The problem, of course, is that sometimes we see political actors behave in ways that they really didn’t intend to. “Huh,” you say. Okay, so take Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. He tried to bring charges against Andrew Cuomo for the former governor’s alleged unwanted and inappropriate touching of a […]
Publisher’s Corner
Publisher’s Corner: Questions surrounding criminal case against Cuomo
All of a sudden, there is the possibility that Andrew Cuomo may go to jail. A woman has complained that Cuomo had her brought to the governor’s mansion to fix his phone and, according to her story, he put his hand into her blouse to feel her breast. So far, […]
Publisher’s Corner: In New York, AG stands for “Almost Governor”
I have become a huge Letitia James fan. She doesn’t let anyone push her around. She keeps her own counsel and she has done phenomenal work as New York State Attorney General. She has gone after all the Donald Trump nonsense and for that alone we owe her. In New […]
Publisher’s Corner: Restaurant workers need to be protected
We love it in the Berkshires, but I have a special affinity for the area around 89th Street on New York’s West Side where I spent my long-ago boyhood. Lately, there has been big trouble in the neighborhood which I think of as my own, concerning restaurants. One of these […]
Publisher’s Corner: How the 2022 governor’s race is shaping up
So many potential aspirants for the New York governor’s job are rumored to be entering the pool, we’re going to need a life guard. One thing is for sure — the Kathy Hochul crowd knows that they will have to fight like hell to keep the job. Interestingly, the competent […]
Publisher’s Corner: Gov. Hochul’s path to reelection
So how is Kathy Hochul doing in her new gubernatorial role? Well, she’s got a lot going for her. In the first place and most importantly, she is not Andrew Cuomo. That may be tougher than you think. After all, she was lieutenant governor (number 2) under Cuomo. She now […]
Publisher’s Corner: The game is loaded and people know it
Everyone talks ethics reform. Good idea, but the players in the political game are no different than the players in all the other games — like the people who run the biggest corporations in America but pay little or no taxes thanks to their lobbyists and their lack of social […]
Publisher’s Corner: Andrew Cuomo brought this upon himself
Let this be a lesson to everyone. What happened to Andrew Cuomo can happen to anyone at some point in their lives. You just never know when a good life can turn really sour in one hell of a split second. Andrew was desperate to have a fourth term. In […]