The Cuomo administration’s plan for an extra-wide, transit-free Tappan Zee Bridge is exactly the kind of project that New York state’s smart growth law is supposed to prevent. The Cuomo administration's draft EIS for the new Tappan Zee Bridge makes a m... »
Republicans in New York say they’ll be working hard to beat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in her bid for a full, six-year term this year. But they may have to put in overtime to beat New York’s Democratic junior senator, a Siena College poll today found. Vot... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo held his budget plans close to the vest this morning, but did outline that reforms to schools and state pensions would be major themes. During a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech near the Capitol, Cuomo said the education system has b... »
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, didn’t rule out a new pension tier for new state workers being pursued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but questioned the need for one after a new Tier V was enacted in 2009. Speaking on Fred Dicker’s radio show this... »
Last year worked so well by New York standards that the populace probably presumes the governor will be pull it off again with a budget that looks serious and reformist, yet carries no major pain for any of the state's powerful interest groups. He cert... »
President Obama will fly to Cleveland, Ohio hours after the Iowa caucuses for an address on the economy. Snooki, Sen. Chuck Schumer make always nattily attired GOP dirty trickster Roger Stone’s “worst dressed” list for 2011. There’s a “best dressed” li... »
A top aide to former Gov. David Paterson who was kicked out after a messy domestic violence dispute announced plans to work with a nonprofit teaching troubled kids the perils of judgment. Our Reuven Blau reports: Flanked by African-American community l... »
Businesses have until Wednesday to comply with the state's onerous new provision of the Wage Theft Prevention Act. The measure was a heavy-handed response to violations at a handful of companies. Now all employers must file additional paperwork by Feb.... »
