Many voters complained during the June primary that they did not receive absentee ballots in a timely manner after they submitted the requests. And other voters worry that the postal service may lose the absentee ballots in the mail, depriving voters of their right to vote. Or that the ballots […]
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Publisher’s Corner: Without better campaign finance laws, we are in danger
Talk about prescience. On my recent birthday, I got lucky. For the hundredth time, I got to see Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, one of the greatest movies of all time. Frank Capra, the phenomenal director, gets the credit for most of it. In this era of […]
Publisher’s Corner: Pandemic raises questions of jurisdiction in state and national politics
As I remember, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon used to talk about his “jurisdiction.” Who would have thunk that the concept of jurisdiction would make a major comeback in the days of the COVID-19 pandemic and yet another scourge known as Donald Trump. We have a president who is insisting […]
Publisher’s Corner: Has the pandemic changed Governor Cuomo?
Andrew Cuomo has been amazing for many reasons. I truly appreciate the respect he has for WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. I have always believed in the Freudian concept that character is established at a very young age but I think that theory has been challenged by Andrew’s personal development. The three-term […]
Publisher’s Corner: It’s time for America to divest itself from this racist president
A long time ago, I was hired to be an assistant professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The then-president of the college, Don Riddle, gave me as a sort of present to the then-police commissioner, Patrick V. Murphy, who had as one of his missions the slimming […]
SUNY chancellor departs for Ohio State University
The head of the State University of New York has stepped down after less than three years of service. Kristina Johnson, who took the helm of the 64-campus SUNY system in September 2017, made the announcement Wednesday. She is leaving SUNY to serve as the president of the Ohio State […]
Regional economies reopen and a new COVID-19 related illness emerges
Thursday marked the 75th day since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was discovered in New York state. This same day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference from Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse to discuss plans to slowly begin reopening parts of the state this weekend. As of May […]
Publisher’s Corner: Why I call the governor “sir”
Let’s face it — there is no current political commodity hotter than Andrew Cuomo. One Siena poll had him at a 77 percent approval rating in New York. Compare that with Donald Trump, in the relative basement. Cuomo has cleverly positioned himself as a moderate Democrat, unlike the more flamboyant […]