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Sunday Stories

If it's Sunday, it is time to review news you may have missed. Plus our weekly fun video clip! Enjoy. Minneapolis Takes on Housing...

Running Circles in My Mind

Baseball Hall of Famer, World War II veteran and cultural icon Yogi Berra once said: "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is...

My Favorite Neighbor

As 2018 starts to wind down, we will soon be inundated with the annual "look-back" pieces that tell us how terrible a year it was and how...

Welcome to NoCaBroPaSoLaTiDo City Landing

I'm sorry. We had no idea it would get this bad. Naming and renaming neighborhoods has been a thing here in NYC for quite some time,...

Turkey Truths

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May the day be filled with love, happiness, as few political arguments as possible and lots of turkey! Today...

The Crisis of Intimate Partner Violence

Yesterday, on the South Side of Chicago, Juan Lopez and Dr. Tamara O'Neal stood outside Mercy Hospital arguing. The confrontation turned...

The One About Protest Songs

From time to time, traveling on the subway can feel like a game of roulette. Is this the day I get stuck underground for hours? Or, my...

Sunday Stories

Ok, friends. Let's try something new. Each Sunday, I am going to use this little piece of online real estate to offer up some short items...

The Politics of Compassion

I have been involved in politics for most of my life. Thanks to my father's leadership in the Puerto Rican community here in New York...

It Wasn't Just the Snow Dumping on NYC

We all expect winter to dump some snow on us from time to time. We just don't ever expect the unpreparedness of others to pile on. New...

Who or What Will Save the MTA?

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is in serious trouble. The severity of what is to come for the MTA, its ever-diminishing...

NYCHA Could Use Some of That Amazon $$$

News of more politicians jumping into the Amazon HQ2 fray today overshadowed another major development that will impact the lives of many...

Amazon Makes HQ2 Official; Locals Are Not Amused

Two days ago, I wrote about Amazon's sham HQ2 competition and what the cost to taxpayers could be. Yesterday, Amazon confirmed that Long...

Alexa, Give Me Tax Breaks

The Amazon HQ2 "competition" is finally over. Jeff Bezos' national ego ... um ... campaign to see what kind of sweetheart deal he could...

A Rant and Some Hope

I had grand plans for today. I was going to get a lot of work done. Check things off my to-do list. Complete my #30DayWritingChallenge...

Reflections from a Long-Awaited Run

Ok, friends, this is going to be close. Thanks to a lengthy work day, I am just now getting to my #30DayWritingChallenge piece. With less...

Happy NYC Marathon Day!

Today is the day over 50,000 runners and wheelchair racers line up on Staten Island waiting to be released onto a 26.2-mile course that...

The Ongoing Fight for Pay Equity

First observed in 1996, Equal Pay Day was established to symbolize the day each year when women's earnings catch up to what white,...

The People Ride in a Hole in the Ground

The #30DayWritingChallenge continues today with a popular topic here in NYC. The one thing that unifies a city of immense diversity. Our...

Halloween, Boba Fett and Smarties

It's Day 5 of my #30DayWritingChallenge, but more importantly ... Happy Halloween! Welcome to the one day each year we are allowed to...

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