Former Majority Leader Dean Skelos Cries at his Trial Skelos, on trial for allegedly using his political clout to get his kid a job, broke down and cried on the stand. His argument, justifying what he had done, was powerful. Basically, he was just doing what was needed. His son […]
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Publisher’s Corner: True or False? Gov. Cuomo is a hypocrite
Okay, here’s the true or false test I promised you. Please don’t cheat just because the President of the United States and his extended family cheat. T or F: Andrew Cuomo is a hypocrite when he says that he is opposed to the role money plays in United States politics. […]
Time to restore the comptroller’s full auditing powers
I don’t want to toot my own horn but I have been saying for some time that one of the most disgraceful things Andrew Cuomo and his lackeys in the Legislature have ever done was depriving Comptroller Tom DiNapoli of some his audit functions over state development projects. You […]
A case of political chutzpah
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 […]
Sorting out the internal intrigue
There’s a lot of internal intrigue in state government. This column will be an attempt to bring some of that intrigue into focus. What we do know is that Andrew Cuomo is standing in the middle of a circle surrounded by former and possibly current friends who have been […]