Toddler fatally struck by pickup truck driver in Long Island driveway
A toddler was fatally struck by a pickup truck driver in a driveway on Long Island, police said Saturday. Cops did not release the tot’s age or gender but online…
SEPTA decks out buses in holiday decorating contest
SEPTA employees volunteered their time to decorate buses for the holidays and compete for bragging rights. Center City shoppers voted for their favorites among the eight decorated buses parked beside…
Remember Pearl Harbor, and the camps that followed
Although the Greatest Generation mostly is no longer with us, Americans always will remember the sacrifice that began Dec. 7, 1941. That’s when Imperial Japan attacked the U.S. bases at…
Death and dying before Hochul: Make Medical Aid in Dying legal in New York
Almost two years ago, I visited lifelong Staten Islander Brian Moffett at a specialized care facility in Manhattan. Brian had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that…
Council’s A/C bill will cost too much
The City Council is considering a well-intentioned, but horribly misguided bill to make air conditioning a requirement in nearly every room in all rental and co-op housing in New York…
Local news is retreating, hurting NYC democracy
New York may call itself the media capital of the world, but when it comes to local elections — the campaigns that shape our daily life — important contests come…
Death and dying before Hochul: Assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at risk
As Gov. Hochul considers the assisted suicide bill sitting on her desk, she needs to listen to the voices of her most vulnerable constituents who would be harmed if this…
How these Philly-area consumers are spending $150 on all their holiday gifts
Kacii Hamer has no financial stress this holiday season. In past years, “holidays were always ‘give, give, give,’ and that’s what I always felt like I had to do,” said…
Healthcare moves into the workplace
When Marshelle Grimes-Billings started work as a smock room attendant at a poultry processing plant in Decatur, Ala., in 2021, healthcare was a luxury she couldn’t afford. At the time,…
NYC schools chief Aviles-Ramos, with union and parent support, makes a case for Mamdani to keep her on
New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos made the case Friday for Zohran Mamdani to keep her at the helm of the nation’s largest school district, just days after…