Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Preet Bharara will join the NYU School of Law as a distinguished scholar in residence beginning April 1, 2017. Bharara, the hero United States attorney for the Southern District of New York known for taking on political corruption head-on, was fired by President Donald Trump after one of the longest […]
Sometimes it just can’t be denied that Andrew Cuomo has some admirable qualities. Whatever his rationale, he chose to go to war with the legislature over ethics. That was good. He seems to be pouring on the coal but he has a problem. Based on his past forays into […]
Here are my so-called predictions for 2017. As usual some of these I predict to put a curse on them so that they WON’T happen. Sometimes I predict them so that they WILL happen. Sometimes I predict things that I really think will happen. No matter what I predict, people […]
Things are very quiet in Albany. The tension in the air has lawmakers and executives shivering and scared and waiting for the next shoe to drop. The United States attorneys have been very busy. On one side of the Hudson, there is the George Washington “Bridgegate” scandal. On the […]
My birthday is not until next July but Rich Azzopardi of Governor Cuomo’s press office has recently sent me a gift that should certainly be acknowledged. Azzopardi, who was once my student on The Legislative Gazette newspaper, now seems to be in charge of retributive tweeting for the governor. […]
Corruption is a serious problem to 56 percent of voters, but a plurality have never heard of Preet Bharara Forty-eight percent of registered voters in New York say that all current elected officials should be voted out of office so new officials can start with a clean slate, […]
All hell is breaking loose at the New York City Police Department. Top cops, and I do mean top cops, have been accused of taking bribes. Many of these top uniformed officers have been arrested and await trial. The Big Apple’s police department not alone. Police power is often […]