Opinion

Troubling new statistics from the Census Bureau highlight the stark reality of how bad upstate New York’s poverty rates have become. In fact, three upstate cities — Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester — have among the top 25 worst childhood poverty rates in the nation. Under Gov. Cuomo’s neglectful watch and misguided liberal policies, upstate New […]

It’s so easy these days to despair about the future of our country. It feels like half the people I run into just want to pull the covers over their heads and ignore the news.  There’s dysfunction at the highest levels of government. Recent reports — the new book by Bob Woodward and a New

Student enrollment in public schools in New York state is down to nearly its lowest point in close to 30 years. The reason for the drastic drop shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone living through our state’s appalling economic conditions — people are fleeing in droves to escape sky-high taxes and the cost of

Suppose you run a small business, maybe a diner, or a shop, or a repair service. And suppose you hold strong political and social views. You hate this candidate and love his opponent. You hate — or love — gun laws. You love — or hate — Planned Parenthood. You think climate-change deniers are idiots —

If you take a dim view of our political parties, you’re in sterling company. So did George Washington. In his famous Farewell Address, our first president warned us against “the baneful effects of the spirit of [political] party.” A political party, he wrote, “agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity

You are being censored. You are being “watched” and rated articles you might read are being withheld from you. If you are on any social-media platform, that is. Welcome to the era of Big Brother. If you use its service, Facebook rates you. According to what you read and write. It catalogues your comments and

It has been five years since the Cuomo administration sought approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to install promotional “I Love NY” signs along major roadways across the state. The request was denied, but Gov. Cuomo and his administration ignored the FHA and put up more than 500 signs in a display of arrogance.

In my mind, one of the most selfless things a person can do is to be a living organ donor. In order to give the gift of life to another, a living organ donor not only sacrifices a part of his or her body for another, but also endures the necessary medical procedure, the healing, and

My office received several calls regarding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent “conditional” pardons of more than 24,000 convicted felons who are currently on parole. The calls were prompted because it became known that at least 77 sexual predators were among the 24,000 felons who received conditional pardons. Further, although unrelated to the 24,000 “conditional” pardons, the governor