Opinion

May
03
Letter to the Editor: Stopping the Illegal Home Conversions – Who’s Really Doing The Work

Letter to the Editor: Stopping the Illegal Home Conversions – Who’s Really Doing The Work

By Bob Cassara, President of the Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance [http://www.brooklynhpa.com] @brooklynhpa [https://twitter.com/brooklynhpa] As
5 min read
Mar
11
Aging Infrastructure Could Spoil New York City’s Latest Tech Boom – Opinion

Aging Infrastructure Could Spoil New York City’s Latest Tech Boom – Opinion

Shrihari Pandit, Stealth CommunicationsBy Shrihari Pandit,  CEO and Founder of Stealth Communications, [https://stealth.net/] a company that delivers fiber-optic
3 min read
Jan
14
I’m a white teacher who chose a high-poverty school for my daughter. Here’s why.

I’m a white teacher who chose a high-poverty school for my daughter. Here’s why.

Originally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/01/11/white-teacher-mother-school-choice-segregation-nyc/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=
7 min read
Jan
04
Have The Dyker Heights Lights Become A Christmas Nightmare? – OPINION

Have The Dyker Heights Lights Become A Christmas Nightmare? – OPINION

Photo by Mary Bakija/BklynerBy: City Councilman Justin Brannan and Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann When most people
3 min read
Nov
01

In The Trenches: American Dystopia (COLUMN)

CROWN HEIGHTS – When my parents arrived in the United States having fled war-torn Uganda, they never imagined the country they
1 min read
Oct
23
Not Doing Us Proud: Silence Speaks Volumes – and Matters (OPINION)

Not Doing Us Proud: Silence Speaks Volumes – and Matters (OPINION)

Marty Golden. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)By Jay Brown and Rachel Posner On August 15, 2017, long-time Marty Golden employee
4 min read
Oct
08
Kings County Democratic Committee – Time To Engage With Your Members! OPINION

Kings County Democratic Committee – Time To Engage With Your Members! OPINION

By Yaneth Lombana, LMSW, Trauma therapist and County Committee Member 56 AD 91 ED CROWN HEIGHTS – One of the nation’
3 min read
Sep
28

Cy Vance is Dangerously Aligned with the Trump Administration – OPINION

By Jonathan Westin, executive director of New York Communities for Change [https://www.nycommunities.org/about/]. It’s not a
3 min read
Sep
20
Stop Politicizing Our Schools – OPINION

Stop Politicizing Our Schools – OPINION

By: Steve Saperstein, Candidate for the 46th Assembly Seat As a New York City public school teacher, I’m excited
3 min read
Sep
18
In The Trenches: Reform Grows in Brooklyn

In The Trenches: Reform Grows in Brooklyn

Adem Bunkeddeko.“Sounds like a suicide mission.” This was a common refrain I heard from most of Brooklyn’s political
2 min read