To the editor: Why is Eric Adams still mayor? He faces multiple federal counts of corruption and an April trial. A number of his highly paid top-level appointees, cronies that are often part of his extended, political family, have left the...
To the editor: A number of letters to The Chief have speculated on Kamala Harris’ loss. Some noted the lack of a primary, reliance on celebrity endorsements, her failure to speak to certain issues or differentiate herself from Joe Biden. One...
To the editor: Michael Gorman’s “A Simple Explanation” (The Chief, Dec. 6) as to why Harris lost the election is a joke and proof that Gorman is terribly suffering from TDS. Also, calling half of American adults racist, misogynistic and...
To the editor: A recent letter to The Chief, states, "half or a majority of adults in our nation are racist, misogynistic and xenophobic" and that's why Kamala Harris wasn't elected (“A simple explanation,” Dec. 6). I take umbrage with the...
To the editor: The attempt by the Municipal Labor Committee to block City Council legislation protecting municipal retirees’ health benefits has reached a new level of audacity and shame. In October, MLC Chair Harry Nespoli sent a letter to...
To the editor: After reading Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio's recent statement contesting U.S. District Judge Swain's finding that the department is overstaffed and still failing to comply with its overall...
To the editor: Commuters should hold accountable any public official, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board member, or transit advocate who opposes future planned 4-percent fare hikes in 2025. The increases were previously assumed as part...
To the editor: Within one year of passing a law banning solitary confinement in city jails, the NYC Council Dec. 9 filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court to force Mayor Adams to carry it out. In sharp contrast, no City Council has filed any...
To the editor: President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to charge and arrest many of his political enemies, most of whom are government officials, especially prosecutors who have charged Trump with crimes. What the president-elect is doing is...
To the editor: Re: Michael J. Gorman's "A simple explanation” (The Chief, letters, Dec. 6): Yes, there is xenophobia and racism and misogyny in this country. It was not the dominant factor in this election. Harris raised more money quicker than...
Because of an editing error, a version of the letter below in last week’s Chief misconstrued its writer’s sentiments. This is the correct version. To the editor: The more the presidential popular vote totals are updated, the closer the vote is....
To the editor, Several issues I have with the op-ed by Carter Myers-Brown (“Can the Democratic Party build a micro-level politics?,” The Chief, Nov. 29). Mr. Myers-Brown omits arguably the four most important reasons Kamala Harris lost:...
To the editor: I know political pundits and journalists want to keep the public entertained to keep their jobs, but do we have to constantly hear the infinite number of second guesses and Monday-morning-quarterbacking about why Kamala Harris lost...
To the editor: Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, wrote “War is the father of all things.” A prime example is the political, economic and moral price the country has paid for 78 years of a National Security State, including 23 years of an...
To the editor: Kamala Harris and many of her supporters are telling us Democrats not to give up or let up; that now is the time to fight even harder for our principles in the face of a Trump autocracy. OK, we won’t give up. But...
To the editor: The NYC EMS system collapsed during the Covid pandemic. It really cannot be put any other way. Over 48,000 New Yorkers died. Over 40 percent of the EMS staff went out sick from exposure. We ran out of available units as volume...
To the editor: Donald Trump promised to change the way government works. True to his word, he forwarded cabinet nominees that certainly represent a departure from convention. To oversee Homeland Security and FEMA, Kristie Noem, a woman so callous...
To the editor: Donald Trump’s announcement nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Administrator proclaimed that Oz will “cut waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency.” A...
To the editor: Ron Isaac's "At Ease" commentary (The Chief, Nov. 8) is another excellent piece of work. I just wish to add some comments. Yes, we do need volunteers to serve in the military. In the world we currently live in, I do not think we...
To the editor: Wishing not to hand Republicans a talking point in an election year, Governor Kathy Hochul delayed implementation of congestion pricing. Now that the plan has been rescheduled to this coming January, GOP criticism has...
To the editor: It's a shame that this world does not have more people like Marianne Pizzitola and less like the union leaders and so-called progressive City Council members who betray the people they claim to represent ("The city's Medicare...
To the editor: After he has studied the situation, hopefully NYC residents will hear more about mayoral candidate Jim Walden's strategies for bolstering the FDNY's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services with the necessary staffing and equipment to...
To the editor: I agree with almost everything Celestino Monclova says about Donald Trump ("Nation's Pocket Picked," Letters, The Chief, Nov. 15). However… I'd advise anyone disappointed with the election to go to YouTube, find the channel...
To the editor: When George Gershwin arrived in Paris, he visited Maurice Ravel, the famous French composer. Gershwin asked Ravel if he could study composition with him. Ravel replied, “George, why be a second-class Ravel when you’re a...
To the editor: The Oct. 18 Chief article, "DC 37 preschool teachers in provisional deal," notes that this agreement gives four 3-percent raises and a final 3.25-percent hike. That sounds good if you skip over the preceding sentence. It notes...
