I told you what was going to happen. Andrew Cuomo appears to be off the hook. He will not be impeached. He will not resign. Unless something really dramatic happens, he will use his millions to run for the fourth term once denied to his father and he will win […]
Publisher’s Corner
Publisher’s Corner: If you were New York’s attorney general, what would you do?
Let’s see if we can put ourselves in New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ head and figure out what she might be thinking right now. To begin with, let’s remember that in modern New York state politics, AG, short for Attorney General, is also short for Almost Governor. Let’s […]
Publisher’s Corner: Why would NY Republicans pick a Trumper to challenge Cuomo?
I really have no idea how Republicans think. That includes the Trump variety and the non-Trump variety, particularly in New York state. I live in Massachusetts, a very, very blue state. But Republicans in Massachusetts seem to have a lot more common sense than the New York state variety. In […]
Publisher’s Corner: Wouldn’t most of us help our siblings if we were asked?
Oh, brother! Brothers Andrew and Chris Cuomo are accused of being nice to each other. Chris, who has the most popular show on CNN, has been charged with the heinous crime of having advised his brother on how to get out of his current mess. Instead of doing the advising mano […]
Publisher’s Corner: The path of arrogance and hubris
I can’t stop thinking about Shelly Silver. He got seven years in prison for an illegal quid pro quo arrangement. It came down to something Ike, “Doctor, I’ll get you some money for your mesothelioma work if you send some of your patients to my law practice.” He shouldn’t have […]
Publisher’s Corner: Giuliani is the linchpin to defeating Trump once and for all
In the matter of Rudolph Giuliani When he was mayor of New York, they called him “America’s Mayor.” He ran the biggest city in the country, and when the World Trade Center was attacked, he was the symbol of resistance to the really bad guys throughout the America-hating world. No […]
Publisher’s Corner: Take Dr. Chartock’s True or False Quiz
True or False T or F: Speaker Heastie has a better job than Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. True: The Speaker is king. He and his people will tell you about the power of his conference. He might say, “They tell ME what to do, not the other way around.” They […]
Publisher’s Corner: Speaker Heastie has been playing his Cuomo cards very deftly
I am writing this column just to show that I have been right about Tough Guy Andrew all along. It is so clear that Andrew has done what most of us could not. As his “Tough Guy” appellation suggests, he hangs tough no matter what hell is going on around […]