Opinion: We can protect our immigrant neighbors. What are we waiting for?
Every public defender in New York City is, by necessity, also an immigration lawyer. When I meet a…
After Council’s buffer bill, do Jews feel safe?
“Globalize the intifada!” “Resistance, you make us proud, take another settler out!” “We need to make them scared!” These…
N.Y.ers can’t afford to grow old here
Anita has lived in Chelsea for 63 years. At 71, she struggles with mobility issues, receives just $23.83…
Pro-Hamas grads and more: Letters
Pro-Hamas grads New York University is doing the right thing in pre-recording commencement speeches (“Grads censored unceremoniously,” Rikki…
Hope that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani can quit pushing antisemitism
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani lets loose the dogs of antisemitism, will anyone stop him? Last week brought two…
Hope that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani can quit pushing antisemitism
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani lets loose the dogs of antisemitism, will anyone stop him? Last week brought two…
It turns out you DO need NYC millionaires
For all of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “we don’t need millionaires” talk — it turns out, he does. Wall…
NYC needs a new, single immigrant affairs agency
In the face of a dark, national siege on immigrant families and their communities, New York and other…
CUNY adds career work to classrooms
When I had the chance to hire a student to work in my research lab at Hunter College,…
Ossining, New York, in the ‘Unwoke’ 1950s – Thomas Dichter
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth entry in a new Dispatch series titled “Where I’m From.” Every Saturday, a…
Letitia James’ ‘blind eye’ to Jew-hate is a form of antisemitism in itself
The surge in antisemitism in New York is beyond alarming, and state Attorney General Letitia James shares much…
Op-Ed | Child care that helps families — and New York
Photo: CUNY Child Development Centers When I began my career at CUNY in 2003 as a newly hired…