Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
New York state has made significant strides in recent years to improve our business climate. From voluntary adherence to a two-percent spending cap, to the enactment of the tremendously successful property tax cap, lawmakers and the governor have shown a recognition that we need to make significant changes to […]
Legislative column by Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino, R-Sayville Gov. Cuomo has proposed a $152.3 billion state budget, a spending plan that I believe needs improvement. Considering that the state is funded by the hard-earned dollars of New York residents, the state needs to be better stewards of these funds. More must […]
To the editor: As a victim and survivor of such abuse, and with a career as a liability claims adjuster, I can state for a fact that having to go through the litigation process, discovery, and maybe even a trial, will be far harder for the plaintiff reliving those horrible […]
Less than 48 hours after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, thousands of New Yorkers marched in solidarity on Jan. 21. Megan Sperry, a professor of Digital Media and Journalism at the State University of New York at New Paltz, attended the Women’s March in Albany. In an interview […]
It is disappointing that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio still has a poor understanding about his relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority after three years in office for management and funding of its Capital Program. His ongoing theme is that because the MTA is a state agency, […]
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 […]
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 […]
State Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan If the recently-concluded legislative session is remembered for one thing, it should be this: 2016 was the year the Legislature and Governor took significant steps to improve the overall quality-of-life for all of our residents. Let’s start with passage of the […]