Jerry, Lisa, and Robert walked handing out flyers from 42nd to 66th Street & then leafleted the NYCHA houses in background for Robert’s Senate 47 campaign. More happy than tired. Photo is taken in front of West Side NYCHA houses near Lincoln Center.

Lew Preschel l.a.preschel@gmail.com Hello, Class of 1971. It has been 55 years since we set foot on the Morningside Heights campus to start our journey toward graduation. At times it feels longer and at times it feels as though it never happened, but here we are. Robert Bobrick entered with the Class of 1967 but he did not graduate until 1971, receiving a degree in Chinese language and culture. He pursued this line of education, attaining two master’s, one in Asian studies from Seton Hall Univer…

The campaign was over, I had to roam. On the way to Stein Center I passed Roscoe at home. Hello again, Roscoe, Can I give you an update? “I’m not going anywhere,” he looked down and replied, “What’s been transpiring in my city and state?” I have to say your GOP is fit to be tied. “I’m not surprised,” he said and then quizzed me “But how did you do with your campaign? As a first-time candidate, you had me worried.” I got quite some votes though my legs were in pain.” There’ll be another round (th…

Some of you might be surprised to hear from me after a hiatus, yet I have exciting news to share about my plans for 2023 that could affect thousands of people in New York City: In 2022, I ran for State Senate in District 47 on Manhattan’s West Side as a Medical Freedom Party candidate. The MFP is a new and independent party, founded the day after Easter, 2022, by members of the Medical Freedom Alliance of New York, an all-volunteer activist group founded in 2020 to protect and exercise our God-g…

I look up in Madison Square Park And see a statue in colors somber and dark. Well, what do you know, I’ll be damned It’s a senator from the past on his stand. I said, Tell me what are you about? He opened his mouth and let out a shout: What in God’s name are you trying to do? Run for office, become a Senator too? Roscoe, I said, teach me a plan. Conkling just growled, Behave like a man! He stands overlooking a food emporium Tall, handsome stone-still in memoriam. He was the State’s oft times off…