There’s a lot of internal intrigue in state government. This column will be an attempt to bring some of that intrigue into focus. What we do know is that Andrew Cuomo is standing in the middle of a circle surrounded by former and possibly current friends who have been […]
Month: August 2016
Teachers union announces endorsements for Congress, state Senate and Assembly
Backing by NYSUT includes financial help, phone banking and boots on the ground this fall New York State United Teachers announced its endorsements for the upcoming congressional and state legislative races, backing candidates who the union says have championed public education, health care and workers’ rights. After two days […]
Unfit for the presidency
To the editor: The time has come for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to join Republican United States Senator Susan Collins and many other Republican national leaders in pledging to not vote for Donald Trump in November. Donald Trump’s outrageous comment that Hillary Clinton could be assassinated by gun […]
The doctor is in
Every once in a while I amuse myself with an “Ask the Doctor” column. I mean, if medical doctors can have these columns to help educate the public, why can’t this Ph.D. full professor? So here goes: Dear Doctor, I read in the paper that our state legislators […]
Assemblymen welcome NYPD commissioner’s resignation
Chair of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Caucus says Bratton’s leaving is “best thing that could have happened” for de Blasio and the city of New York Two members of the state Assembly say the resignation of New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is a “welcome departure” […]
NY sets goal of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a new energy standard that will require 50 percent of New York’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources like wind and solar by 2030, with an aggressive phase in schedule over the next several years. In its initial phase, […]
Among NYC voters, Cuomo gets higher approval rating than Mayor de Blasio
New York City voters disapprove of the job Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing by 51 to 42 percent, close to his lowest-ever 52 percent disapproval rating recorded in May. Fifty percent of the voters say he does not deserve reelection in 2017, according to a Quinnipiac University poll […]
Sen. Hoylman urges NY to follow the lead of Massachusetts and ban wage history questions
Responding to the far-reaching equal pay law signed into law this week in Massachusetts, Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, is calling on the New York State Legislature to pass his bill that would prevent employers from asking about an applicant’s wage history as a condition of employment. Bill S.6342/A.5982 — […]