Have you filled out the 2020 Census yet? Why not? That’s no excuse, fill it out. As of July 27, only 54 percent of New Yorkers have filled out the Census form. Staten Island has the highest response rate so far at 58.9 percent, Brooklyn has the lowest at 51.2 percent. Queens so far hasContinue reading “Stop What You’re Doing And Respond To The Census. Do It Now!”
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How New York City’s Left Found Their Footing And Started Winning
What Started As Disorganized Movement Of White Transplants Is Now A Growing Socialist Machine Few people have been a bigger critic of the “left” than me. For over a decade, I dismissed the leftist movement, specifically in New York City, as a ragtag band of unfocused dreamers who throw around words like “socialism” and “revolution,”Continue reading “How New York City’s Left Found Their Footing And Started Winning”
How Labeling COVID19 A ‘New York Disease’ Doomed America
The Pandemic Is Made Worse By Americans’ Dismissive Attitude Toward Major Cities Like New York California and Florida will likely pass New York in terms of number of infections next week, and now would be a good time to talk about how part of the national fuckup was dismissing #COVID as a “New York disease”Continue reading “How Labeling COVID19 A ‘New York Disease’ Doomed America”
Feel The City Breakin’ And Everybody’s Shaking
Remembering The 1977 Blackout And How It Relates To Another Tough Summer In New York City Forty-three years ago today, on a hot July 14 in 1977, New York City faced one of its darkest days – literally and figuratively. Shortly after 9:30 p.m. the night before, lightning struck two substations in Westchester County andContinue reading “Feel The City Breakin’ And Everybody’s Shaking”
Growing up a New Yorker, COVID, Donald Trump, etc.
This past Tuesday, June 30, I joined Gayle Nicholson on her show Summer Spotlight to talk about New York City, the Coronavirus, Donald Trump, social distancing and all they all relate to each other. I had an opportunity to discuss how New York is recovering, or living with, the COVID-19 Pandemic and a bit ofContinue reading “Growing up a New Yorker, COVID, Donald Trump, etc.”
Nick Rafter Writes 