Brooklyn Views, Brooklyn, NY (2021)

05/15/2021

White House not bending to pressure from progressives to condemn Israel

04/27/2021

New York Is Losing A Congressional Seat Because 89 People Didn't Participate In The Census

Some observers were predicting a loss of two seats for New York, due to pandemic migration and the anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration.

04/27/2021

Asian Man Brutally Beaten In East Harlem Reportedly In Coma

The 61-year-old was reportedly collecting cans for extra money in East Harlem when another man knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head multiple times.

04/27/2021

Violent Weekend For NYC Shootings

Police responded to at least 15 shooting incidents since Saturday afternoon. Now, local leaders and residents are concerned about what could lie ahead. CBS2's John Dias reported.

04/27/2021

"Defund" The NYPD: What It Means And Where Democratic Mayoral Candidates Stand On It

Policing and public safety have been front and center in the mayoral race, with a continued rise in shootings and murders, as well as a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

04/27/2021

SEE IT: Man Hits NYPD Detective In Head With Stick

04/23/2021

Carranza’s new gig: Working for company that won big contracts when he ran NYC schools

As chancellor of the city’s public schools, Richard Carranza talked endlessly about equity. But maybe he was using the job to build his own “equity.” In late February, Carranza an…

04/23/2021

CNN’s business model: Profit from fear, hate and division

Wow: It turns out CNN has made spreading fear and hate into its business model. Project Veritas, the right-wing outfit that specializes in guerilla exposés centered on secretly-recorded videos, had…

Beginning mid-March 2020 I was tasked to watch and summarize the pressers of Cuomo and DeBlasio. This article is a must...

04/23/2021

Opinion | Cuomo Finishes the Pandemic as He Started It, by Failing Seniors

Beginning mid-March 2020 I was tasked to watch and summarize the pressers of Cuomo and DeBlasio. This article is a must-read.

In prioritizing vaccines, New York put ‘equity’ and special interests ahead of the elderly and vulnerable.

04/05/2021

You really know that your dog is a member of your family when my daughter tells Peaches to "Go get Grandpa."

04/05/2021

Group of thieves rob man at knifepoint in Manhattan subway station: NYPD | amNewYork

The NYPD is looking for a group of crooks who robbed a man inside a Manhattan subway station last week.

04/05/2021

NYPD On Hunt For Suspect Who Yelled Slurs At Asian Mother, Spit Twice In Her Direction On 5 Train

No surprise here. Of course that is what experts do...disagree.

04/05/2021

Are we entering a ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic? Experts disagree.

No surprise here. Of course that is what experts do...disagree.

Is this the beginning of yet another surge? Or is it only “pockets of infection”? Whatever experts call it, one thing is clear: Infections are on the rise again.

04/05/2021

Portland school postpones vote on changing mascot to ‘evergreens’ over racism concerns

A Portland high school has postponed changing its mascot to an evergreen tree after a committee member raised concerns about its possible connotations to lynching.

04/05/2021

Former Schools Chancellor Carranza Joins Silicon Valley Software Company

Less than three weeks after leaving his post as NYC schools chancellor — saying he needed “time to grieve” his coronavirus losses — Richard Carranza has landed a senior gig with a Silicon Valley educational software firm. Carranza will join IXL Learning as chief of strategy and global develo...

04/04/2021

The New York Stock Exchange's massive post-COVID question

As the NYSE looks to go back to work, the jobs being brought back to the exchange have been shown to be redundant. When the NYSE fully acknowledges this, what its plan is, and what becomes of the trading floor are all unknown.

02/26/2021

Do COVID vaccine eligibility rules do more harm than good?

Should coronavirus vaccine doses be reserved for the most vulnerable or should the focus be on swiftly vaccinating as many people as possible?

02/20/2021

Trump freeze-out: De Blasio puts former president's NYC rink contracts on ice

The Trump Organization says its last day of operating Central Park's ice rinks will be Sunday.

01/24/2021

Jeff Bezos, Amazon Refuting Mail-In Votes For Unionization – OutKick

Jeff Bezos — a strong Democratic supporter — and Amazon are aiming to postpone a unionization vote at one of its warehouses in Alabama, the Wall Street

01/24/2021

MTA Postpones Planned 2021 Fare Hike "For Several Months" Because "People Are Suffering"

The agency is hoping for another $8 billion in funding from the Biden administration and the Democratic-led House and Senate.

01/02/2021

Inside NYC's ornate new Penn Station train hall

New York City's Penn Station has been around for more than 100 years. The trains at Penn have never stopped running, but what's above them has been built, destroyed, neglected and now born again. As of January 2021, the stunning new part of midtown Manhattan's historic transit hub is open, carrying ...

01/02/2021

‘Tone deaf:’ Critics blast De Blasio’s dance display in empty Times Square

Mayor Bill de Blasio is still facing heat — and not just from Andy Cohen — for dancing with his wife early New Year’s Day in Times Square.

12/05/2020

Blog | Test Positivity in the US Is a Mess

Interpreted correctly, test positivity can tell us so much that we need to know about COVID-19 outbreaks and testing in the United States. But we don’t publish test positivity calculations for US states and territories. Here’s why.

11/20/2020

NYC’s COVID-19 Test and Trace program can’t pinpoint 80 percent of cases

The Big Apple’s heavily touted coronavirus tracing program is having trouble tracking down sources of at least 80 percent of the COVID-19 infections in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio ack…

10/31/2020

How Covid-Safe Is Dining in a Restaurant’s Outdoor Tent?

08/22/2020

The Cuomo/de Blasio double-cross on indoor dining actually gets worse (opinion)

Governor, mayor showing how to kill an industry.

08/03/2020

Daily Caller on Twitter

“ESPN Show Reportedly Asks If It's 'Funny' That NBA Player Who Stood For The Anthem Suffers Horrific Injury https://t.co/KnSNLtlZTR”

07/29/2020

‘Do a Better Job': Cuomo Urges NYPD to Enforce Social Distancing Rules, Warns NYers Against Getting ‘Sloppy'

07/19/2020

NYC’s COVID-19 contact tracing will ask about outdoor dining, not protests

I thought it was all about the science?

The city’s coronavirus tracing program will start asking people if they’ve been at outdoor bars and restaurants to help understand the spike in cases among those between the ages of 20 …

07/18/2020

Rich Lowry on Twitter

“Hey, look—another largely peaceful protest https://t.co/j1pnChBiCj”

07/16/2020

Parks Department Social Distancing Effort Show Mixed Compliance

New datasets released by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) show results on the targeted effort to maintain social distancing within the City’s vast network of open space between March 25 and July 8. Various staff categories consisting of special Social Distancing Amb...

07/15/2020

‘People Died Because Of It’: Health Experts Rip Andrew Cuomo’s Report Defending Nursing Home Policy

'It was never right to send COVID patients into nursing homes'

07/12/2020

Bike South Brooklyn! on Twitter

Hundreds of bike riders rallied and took over Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn riding through red lights to the boardwalk. Obviously there was no permit. You could have used the 5 mile bike path right there and stop at red lights but that would have been too respectful of the neighborhoods you were riding through.

“Nice night for a bike ride https://t.co/dF3J8tPqVv”