Bill Cornwall’s Will Must Be Respected
By Arthur Z. Schwartz For 55 years Bill Cornwall and Tom Doyle lived together, as a married couple, at 69 Horatio Street. In 1971, Bill, […]
Supermarket for the Gentrified Poor
By George Capsis On March 8th, I received an e-mail from local resident Kay Frost, which triggered an extraordinary series of events that is still […]
The Social Cost of Public Housing
By George Capsis In the 1980’s one of the familiar New York news photos was of swaths of gutted tenements in the Bronx and Brooklyn […]
A Time to Listen
D’Agostino Head Answers Senior Income Crisis By Bob James These are trying times. No, more than ever before, they are frightening times. They are times […]
Freelancers Unite!
Wage Theft a Growing Problem in the New Economy By Stephanie Phelan “We want to be paid, and paid on time!” This outcry comes from […]
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
By Council Member Corey Johnson The fight to save the Associated Supermarket on West 14th Street has spurred conversations about food access and the difficulty […]
WestView Editor Caucuses For Bernie in Nevada
By Christy Ross In a cheery kindergarten classroom at Mountain View Elementary School, I joined 20 of my Elko neighbors to caucus in the Nevada […]
Bill on the Phone
By George Capsis I get almost as many robo calls as I get real calls, so when a voice came on to say that I […]
Stop Building Poverty Prisons
By George Capsis A depressed, crime-ridden, vermin-infested, and dilapidated city the size of Atlanta, with more than 600,000 inhabitants (45% Black, 45.8% Hispanic) with family […]
Health Inspector “Rats” on City Scofflaws
By George Capsis “The Board of Health is at the door,” announced Polly. With anxiety, I quickly shuffled to discover a nice young Chinese American […]
When to Consider Collecting Social Security
By Max Leifer, Esq. Determining when to collect social security benefits depends on many individual factors. The correct answer is your individual circumstances. If you […]
Fighting for the Minds of Children
By George Capsis I was idly watching channel 13 when I became aware of a video of children in Middle Eastern dress, single filing into […]
Who Really Writes the Editorials for The New York Times?
By George Capsis I asked this question when, on December 14, I read a Times editorial actually endorsing a plan by two investment real estate […]
Gail Brewer Says “Yes—But” to Emerald City
By George Capsis Gail Brewer, our Manhattan Borough President, answered The Times editorial endorsing the selling of Pier 40 air rights for $100 million to […]
From the United Nations through the West “Village” to Upstate
By Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper I live in both the Village and Upstate. Unlike Aesop’s two friends, the city mouse and the country mouse, I […]
Empire State Building Shows the World How to Go Green
By Leslie Adatto I write about rooftops in NYC and have been welcomed at hundreds of rooftops across the five boroughs—everything from 19th century living […]
The Cost of Being a Woman
By Commissioner Julie Menin It has been nearly 100 years since women have had the right to vote. However, it is no secret that women […]
A Cry From Paris
By Marc Levy Like so many across the world, I can’t stop thinking of those who have lost their lives this sad November—in an […]