New Yorkers are used to voting in-person on Election Day because, until last year, it was the only way most of us ever voted. more

I recently learned about a smallpox scare that occurred in New York City in March 1947. more

In a number of recent letters to this paper from people like Isaac Geld, Ron Wegsman and Charles Moerdler, a tone is expressed — sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly — concerning anti-Israel statements. more

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “prejudice” as a “preconceived judgment or opinion; an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge; an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.” more

Mr. Patrick McManus wrote recently that Congress must protect Israel. more

I was going to let Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s nonsensical, non-sequitur rebuttal highlighting how he once again is not listening to the voices of his constituency go without any further back-and-forth. But the irony of his reply being printed in the same edition as two stories that further support my position proved too much a case of poetic justice to allow the opportunity to slip by. more

Banking is as old as civilization itself. It’s said that ancient couriers taking goods from one settlement to the next would receive loans in the form of grain. more

My husband and I co-authored a public health brief that will be published by Springer International Publishing in November called “COVID-19 in New York City: An Ecology of Race and Class Oppression.” more

In the past few weeks, we’ve learned that Andrew Giuliani is thinking about running for mayor, and that then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 nearly named his daughter Ivanka as his running mate. more

The recent Riverdale Press editorial appears to justify Councilman Andrew Cohen’s costly breach of faith with his community by noting he needs to “maintain some sort of stable income.” more