Local Voices

Op-Ed: Connecting underserved neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens will make college more accessible to thousands of people, allowing many to choose their college based on best fit, rather than proximity.

Op-Ed: We need more programs that treat prison re-entry as a community commitment, not a punishment.

Op-Ed: About 250,000 borough residents risk losing their health insurance coverage. Brooklyn deserves better.

Op-Ed: A human connection can be a meaningful part of healing and reclaiming your well-being after cancer.

Op-Ed: The hang time and one-handed dunks from the Bed-Stuy basketball phenom shaped a generation of players. Naming a court after him is about truth, justice and remembering who we are as a community.

Op-Ed: Our Democratic Senate Leader is the kind of appeaser an authoritarian figure dreams of facing, and he has been surrendering our leverage for years.

Op-Ed: Staying healthy during the fall and winter can feel like a challenge. The number one action you can take to protect your health this season is to get vaccinated.

Op-Ed: Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers among women, but it does not have to remain one of the most feared.

Op-Ed: As young Brooklyn Democrats, we refuse to sit by and watch more of our friends and neighbors be forced out of the city. The need to build affordable housing faster is dire.

Op-Ed: When child care runs only on vouchers, the story changes. Parents are left to figure out how they will keep their babies safe all on their own.