Local Voices

Op-Ed: A Social-Emotional Learning curriculum should be incorporated into every school to foster a generation of smart, strong and compassionate students.

Op-Ed: In Mamdani’s New York, the city would work smarter to address climate change with HVAC upgrades, green school yards, solar panels and more in the city’s public schools.

Op-Ed: Oakes’ story is a quintessential Brooklyn tale — one of struggle, community, and hope but it also challenges readers to stop waiting for outside saviors and broken systems to change, and instead to reclaim their own power and build community solutions.

Op-Ed: Brooklyn, like the rest of New York, has no shortage of people quietly struggling with depression, anxiety or addiction. Help is available here.

O'Connell was a mentor, a teacher and a builder—not only of buildings but of hope, the O'Connell family said.

Op-Ed: The first draft of the MTA's Brooklyn bus plan needs a major rewrite and a lot more public input.

Op-Ed: An increased graduation rate is about finding intentional ways for students to show up. Here’s the secret sauce for addressing chronic absenteeism.

Op-Ed: Helping those who have low-vision and are blind is a rewarding medical career that has not been fully explored.

A Brooklyn poet shares his poem "Realm of Possibility" which reflects on anger, chaos and the possibilities that can arise from those emotions.

Op-Ed: Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known– airborne, lingering in shared airspaces and capable of infecting up to 90% of susceptible individuals. It isn’t just an occasional rash, but a gateway to serious illness. It is also preventable.