In the early 20th century, American healthcare primarily operated as a fee-for-service model. Hospitals and physicians set charges. During the 1920s, individual hospitals began offering services to individuals on a prepaid basis,...
To the editor: Thanks to The Chief for reporting that the agreement that Transport Workers Union Local 100 members could cash out their sick days before retirement was unilaterally cancelled by the MTA by memo in August. Why are we finding out months...
The good news, 60 percent of the votes went to re-elect Governor Kathy Hochul. The bad news, 40 percent think it's okay to vote for Bruce Blakeman, who blindly follows a president who threatens our democracy at home and uses our military for acts...
To the editor: It is apparent that the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees has no interest in informing members of their right to view its bylaws, and posting or distributing them (even if not legally required), or viewing other...
To the editor: As predicted, Democrats had a very good election day. The top issues identified in exit polls were corruption and high living costs, which voters told pollsters are interrelated. I agree. By any measure, the...
To the editor: What does the blue tsunami for the Democrats in the election mean for the future? There are some certainties and some probabilities: 1. Donald J. Trump will almost certainly remain a convicted felon for the rest...
To the editor: I have never voted for anyone to represent me as a NYC municipal retiree. My former union has a retiree division that provides benefits paid for from its welfare fund. I don’t pay dues and don’t vote for their officers...
To the editor: Yes, "EMS pay parity would cost city $1.2 billion a year over five years." (October 23 Chief). That amounts to $240 million a year. You can be sure that the cost of other items in the city budget rise more than that. But it...
To the Editor, In the last 2 years after being suspended for 6 months without pay then terminated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, (clearly in violation of the contract) I have realized how stacked the system is against workers and how hard it is to...
To the editor: Thank you, New York Knicks and captain Jalen Brunson for refusing to go to the White House at the invitation of Donald Trump. They must know that Trump is the worst kind of hypocritical racist, one who praises a few Black people...
To the editor: A great deal is riding on Nov. 3. Limits must be placed on the lawless, corrupt and militaristic Trump administration. Its MAGA, sycophant Republican Party that has controlled Congress must be defeated. That party has...
To the editor: Main Street thrives on free markets. Free trade brings the best homes, the best food, and a clear hope of wealth. State rule fails. The state-controlled economy leaves shelves bare and capital dead. The ideal system is not...
To the editor, American Catholic bishops seem unaware of Jesus’ admonition, “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” The church speaks often about deadly personal “sins” like lust, envy, greed,...
To the editor: In her letter in the Oct. 23 edition of The Chief, Ellen Rieser wrote that I made “ad hominem attacks” on Marianne Pizzitola, “griping” and “carping.” No, I have advocated proactively disclosing its bylaws, informing members of their right to view them and other documents...
To the editor: To tax wealth is to catch the wind. It is a failed policy. The crown sees the fruit of honest labor and envisions a captive pride. It ravishes the tree by stealing its yield, blind to the truth that wealth has large wings; when...
To the editor: To the editor: For my money, the worst cowards and morons in the nation are not the immigrants deported and killed by Trump’s goons (aka ICE), but are those in the military (and retired) and police officers (and retired) who...
To the editor: While I disagree with some of Mayor Zohan Mamdani's positions, overall, he shows promise of being an improvement over many past mayors. But he's drawn criticism for his tendency to show fair-mindedness and logic as opposed to to kowtowing to rigid thinkers...
To the editor: During a 2014 TED talk, billionaire venture-capitalist Nick Hanauer delivered a blunt message “the pitchforks are coming... for us plutocrats." He likened the impending social unrest that ever-growing wealth inequality will...
To the editor: It’s been reported that the highest salaries to new graduates are mathematics majors from Duke University and Carnegie Mellon. Those salaries are around $300,000 a year. How long will math majors at the top universities...
To the editor: I’m sure Harry Weiner means well, but he has his facts wrong and shouldn’t be attacking Marianne Pizzitola, the President of The New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees (NYCOPSR) (See “The Claim Game”, Oct. 14).
To the Editor: Jews have been victims of pogroms for hundreds of years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they fled Eastern Europe and Russia to escape persecution. Millions came to America, many arriving in our city. Three...
To the editor: The appointment of Liz Vladeck as the Office of Labor Relations’ next commissioner is an opportunity to reset the broken relationship between OLR and retirees. Outgoing Commissioner Renee Campion dismissed the New York City...
To the editor: Galileo Galilei was first to recognize that motion is relative to one’s frame of reference. For example, a car moving at 50 mph viewed from a train going 50 mph either appears to be standing still or moving at 100 mph. This...
To the editor: Mega wealthy people only care about one branch of science, the science of big money. That science says money is the root of all good. Once a person reaches a certain threshold of wealth, like centi-millionaire or billionaire...
To the editor: In 2021, Judge Lyle Frank calling the defunct Medicare Advantage enrollment process “irrational.” The New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees called it a “rushed schedule” replete with “incomplete, erroneous, or...
