OTP: The case of the Central Park Five. Why hasn’t the city settled that? Liu: For no good reason. It’s just stubbornness, perhaps an unwillingness to admit or confront the reality that a mistake was made. A really big mistake. It should be settled. I’ve offered all the resources of my office, the legal experts […]readmore
View From Here In his State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday evening, President Obama spoke of the agenda items that would define his second term: an improved economy, universal preschool, tax credits for scientific research and development, increasing the minimum wage, ending the war in Afghanistan and facing the problem of climate […]readmore
By Mary Alice Miller Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn’s last State of the City (SOTC) Address as Council Speaker was stunning in its vision for a New York in which middle class is defined as those who earn household incomes between 100 percent and 300 percent of area median income (AMI). The Census American Community Survey […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves with Nathaniel Adams “One of the most important cases facing this generation will be Shelby County v Holder, which will be heard before the Supreme Court on February 27th,” said Janai Nelson, Assistant Professor at St. John’s University School of Law and the Assistant Director of the Ronald H. Brown Center […]readmore
First Baptist Church is proudly commemorating 60 years of the continuous pastoral leadership of its founding minister, Rev. Clarence Norman, Sr. “I think it’s the greatest blessing a minister can have to be able to spend his entire ministry, his entire career, with the same congregation,” said Rev. Norman. “It is only through the goodness […]readmore
As quiet as it’s kept, it is our relationship with self and others that make our lives rewarding or “a living hell”. There are countless cases of wealthy and famous people who have fallen victim to various addictions or resolved the conflict by committing suicide. Lack of material possessions was not the culprit – the […]readmore