Opinion

OPINION: How Much Will New York’s ‘Green New Deal’ Cost Taxpayers?

Predictably, a public hearing on the implementation of the State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) yielded little information about how much the massive environmental bill is g Read More

OPINION: Supporting Our Health-Care Heroes

For more than a year, our state, and indeed the world, has been fighting against a pandemic in a way that has not been seen in over a century. This time, we have the benefit of countless experienced a Read More

OPINION: We’re Stronger as a Country When More People Vote

There is a fight going on over the heart of our democracy, and I worry that democracy is losing. Over the last few months, several states have moved decisively to make it harder for their citizens to Read More

OPINION: New York is last U.S. state to hit Tax Freedom Day

Once again, New York has found itself on the bottom of several major tax rankings, highlighting why so many residents have left the state and why our economic recovery will be an uphill climb. Accordi Read More

OPINION: We Still Value the “Common Good”

The phrase “the common good” and its importance in our history has always impressed me. I’ve been wondering about the history of the idea — where it comes from, what it means, and the impact it has. T Read More

OPINION: What Do We Mean When We Talk About the “Common Good”?

I have always been impressed that the preamble to the Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States.” We’ve heard the phrase so often that we don’t even stop to think about it. But as the p Read More

OPINION: Ending Restaurant Restrictions is a Step in the Right Direction

But more must be done for industry New York small-business owners and employees received some long-awaited good news recently from Albany as two burdensome restrictions hampering restaurants and bars Read More

OPINION: Eight Threats to Order & Stability

Our national-security experts confront many threats to order and stability in the world. In this column, I touch on a few of the most urgent of them. Terrorism. While there is no universally accepted Read More