Local Voices

Sienna Daviau, who is part of the Brooklyn Chapter of Climate Citizens Lobby, writes about the urgent need for infrastructure to transport renewable, eco-friendly energy to city populations.

Former Bay Ridge City Council Candidate Bob Capano shares his thoughts on drug policy.

"With Dining Out NYC, we are building on the best of outdoor dining and throwing the worst in the trash," Mayor Eric Adams writes.

Vivian Vega, a pediatric gastroenterology fellow at SUNY Downstate, shares her thoughts on how to best support children in the aftermath of the pandemic.

After a night out in Brooklyn, local writer Shenisis Kirkland is left pondering the status of interracial relationships in the U.S.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams shares his thoughts on the programs his administration has created to get people out of shelters and into stable housing faster.

A robust cap-and-invest program, championed by climate justice advocates, is essential to ensuring that corporate polluters pay for climate action, not the average person, writes Rami Dinnawi, a campaign and policy manager at Brooklyn-based human rights advocacy organization El Puente.

Jules Block, the owner of pet grooming salon Bark Slope, shares her thoughts on the City's LinkNYC program and how it has helped her business.

The Wild Seeds Writers Retreat, hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, provides a writing community for new and established writers of color to focus on the craft of writing — and so much more.

Shootings are down by 27% through the first seven months of this year, Mayor Eric Adams writes.