To the editor: How disappointing and confusing it is for those of us who support Medicare For All to see Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorse Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor. Adams has been in the front lines opposing...
To the editor: Just a few days after my letter supporting the Queens Assembly member and mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos and highlighting Andrew Cuomo's anti-worker record was published, Ramos endorsed Cuomo (“Bad-faith bargain,” The Chief, June...
To the editor: In recent testimony before the New York City Council, Michael Greco, the vice president of Local 2507, which represents FDNY EMS personnel, said without saying, that city officials aren't obeying the law. He answered that in...
To the editor: During Barack Obama’s presidency 2.5 million people were deported from the United States. And although there were some protests, there was virtually no violence, no attacks on police or federal agents and no destruction of...
To the editor: In the New York City mayoral race, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Zohran Mamdani amidst controversy surrounding “Israel’s right to exist.” Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist assemblyman from Queens, has faced criticism for his...
To the editor: The ugly break-up of the Trump-Musk bromance was predictable. Eventually, everyone associated with Donald Trump lives to regret it; ambitious youth enrolled in his fake university, donors to his bogus charity, even the women in...
To the editor: I think the solution to the immigration crisis is to close the borders to most immigrants as was done in 1924 and allow this second Great Wave to repatriate ("Mob Rule," Letters, The Chief, May 30) . I think if you pay Americans...
To the editor: According to the Associated Press, the highly effective “Spider’s Web” drone attack that destroyed dozens of Russian aircraft, including multimillion dollar Russian bombers, was personally supervised by Ukrainian President...
To the editor: Our 86-year-old mother with advanced Alzheimer’s has received home care for over a decade, slowly exhausting her financial resources and ours. She now requires around-the-clock care. With my sisters’ help, we’ve kept her in her...
To the editor: Arbitration ended a labor dispute between city officials and its nurses two years ago. The issues on the table were pay parity, understaffing and high staff turnover rates. The 8,000 nurses won a contract that addressed those...
To the editor: Going back to July 2011, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo has had an anti-worker record. That's when he used the threat of layoffs to get state workers to accept a five-year contract that included a three-year wage freeze, increased...
To the editor: In 2014, the Municipal Labor Committee approved the conveyance of $1 billion from the Health Stabilization Fund to pay for employee raises. Defending the robbing of Peter to pay Paul, Harry Nespoli, the chair of the MLC, told the...
To the editor: For 45 years, a war has been raging. It doesn’t involve bombs, drones or jet fighters. The war is a sustained battle over the nation’s wealth between workers and billionaires. The richest few deploy tax cuts, deregulation and...
To the editor: Donald Trump is considering pardoning the men who were convicted of attempting to start a civil war and kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, apparently because Trump is being pressured by some Trump supporters who consider...
To the editor: I don't care about what Bruce Springsteen — or any other multimillionaire celebrity who doesn't worry about paying for the necessities of life — has to say about President Trump ("No Surrender," Letters, The Chief, May 30) . When a...
To the editor: Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, is being accused of treason by both conservatives and progressives. He’s been compared to Benedict Arnold for allegedly seeking personal gain. Tapper was aware of former President Joe Biden’s mental...
To the editor: Not a day, week or month has gone by in which the Trump administration hasn’t violated the Constitution, federal laws and ethical standards. Nor has a day, week or month gone by in which the Netanyahu administration, our close ally...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) present cautionary tales of unaccountability and misplaced power. DOGE has intruded on major government functions with no oversight or meaningful transparency....
To the editor: Many people picking our fruits and vegetables are here illegally. Employers hire them because they can get away with paying them even less than the pitiful minimum wage. Others without authorization to be in the country work...
To the editor: A 24-percent pay hike won't achieve pay parity for the FDNY's EMTs. The City Council has proposed such a raise for the FY 2026 city budget stating, "While EMS workers perform essential frontline roles, they continue to earn...
To the editor: “Leeches upon our taxpayer,” “a disease, both moral and physical — a leprosy — a contamination," "most of the danger springs from the foul and disgusting habits of” these people. The foregoing aren’t contemporary...
To the editor: Thank you, Bruce Springsteen, for your pull-no-punches attack on the most corrupt and incompetent president in American history. It was appropriate and effective for Springsteen to open his show in his British tour by correctly...
To the editor: Theodore Roosevelt’s third term was adventurous, defying the two-party system’s rules. Like him, Presidents Reagan and Trump, known for their grit and strong leadership, survived assassination attempts. Trump, often compared to...
To the editor: With regard to “FDNY seeking to 'integrate' firefighting and EMS corps” (The Chief, May 16), I find it ironic that it came out around the same time as time as an EMS Week poster in which the paramedics depicted seem to be...
To the editor: There were moments at the Court of Appeals hearing on forcing retirees into a Medicare Advantage plan that raised eyebrows and raised hopes (The Chief, “City retirees await state high court decision on Medicare matter,” this...
