Allegations of Corruption—Why No Response
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Way back in our November 1 edition, before either Sheldon Silver or “Dean” Skelos had been convicted of bribery, money laundering, […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Way back in our November 1 edition, before either Sheldon Silver or “Dean” Skelos had been convicted of bribery, money laundering, […]
By Frederic Block I wrote a book a few years ago, Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge. […]
By George Capsis Some years ago, in the old Times building on West 43rd Street, I found myself sitting down at a very large […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz I held off on writing about the Sheldon Silver trial hoping to have a verdict to discuss. But the jury […]
A West Village friend said to me, “If everyone who says ‘I really think Bernie would make the best President, but he can’t win, and […]
On Thursday, November 12th the Village Independent Democrats had their monthly meeting in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street. The meeting was chaired by long […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz When Donald Trump launched his campaign with a diatribe against Mexicans, the media treated him like the pariah he is. […]
The monthly routine for the Village Independent Democrats and the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club changed in October as they held a joint meeting and forum […]
For a couple of weeks in early October, the Transport Workers Union (TWU), which I am co-General Counsel of, took out a series of […]
By George Capsis The front page of the Times reported that half of all the money spent so far to support Democratic and Republican candidates […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz After the October 12 Democratic Presidential Debate, The New York Times declared Hillary Clinton the “hands down” winner. She wasn’t knocked […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz On September 18, I was reminded why politics and elections can be inspiring. Seated with Westview Publisher George Capsis and […]
“There is a lot of sentiment that enough is enough, that we need fundamental changes, that the establishment — whether it is the economic establishment, […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Sometimes following District Leader races is like reading tea leaves. The races are for insiders to evaluate and understand. But […]
On Thursday September 17th, the Village Independent Democrats met in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street. There were short reports on a variety of Democratic […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz I was in Toronto when the photograph of the Syrian child, Aylan Kurdi, who washed up on the shore of Greece, […]
By Arthur Z. Schwartz Twenty-five years ago an upstart threatened to run against longtime Greenwich Village Assemblyman Bill Passanante. Bill had become a progressive force […]
By Alec Pruchnicki On Thursday August 13th, the Village Independent Democrats held their monthly meeting in St. John’s Church on Christopher Street. Club […]