Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Should Preet Bharara decide to run for Attorney General, he will win. Period. We should be looking for an Attorney General in New York who has the smarts and decency to go after evil wrong doers. We all know that Bharara has proven himself. The conviction of the Cuomo toadies […]
Barbara Underwood was appointed New York state attorney general on Tuesday to fill the vacancy left by Eric Schneiderman’s abrupt resignation on May 8. Schneiderman resigned following a New Yorker article which detailed allegations of abuse by four different women. The New York State Legislature, led by the Assembly, interviewed […]
Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Greenwich Village, recently announced new legislation that would protect New Yorkers from harassment by unwanted and intrusive robocalls on both landlines and cell phones. The bill (S.8674/A.10739) would prohibit telephone companies from calling consumers without required consent and would mandate that companies offer consumers free tools to […]
The New York State Common Retirement Fund earned an estimated 11.35 percent return on investments in the state fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2018, according to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, whose office oversees the fund’s investments. The Fund ended the year with an estimated value of approximately $206.9 […]
The Senate recently passed a bill that would clarify the options municipalities have for controlling wildlife populations. Under the bill, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation would be given clear, statutory authority to permit these wildlife management methods, specifically the controlled killing of animals. The legislation (S.6853-a/A.8646-a) introduced […]
Members of four of the largest fire service organizations in New York state are pushing for a bill that would allow fire departments to recover costs of providing emergency medical services. Currently in New York state, fire departments are the only providers who are not permitted to recover costs of […]
To the editor: Another gun shooting in Santa Fe resulted in 10 people killed at a high school. The gun was owned by the father of the shooter. A suggestion: New York state should authorize local and county governments around the state to require gun dealers to only sell guns […]
Interviews for the interim attorney general position officially concluded Wednesday around noon. Questions regarding topics such as workplace harassment, opioids, New York relations with the federal government, political party tribalism, civil rights and the status of American democracy dominated each interview. In addition to these topics, each candidate had uttered […]