Netflix wants to spend nearly $83 billion to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, which if it goes through will be the largest media merger in history. ( Photo: Netflix) Will Netflix’s $83B Proposed Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Hurt Consumers? Netflix’s enormous $82.7-billion proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery studios and streaming services, announced on... Voices 08 Dec 2025 | 02:34
Shop cats have been immortalized in a newly revised coffeetable book by Tamar Arslanian with photos by renowned cat photographer Andrew Marttila. But the so-called “Bodega Cat bill” by term-limited City Council Member Keith Powers will have to wait till the new Council session before it can be legalized. ( Photo: Andrew Marttila) Powers’s Bodega Cats Bill Will Fall to New City Council to Enact into Law It’s a pet’s world/cats—We speak here of cats, then dogs. Literally, not of the showers we’ve come to know idiomatically... Voices 08 Dec 2025 | 12:07
President Donald Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani held a surprisingly cordial meeting in the White House on Nov. 21. ( Photo: Truth Social) The Clock’s Already Ticking on the Trump-Mamdani Bromance What were they doing there? What might have they discussed? What will the time they spent together mean for New York, for... Voices 01 Dec 2025 | 03:08
Lisa Do Hofflich, who ran for the NYS Senate in 2022, is calling on NYS political leaders to do more to protect migrant children. ( Photo: Courtesy Lisa Do Hoffllich) New York State Must Do More to Protect Immigrant Children As a Vietnamese refugee who came to America at age 3 with little more than hope, I understand what’s at stake for immigrant... Voices 21 Nov 2025 | 01:27
New York Herald headlines of Dec. 3, 1893. ( Photo: Public Domain) Canter’s Lowly Resting Place: Three Old Jewish Cemeteries Revisited Often in historical research one stumbles upon something other than that which they were looking for. So it occurred recently... Voices 10 Nov 2025 | 01:45
French high school students placed U.S. and French flags at the graves of 4,153 WWI American soldiers buried in the St. Mihiel American Military Cemetery located in Thiaucourt, France, Sept. 20, 2018. The local students placed the flags in preparation for the Centennial Commemoration of the WWI Battle for Saint-Mihiel Salient. ( Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal) Honoring Veterans Means Supporting Their Recovery This week, as we celebrated Veterans Day, there was reason to feel hopeful. For the first time in years, overdose deaths... Voices 08 Nov 2025 | 08:44
Wall Street investor and MSNBC commentator Steve Rattner says there are many warning signals going off on the US economy right now and it may not be the best time for experimenting in government. ( Photo: Eric Schwartzman) Rattner Warns Mamdani Mayoralty Could Be Economically Risky Steven Rattner, an MSNBC commentator and the chairman of investment firm Willet Partners, saw some worrying signals about... Voices 03 Nov 2025 | 10:01
Children in a playground on Election Day 2024 because they didn’t have school. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Abundance of School Holidays Leaves Families Scrambling for Childcare “It’s unbelievable how expensive it is,” said Hollis Scarborough, a Washington Heights mother of two, about the costs of... Voices 29 Oct 2025 | 05:38
The three mayoral candidates are split on the three housing-law changes that are measures on this year’s ballot. (Don’t forget to flip over your ballot to see and vote on them.) ( Photo: YouTube) What Mayoral Candidates Say About Housing-Law Measures It was one of the most virulent moments of the second mayoral debate, triggered by, of all things, three ballot measures... Voices 25 Oct 2025 | 03:56
Barbara Jaffe, a retired NYS Supreme Court justice, wants the public to understand that judges are generally barred from defending themselves against accusations, even those based on misinformation. ( Photo: Courtesy Barbara Jaffe) Judges Face Rising Threats but Are Barred from Responding Threats leveled against judges and their families are becoming increasingly prevalent. Federal judges were targeted 457 times... Voices 18 Oct 2025 | 09:19
Promotional image on the official Taylor Swift Instagram account to promote her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” prior to release. ( Photo: Instragram) Taylor Swift’s Mutual Lovefest at the Village East Theater So, what did I learn while attending a listening party for Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 4... Voices 10 Oct 2025 | 06:36
Veteran photojournalist Dean Moses (center) just as he is being grabbed by masked ICE agents and forced from a public elevator at 26 Federal Plaza, where he was covering immigration hearings. ( Photo: Suzanne Keith via social media) ICE Rousts Journalists Doing Their Jobs at Manhattan Federal Court House Our news colleague Dean Moses had a run-in with the law the other day. Or, more precisely, he had a run-in with lawless federal... Voices 02 Oct 2025 | 09:12
Melanie Griffith (left), Robert Redford, and Sonia Braga promoting 1988’s Milagro Beanfield War at the Cannes Film Festival. ( Photo: Georges Biard) Remembering ‘Bob’ Redford I had two things in common with Robert Redford. One, we were both born in Santa Monica. Two, we both loved my father. Yes,... Voices 17 Sep 2025 | 11:11
Rabbi Scott N. Bolton (right) discusses the Talmud with a student. ( Photo: Courtesy of Congregation Or Zarua) The Blessing of a New Year in New York As we welcome the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah 5786, I am reminded not only of the enduring traditions of my people but... Voices 12 Sep 2025 | 01:59
Woman on a trapeze performs above the crowd at The Box, the edgy downtown nightclub that has rotating acts. ( Photo: Pinterest.com) Absurd Survey Says New York Ranks Only 8th-‘Kinkiest’ in Nation It’s preposterous. A recently released survey says New York ranks only No. 8 in the nation in terms of “kinkiness.” We beg... Voices 12 Sep 2025 | 01:51
