Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Recent events in the United States have gotten us all to thinking about the important issue of race relations. Ever since the first amphibians crawled out of the muck and into their individual caves, people have fallen victim to the concept of “us vs. them.” The idea that “They’re […]
Hillary leads in NYC and among independent voters Trump taking upstate Even split among suburban voters Driven by a three-to-one lead in New York City, Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump 47 to 35 percent among all New York state registered voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll […]
Uses can include health care, technology, research, education, retail and hospitality; no residential use will be considered Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that New York state has issued request for proposals for the purchase and development of 27 acres of prime real estate on the east side of the Governor […]
Dashboard cameras are growing in popularity in recent years because of the security they provide for drivers. They can help sort out culpability in court cases and insurance fraud. Sometimes they even capture footage of interesting events such as the earthbound meteor in Russia that was caught on thousands […]
To the editor: The success of public transportation can be traced back to one of the late President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest accomplishments which continues benefiting many Americans today. On July 9th, 1964 he signed the “Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964” into law. Subsequently this has resulted in the […]
A bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, and Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, D-Maspeth, would give New York state residents preference in reserving space in state parks before accepting reservations from out-of-state residents. New York state has 180 state parks ranging from Long Island to Niagara Falls. The parks […]
The legalization of marijuana is inevitable. The most we can hope for is that people are educated about the potential downsides of the so-called weed. We can hope that pot smoking will not give rise to the kind of alcohol fueled traffic fatalities we see now. Of course, we […]
Student Assembly pushing for change to federal blood donation policies More than 30 members of the SUNY family came together to donate blood and stand in solidarity with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex communities after the deadliest U.S. shooting in the […]