We know the results of the investigation — by a fellow Democrat, no less. more

As a member of Northwest Bronx Indivisible’s steering committee, and as chair of the CUNY Brooklyn College English department, I write to call your readers’ attention to the importance of supporting reinstatement of the New York State Tuition Assistance Program for incarcerated people who wish to begin or complete a two-year associate’s or a four-year bachelor’s degree program. more

Congressman Adriano Espaillat told the Podcast from Washington of El Nuevo Dia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that he believes that 52.5 percent who voted for the statehood option during the Nov. 3 status plebiscite in Puerto Rico is not enough to advance a statehood bill. more

I am writing in response to Ms. Leslie Hogan’s letter to the editor commenting on your Nov. 19 story, “Voters not too excited to choose county court judges.” more

There are two main points in Maayan Seligsohn’s recent letter. more

In its interesting analysis of how little of the money raised by the city council candidates is actually spent inside the Bronx, where that money is spent is also instructive. more

I am so happy to have made it through a year of confinement. I am vaccinated, but am awaiting vaccinations for my family. I am not sure that I am ready to travel to see them, California and Florida. I am hopeful it will happen. more

Granted, The Riverdale Press is just a neighborhood newspaper, and not The New York Times or Wall Street Journal. But one would expect its editors to know enough not to engage in straw man arguments. more

Americans learned a lot about government — especially that once-obscure process of impeachment — in the past year. But over time, we’ve lost ground when it comes to understanding and embracing our democracy’s basic values. more

As a “liberal-Democrat,” I have tried to gain as much knowledge about the “conservative” political point of view as possible since 1980. I have come to some very disappointing conclusions, which I want to share with you. more