It’s good to hear that staffing levels are improving in the county Child Protective Services Department and that caseworkers are handling normal caseloads. But, as we’ve said in this space before, making employees’ lives easier is only half of the battle when it comes to CPS oversight. ...

Timothy Smart is looking for city approval to have chickens on his Harding Avenue property. Most neighbors don’t seem to have a problem with Harding’s chickens - except, that is, for the neighbor who made a complaint with the city Development Department. Smart’s request prompted an ...

What do discussions over wetlands regulations and Jamestown’s homeless have in common? The alarm bells over both situations were raised largely by people operating outside the typical government apparatus set up to deal with those issues. Remember, back in February, that it was Jim ...

People should be gravely concerned about reports that the FBI is falling short in referring allegations of child sexual abuse to local and state law enforcement. More than concerned — people should be furious. In a review prompted by the FBI’s mishandling of allegations against former ...

What happened last week on Victoria Avenue is just one example of what is frustrating many New Yorkers with their state government. For all of the statistics that state Democrats want to cite that bail reform hasn’t led to a rash of reoffenders walking the streets, there are situations ...

On this day 23 years ago, many Americans had hardly gotten settled into their workday when the day was shattered by the news that jetliners had struck both towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another jetliner had crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane still was in the air ...