything for us, and I know that there are thousands of New Yorkers doing the same today in our city for their families. more

It has been two years since I introduced myself to The Riverdale Press readership (“New editor is happy to join neighborhood,” March 17, 2022). A lot has happened in greater Riverdale since then. more

Say no to the “City of Yes” for Economic Opportunity zoning changes.  Mayor Adams and the Department of City Planning (DCP) have crafted 18 citywide zoning proposals drawn largely from recommendations from the real estate, construction, and business industries.  Their zoning wish list will come for a vote in the City Council in March. Basically, City of Yes calls for manufacturing and industrial uses to be permitted in commercial areas, and commercial development permitted in residential neighborhoods. What could go wrong? more

As U.S. election officials gear up for the 2024 Presidential election, judges in over a dozen states could decide whether the 14th Amendment’s Section 3 disqualifies former President Donald Trump from future office. Recently, the Colorado Supreme Court removed candidate Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, finding that the safeguard covers the office of U.S. President and that Trump personally engaged in insurrection. Trump has already appealed to the Supreme Court. more

On April 17, Republican congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio held a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee in New York City designed to show that Manhattan’s Democratic district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is personally responsible for a huge increase in every type of serious crime in New York City. That he has coddled criminals without exception. And that he has treated the supposedly growing number of victims of terrible crimes shabbily. more

On Dec. 19, 2023, in an interview on a cable TV station that reaches nearly 2 million viewers each weeknight, a former senior advisor in the Trump White House spoke about what he characterized as the “complete resettlement of America.” He attributed that phenomenon to the arrival here of millions of people from far and wide, bringing with them their cultures, traditions, and belief systems. more