BY DIANE DIMOND I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about our Department of Homeland Security lately. The DHS was formed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, of course, but since then it has grown to mammoth proportions. It now has more than 200,000 employees, and it is the nation’s third-largest Cabinet department after Defense […]
FROM NEW YORK FARM BUREAU The Assembly today is considering A.1792A, sponsored by Queens County Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, which would impose factory style labor mandates on family farms. From New York Farm Bureau’s perspective, a vote in support of the so-called “farm worker fair labor practices act” is a vote against New York’s hard working […]
BY DEAN SKELOS The recent scandals involving Democratic politicians from New York City have led a number of self-styled “reformers” to argue that the solution to cleaning up government lies in passing a public campaign finance bill. It’s really code for funding their political campaigns with your tax dollars. I can’t think of a worse idea. […]
BY ANTHONY MELE (Originally published September 1, 2011) The American people will never want to believe that 30 American soldiers were needlessly shot down in Afghanistan while onboard a Chinook transport helicopter on a rescue mission. They would resist the idea that their deaths were in vain or a result of treachery or betrayal. We […]
To the Editor, For over 20 years, politicians have been talking about rebuilding the Tappan Zee Bridge. In just two years, Governor Cuomo has done more than talk–he created a real plan for updating this important piece of New York’s infrastructure. For over 30 years, politicians have been talking about repealing the so-called “Scaffold Law;” […]
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