Our Run-off Picks

Written by admin on September 23, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

New York City’s Democratic voters will probably pick the city’s next C.F.O. and ombudsman in a run-off election on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Since no candidate in the four-way primary races for comptroller and public advocate reached the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off, the top two vote-getters are now facing off. And because
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Our Election Picks

Written by admin on September 9, 2009. Posted in Editorial, News & Features West Side Spirit, Opinion and Column

Lest the daily overflow of campaign mailings didn’t tip you off, there is a primary election in New York City on Sept. 15, with several key offices up for grabs. We hope that voter turnout will be high to reflect this particularly important juncture in city history. Readers should note that for two of these
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A Frank Memoir

Written by admin on July 22, 2009. Posted in Editorial, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

“When I look back on our teaching days I wonder how we managed to survive at all. It was of course, a miserable career: the happy career is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable teaching career is the miserable high school teaching career, and worse yet is the miserable New York public
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Parents in Public Schools

Written by admin on July 16, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

It is the middle of July, and few New Yorkers are thinking about school these days—except, perhaps, up in Albany. That’s where the recently un-deadlocked Senate is slated to take up the Assembly’s school governance bill, which passed June 17, leaving mayoral control of schools fairly intact. Senate Dems have a few amendments they’re rumored
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Our Top Reforms

Written by admin on July 1, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

As Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with barbecues, beer and Hudson River fireworks, New Yorkers—particularly the elected variety—can reflect on the sorry condition of their own state government. In decades past, Albany hasn’t exactly been a beacon of democracy. But things have gotten decidedly worse over the past month, with the Senate deadlocked in
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An Exciting New School

Written by admin on June 17, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

Parents in Harlem, East Harlem and the Upper West Side, as well as throughout the city, should be excited by an idea that was proposed at Brandeis High School last week: a racially and ethnically diverse new high school on West 84th Street emphasizing writing and literature that may open in September
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Support Fordham Plan

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

In the coming days, the New York City Council will make a final evaluation of Fordham University’s plan to expand its Lincoln Center campus. We urge the Council to support this proposal, which has undergone several important modifications since Community Board 7 initially voted it down in January
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Run, Carolyn, Run

Written by admin on June 2, 2009. Posted in Editorial, News & Features West Side Spirit

We wholeheartedly encourage East Side Rep. Carolyn Maloney to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in next year’s Democratic primary. This is not a knock, necessarily, at Gillibrand’s qualifications, or at President Barack Obama and his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s recent appeal for “party unity.” It is an appeal to reaffirm the democratic process and the
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THE SENATE FIDDLES WHILE TRANSIT BURNS

Written by admin on March 26, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

Straphangers—and really everyone in the metropolitan area—ought to be outraged. The fare hikes and service cuts that were, at press time, set to become a harsh new reality for subway, bus and train riders are unconscionable. And the blame lies squarely with the State Senate, whose behavior over the past week has been downright embarrassing.
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INTERN with WEST SIDE SPIRIT

Written by admin on March 12, 2009. Posted in Editorial

West Side Spirit is looking for strong writers who are NYC news-savvy and want hands-on journalism experience. Interns preferably should have some background writing for a newspaper. Ideal candidates are outgoing, smart and happy to pitch in as necessary. We have fall, spring and summer internships, according to academic calendar. A minimum of two days
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