Opinion

What Would Make Congress Better?

[Recently], I was speaking to a group of students and decided to start with a point-blank question: Is Congress doing a good job? About 100 people were in the room, and not a single one raised his or Read More

Lead with Intention to Create Great Companies and Communities

As I shared with the nearly 1,200 attendees at CenterState CEO’s annual meeting on April 24, there is something exciting happening in this community, a rare and remarkable momentum and convergence of Read More

New York State’s Linked-Deposit Program Benefits Economy

In 1994, the state began the Linked Deposit Program (LDP) to assist and encourage firms, manufacturers, and small businesses to make investments. This program offers reduced-rate financing to makes it Read More

State Criminal-Justice Reforms are Flawed and Dangerous

While not directly related to New York State (NYS) fiscal issues, some of the biggest policies included in this year’s state budget were changes to our state’s criminal-justice system. The largest of Read More

STAR Changes Create Hassle, Hardship for the Public

New York’s property taxes are the highest in the nation. Tragically, this year’s state budget, instead of trying to provide some tax relief to our already overburdened property owners, makes ill-conce Read More

How Politics Have Changed

I became active in politics in the late 1950s, got elected to Congress in 1964, and have remained engaged in one way or another every year since then. So I suppose I should not be surprised that I get Read More

In assessing America, should we focus on the mud or the stars?

Was America ever great? Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder poses the question: “Exactly when did you think America was great?” He competes with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as Cuomo once told u Read More