The city should have a majority of seats on the MTA board
Opinion: By Jimmy Van Bramer
In 1968, the state took over New York City’s buses and subways and created the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Nearly 50 years later,…
By John O’Reilly, retired attorney and former public official
“You ain’t seen nothing yet. B-b-baby, you just ain’t seen n-n-nothing yet.”
Randy Bachman’s lyrics written in 1974 provide a perspective on the emerging tidal wave of development in Sunnyside/Long Island City and the potential decking of the Sunnyside Rail Yards for possible housing and commercial developments.…
OP-ED
By Council Member Daniel Dromm
Term limits are important to ensure democracy. That’s why I am proposing to limit community board members to serving six, two-year terms for a total of 12 years.
I recently introduced legislation,…
OPINION June 15, By John O’Reilly
During recent Community Board 2 meetings, the term “transparency” has been used with greater frequency to describe the Board and its various committees’ actions and functions. Is this description accurate? No. Community Board 2 fails to make important community information easily accessible and does not provide details about who sits on the Board and how its decisions are made.…
OPINION
May 4, John O’Reilly
The Sunnyside community, north, south, young, old, hip and unhip, must get fully involved and engaged with the Vision Zero Action Plan.
This ambitious and historic effort launched in the opening days of the de Blasio administration and newly constituted City Council,…
NOTE: These are the opinions of the writer.
Councilman Daniel Dromm
To the Editor:
It is time for our evolving democracy to embrace voting rights in local elections for all residents. We are all stakeholders in our community and should have a say in important local issues.…
