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OPINION: Extend the Spirit Of Giving Into the New Year
Each holiday season provides the opportunity for communities to come together for the greater good, and this past year was no different. While many may feel overwhelmed checking items off their holiday shopping lists, the spirit of giving consistently rises above the rush to buy more and do more. Looking into this new year doesn’t […]
OPINION: Participating In Civic Life is Our Duty as Citizens
It’s a fundamental premise of American democracy that our elected representatives will do what we expect them to do. That doesn’t mean we can dictate every action they take. Overall, however, their job is to represent their constituents, not anyone else. But here’s the catch. Politicians can only do what we want if they know
OPINION: Taxpayers’ Breaking Point: N.Y.’s Most-Persistent Problem
New York households in every region of the state are struggling with the realities of rising energy prices and more-expensive grocery bills, straining budgets to their max. The cost of living in New York state isn’t just a passing storm. It’s a full-blown nor’easter, blanketing residents under an insurmountable financial burden. New York’s persistent affordability
OPINION: Dismissing politics as “dirty” is wrong & self-defeating
I’m often struck by how often I meet people who think that all politics are dirty. They view politics as innately unethical, something they should avoid altogether. They stereotype politicians as dishonest and corrupt. I spent decades working in politics, and I can say with confidence that this view is mistaken and deeply unfair. It’s
OPINION: Supporting N.Y.’s Disability Community Benefits Us All
The Office of the New York State Comptroller [recently] issued an encouraging report indicating labor-force participation for working-age individuals with disabilities rose 4.6 percentage points between 2019 and 2024. This is welcome news, and I am glad to see initiatives aimed at increasing participation from the disability community have made an impact. However, more work
OPINION: Pro-Inflation Democrats Oppose Trump’s Plan To Help Farmers Boost Production
“The reason farmers need relief at all is largely because Donald Trump betrayed them and decimated their businesses with his disastrous tariffs.” That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) making a speech on the Senate floor on Dec. 8 opposing President Donald Trump’s $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program. The program is actually
OPINION: Any Plans to Raise New York’s Taxes Must Be Wholly Rejected
New York State’s economic climate is toxic, and any talk about exacerbating our existing tax burden must be met with fervent skepticism. Since New York City elected socialist Zohran Mamdani to be mayor, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s tone on taxes has become suspiciously ambiguous. Despite making claims to the contrary, it is clear the door is
OPINION: Our system of checks and balances needs attention
Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing too powerful. The American people have supported this arrangement. My concern is that the checks and balances have eroded. The system is under strain, and this feature
OPINION: New York State’s Raise the Age Isn’t Working; Reform is a Must
The abject failure of New York’s criminal-justice reform has been evident for years. For example, “Raise the Age,” which calls for many cases involving 16-year-old and 17-year-old adolescent offenders (AOs) to be heard in family court rather than criminal court, has done nothing to make New Yorkers safer. That is much like other failed “progressive”
OPINION: Congress Needs to Rebuild its Political Muscles
Watching the media’s reaction recently to the recent 427-1 vote in the U.S. House and the Senate’s unanimous consent for releasing the Epstein files, I was struck by two things. First, that even though the votes went against President Trump’s vehement opposition (until a few days before), they were hardly profiles in courage. As House
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