Category: Public Policy
Before Book Deal, Andrew Cuomo Backed Bills That Helped News Corporation
In the last few weeks, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has mounted his “anti-corruption” hobby horse in a charge In favor of stronger ethics laws and against state lawmakers earning outside income. But the International...
Read More‘Legislator Emeritus’ vanity plate mystery
The Bronx has a new mystery. On Tuesday, Haile Rivera, a Bronx political activist, posted on Twitter a photo of a license plate bearing the inscription “State Senate Emeritus 26 SSE.” The photo prompted inquiries to the NYS...
Read MoreThe Tick-Tock Begins for Andrew Cuomo | PJ Tatler
‘The Tick-Tock Begins for Andrew Cuomo’ only rehashes a NY Daily News editorial re Cuomo and quashing of the Moreland Commission. No new information. Mr. Tatler only makes snide remarks about Cuomo’s possible...
Read MorePreet remains New York’s only hope | New York Post
An excerpt from today’s New York Post column: As a former Assembly member, I’m disappointed to see the media and public contempt for politicians justified, again and again. I feel badly for the great number of my former...
Read MoreCity & State – Corruption Case Against Silver is Strong, Legal Experts Say
In a bombshell announcement today, federal prosecutors accused Silver, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, of using his elected office to amass millions of dollars through bribes and kickbacks disguised as legitimate...
Read MoreChosan Kef’s Find The Cure (4 Ebola) track
Download Chosan Kef’s “Find The Cure (4 Ebola)” featuring Miss Sierra Leone 2014 & Miss West Africa UK http://bit.ly/1y6q4eY My friend and rap artist Chosan Kef was born in Sierra Leone, raised in Great...
Read MoreMy latest C&S column | The Contradictions of Mario Cuomo
Excerpt from my latest City and State NY column, The Contradictions of Mario Cuomo: “Bronx Rep. Jose E. Serrano, who served in the Assembly when Mario Cuomo was New York’s secretary of state, lieutenant governor and...
Read MoreFuture of Broken Windows Policing | Manhattan Institute
Today: Future of #BrokenWindows event w/ @ManhattanDA, @CommissBratton, @errollouis, @SquarePegDem, & Richard Aborn http://t.co/6YDuymuhLt/s/jKwM #Brokenwindows is a community development strategy as well as a policing...
Read MoreBronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo fails to disclose campaign filings – NY Daily News
Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo is a scofflaw, says the man who wants to replace her in Albany, and the state Board of Elections supports his contention.Angel Molina, a Democrat running on the Republican line in November’s general...
Read MoreBeware tentacles of BerlinRosen | Red Hook Star-Revue
NYers are beginning to question the new political-industrial complex coming to dominate the intersection of politics, government and private enterprise. “We knew that BerlinRosen was involved in the mayor’s recent...
Read More79 AD Candidates Debate on BronxTalk TV
On Monday night, BronxTalk host Gary Axlebank again did Bronx voters a public service by bringing together candidates for state assembly in the 79th AD which spans parts of Melrose, Morrisania, Crotona, Claremont and Concourse...
Read MoreAn injustice the Rev can’t bother to fight | New York Post
My latest NY Post column (8/29/2014): On Saturday and again on Monday, TV personality and civil-rights activist The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke of the need to separate bad apples from the bag of good cops. But without skipping a...
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