One may debate whether Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez’s Small Business Jobs Survival Act is the best way to counter the loss of neighborhood businesses and increase of storefront vacancies. But if it needs to be improved, then do so. Doing nothing should not be an option. more

Naming a street after Loeser’s Deli is a very bad idea. It is a self-centered and almost narcissistic effort to aggrandize one family store above all others. If Councilman Andrew Cohen is even considering naming a street after a business, he should at least let the residents of Kingsbridge vote on who they think is the most worthy contender. more

Like lemmings heading over the cliff, in near unanimity, the board of director of the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park has elected to terminate the participation of 13 of its active directors in the hope that this deed will somehow bring to fruition the repeatedly delayed merger with the park’s conservancy. more

The Press has received many responses to the Dec. 8 article and editorial about towing.  more