Your personal data shouldn’t be used to raise your grocery prices
Throughout the state, families are stretching every dollar just to get by. Right now, corporations are using your…
New York data centers need a regional approach
The power needs and potential environmental concerns of large-scale data centers demand regional redress by New York State.…
Comments keep village accountable | News, Sports, Jobs
The OBSERVER that at the last Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop session this past Wednesday (May 20) that…
Tom’s Two Cents: Road kings, dairy queens, sun spots | Commentary
Where there are solutions to an issue, more problems can evolve, which is seemingly always the case with…
When New York Regents Exams End, Arts Classes Will Be More Important Than Ever – The 74
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Ranked choice voting would make democracy work better in Albany
A sign on Manhattan’s Upper West Side explains ranked choice voting in 2021, the first time New York…
New York must close this loophole in its child exploitation laws
I am a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking operation. I know what it means to be…
When AI plans are being made, NY’s workers need to be at the table
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic sci-fi concept. Even if you aren’t on ChatGPT or seeing AI-driven innovations…
Growing up with lots of moms and dads in Glen Head
Looking through my late parents’ photo album recently brought back warm memories of growing up in Glen Head. All…
NYC Shuts Out Half Its Voters. The Forward Party Supports a New Bill to Change That.
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – I have lived in New York City for more than a decade, and…
I’m a millionaire. Yes, New York should raise my taxes.
New York is traveling down a dangerous road. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s billions of dollars in funding…
New York’s energy comes at a cost. Pennsylvania is paying it.
When New Yorkers turn on the heat or cook dinner, the gas powering those actions very likely came…