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Since beginning this column in the spring of 2019, much has changed in the intervening years, yet many of the things we are experiencing in the world today echo back to that time. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/05/22/ref…

After years of fighting, Amy Cohen got to see Sammy's Law, named in honor if her late son, signed into law by the governor at his middle school. It gave all of us there to see it hope for what we can accomplish. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/05/24/hop…

The MAGA pilgrimage GOP politicians made to the site of Trump's trial, with most embarrassingly cosplaying in typical Trump attire, was a sad affair, especially as they used it to flout the court's gag order. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/05/30/out…

As Pride month is celebrated, it is inexcusable that recent NYC Community Educational Council meetings, including in Southern Bklyn, have seen parent leaders target Trans students or allow them to be targeted. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/06/14/hur…

Gov Hochul's late death knell to congestion pricing may have been in line with poll numbers showing minimal public support for the plan, but it means cuts to subway repairs/upgrades and more traffic/pollution. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/07/01/stu…

Large vehicle; turning; driving through pedestrian in crosswalk with right of way; death. Terms we keep hearing strung together in horrific incidents on NYC streets. It doesn't need to be this way. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/07/03/rep…

Whether ever needed in the first place, cuts to the NYC budget for things like Sunday hrs at libraries have been reversed. At the state level, the late pause on congestion pricing will kill many local projects. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/07/22/stu…

It's unacceptable to continue with the status quo as drownings increase around NYC. Rather than silly proposals, we need serious solutions to keep people, especially our kids, safe during the dog days of summer. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/07/25/sea…

Whether a deadly act aimed at a national figure or a violent act perpetrated by a local Southern BK pol, everybody – especially electeds – must be clear there are no excuses that justify political violence. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/07/29/pol…

A 50-year public life that began w/ being told he was too young to serve to exiting as he's told he's too old to serve is almost Shakespearean. Biden did what Trump could never fathom: putting country over self. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/08/04/bid…

Those who need shelter & those concerned w/ how that's done deserve serious leaders w/ serious beliefs/solutions, not craven, self-interested, attention-seeking pols who abandon stances or self-promote via rage. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/08/09/def…

35 years ago Yusuf Hawkins (15) was murdered - one of several slayings of POC in Southern Brooklyn in the 1980s/90s. In recent years we've seen a spate of Anti-Asian, anti-Muslim attacks, thankfully none fatal. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/09/05/dar…

This September, it should not be forgotten that some of the most reprehensible things Trump has ever said or done are directly related to 9/11. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/09/18/wit…

Dramatic turns in 2024 race for the White House: Biden's bad debate 6/26; Biden passes baton to Harris 7/21; Harris beats Trump in debate 9/10. Trump's latest debate performance was filled w/ lies & incoherence. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/09/24/not…

Some say $150M in additional NYPD OT to nab farebeaters that had skipped fares totaling just $104K makes sense. Tell that to the family of Gregory Delpeche, who has brain damage from a stray police bullet. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/09/27/too…

Mayor Adams has got to go. Because evidence against him, and against many he put in top-level roles, is damning, but also because we cannot trust he, or whoever he gets to fill vacancies, can run this city. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/10/23/may…

Corruption investigations swirling around Mayor Adams and administration officials have involved many city departments, including the DOE, making it clear that Mayoral Control of city schools must finally end. Latest column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/10/24/dam…

We need a day to celebrate and recognize Italian Americans. We do not need that day to be tied to a brutalizer based on a fairytale taught to kids who grew up pre-2000. Time to un-discover Columbus. Recent column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/11/02/qui…

Early voting ends today. Election Day is Tuesday. Turnout will be up this year. When Dem voters turn out, they win. In Southern Bklyn, it'll be needed to elect Chris McCreight & Iwen Chu 曲怡文, who we NEED in office. Recent column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/11/03/ear…

Promising to shut down free press & jail critics. Giving up on Americans held overseas & kowtowing to our enemies. Incoherent speeches that meander into the bizarre. Any one of these should be disqualifying. Recent column in Home Reporter & Spectator👇 withinwrites.com/2024/11/04/sca…