Posts Tagged ‘Op-Ed’

MTA to Union Workers: “Be Part of the Solution”

Written by NYPress on June 20, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News

The last contract between the MTA and its largest union, TWU Local 100, expired on January 15, Gothamist reports. Yet the two have failed to reach a deal in recent negotiations, and things may be getting a little hairy. MTA Chairman Joe Lhota publicly pleaded with union members by way of a New York Post
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On Topic: Youth-Targeted Tobacco Marketing Must Stop

Written by Our Town Downtown on February 11, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town Downtown

How cigarette companies are marketing to children in downtown neighborhoods I took my first puff of a cigarette at 8 years old. I wanted to be cool and macho and fit in with the neighborhood kids. Access to cigarettes was easy; I looked no further than my local corner market. In those days, the cigarettes
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Now Is the Time to Govern

Written by admin on November 18, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Cuomo will whittle state budget to the bone By Alan S. Chartock The first thing the new governor has to do is to get the state’s fiscal house in order. That must happen immediately because in a year, the state’s election cycle will start all over and if Andrew Cuomo waits until then, it will
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Confusion Reigns in Express Bus

Written by admin on November 18, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

New bus system reminiscent of fascism By Lorraine Duffy Merkl I’ve had a taste of fascism. It’s called the M15 express bus, whose route goes north on First and south on Second. Let’s begin at the beginning. I got on at 14th Street. Having just missed the local, I wandered up the block where a
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How to Make the Holidays a Time of Positive Change… Even If You’re Alone!

Written by admin on November 18, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

You can make the holidays a time of dramatic change and healing by using your innate intuitive abilities in a conscious and directed way. By Laura Day Holidays are supposed to be a time when families unite, when you are reminded of your childhood or revisit the memories of yourself over the years. Some may
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No Sense

Written by admin on November 10, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

To The Editor: Bicycles in a crowded, large city should never go fast (“Pedestrians, Bicyclists Need to Get Along,” Oct. 14). Is it a race, or is it recreation that takes place while others—young children, pedestrians, mothers with infants—are also enjoying the scene? By the way, the mere fact pedestrians get into the bike lanes
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Share the Love

Written by admin on November 10, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

To The Editor: I feel exactly the same way about flier guys (“Why I Love the Flier Guy,” Oct. 28)! I find that they’re usually pretty grateful for the little bit of civility and decency I offer by just taking the damn flier. It’s one of the many types of human interaction that only city
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Embracing “Doesn’t Like Me”

Written by admin on November 10, 2010. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

New phrase puts blame where it belongs By Bette Dewing I clip enough from The Daily News, The New York Times, this paper and sometimes the NY Post, to fill a 600 word bi-weekly column a dozen times over. And on every walk or ride on the bus (what else?), there’s more to report, too
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Fancy Running into You Here

Written by Jeanne Martinet on November 10, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

Urban encounters of an unwelcome kind By Jeanne Martinet I was on deadline for a project. I was stressed out. I was also out of food and coffee. With the clock ticking, I grabbed the first hat I could find and jammed it over my unwashed head, and pulled on a pair of old walking
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Matchmaker Falls Short

Written by admin on November 3, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Host tries and fails to match millionaires with New Yorkers By Lorraine Duffy Merkl Matchmaker, matchmaker, go back to L.A. Bravo’s reality series Millionaire Matchmaker is filming this season in Manhattan instead of Los Angeles. The show’s star, Patti Stanger, will fit in quite nicely with those competitive New Yorkers who often don’t live up
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