OPINION: Dems Put Drug Dens, Tax Hikes Ahead of Nursing-Home Deaths
Too often, the Democrat majorities in the New York Legislature fail to properly prioritize the needs of New Yorkers. Read More
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OPINION: China is our major foreign-policy challenge
Several decades ago, I noticed the rise of China coming up in international discussions with increasing frequency. It was, at the time, a startling change. We gradually realized we had a new great power in the world. Read More
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OPINION: N.Y.’s Climate Goals Could Produce Reliability Crisis
New York Democrats have a longstanding habit of taking an issue like environmental policy and addressing it with the most extreme, unrealistic solutions conceivable. Read More
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OPINION: Bipartisanship Isn’t Dead, But It’s Not In Good Health, Either
Having just watched a U.S. Supreme Court nominee supported by a comfortable majority of Americans draw just three Republican votes in the Senate, you could be forgiven for thinking bipartisanship in Congress is a thing of the past. Read More
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OPINION: The recession could be here
Well, that didn’t take long. It has only been a month since the spread between 10-year treasuries and 2-year treasuries in the bond market inverted on March 31. That has been a reliable recession indicator that has predicted almost every recession in modern economic history. Read More
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OPINION: America’s role includes leadership
The question of America’s role in the world is central to U.S. foreign policy, and we have debated it since the nation’s founding. Russia’s war against Ukraine has brought new urgency to the question. Read More
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OPINION: Biden owns 40-year inflation high
Inflation is raging at an annual rate of 8.5 percent. March’s extremely hot price growth of 1.2 percent pushes the nation’s inflation rate to levels not seen since the first few months of the Reagan administration in May 1981. Read More
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OPINION: How the U.S. Has Remained a World Leader For So Long
An interesting thing happened after Russia invaded Ukraine. Though U.S. standing in the world had taken a knock after the much-needed but chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, there was no question where the world’s democracies would turn for leadership in the Ukraine crisis. Read More
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OPINION: Albany’s Budget Process Remains Severely Broken
Once again, New York’s budget was passed with little respect given to even the most basic expectations of transparency and democratic ideals. Read More
Opinion
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OPINION: Note to Biden: Your Own Budget Office Forecasts High Deficit President Joe Biden in a June 14 speech to the AFL-CIO, stated, “I don’t want to hear any more of these lies about reckless spending. Read More
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OPINION: Always In the Background: Russia’s Nuclear Weapons The ebbs and flows of the war in Ukraine still manage to command headlines these days, even if it’s without the intensity of previous months. Read More
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OPINION: A Recall Election & the Ramifications In New York Voters in San Francisco [recently] chose to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin for his ineffective, soft-on-crime approach to his job. Read More
Business Mentors
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CEO FOCUS: Green CHIPS Legislation to Help Drive Opportunity and Growth Green CHIPS is a significant piece of legislation with the potential to have long-term impact by attracting billions in new private investment and leveraging billions more in federal incentives. Read More
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Ask Rusty: Must I Pay Income Tax on my SS Benefits? Dear Rusty: I do not recall the rules on my income-tax obligation for Social Security (SS) benefits. Can you please explain these rules to me? Read More
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VIEWPOINT: N.Y. Approves First Regulations for Adult-Use Cannabis On June 1, 2022, the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved the first set of regulations for New York State’s adult-use cannabis industry. Read More
People on the Move
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Ashley McGraw Architects opens Washington, D.C. office, hires former employee to lead it SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Ashley McGraw Architects of Syracuse has opened a new office in Washington, D.C., which the firm is calling its Mid-Atlantic office. Read More -
People news: Raju joins Hancock Estabrook as associate attorney SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hancock Estabrook, LLP announced that Finney Raju has joined as an associate in the law firm’s litigation practice area. Read More -
NBT Bank creates chief diversity officer role NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bank is taking the next steps in its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by creating and filling a full-time chief diversity officer position. Read More