Op-ed: The Tappan Zee Bridge and the Scaffold Law Thomas B. Stebbins Executive Director Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York It’s going to cost at least $5 billion to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge. That’s a fact. But what’s also a fact is that it could cost about $3.8 billion if the New York State […]
Press Release from Liberty Cousel After being thrown out of federal court and chastised for filing a case with no evidence, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has now filed an appeal in Holder v Pine, its longstanding political prosecution of a pro-life American. Holder had unsuccessfully sought thousands of dollars in fines against Susan Pine, […]
The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) released a fundamentally flawed and misleading analysis that demonstrates a level of irresponsibility rarely seen in this Capital. I find it shocking that these senators did not fully research this subject. Had they bothered to contact my office prior to releasing this report, they would have been educated on the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND In the unlikely event they make a movie of my life story, a good place for the opening scene would be the post office in Albuquerque, N.M., where my mother used to take me as a child. Scene one, act one would be me making a beeline to the bulletin board displaying […]
A forward thinking (and backward looking) monthly column on zoning, planning, and development by Jared Rodriguez, a Stony Point native and recent NYU grad schooled in civil engineering, architecture, and real estate development. Last month I discussed the world that my grandparents and great-grandparents left behind. All that survives of it are our old downtowns, […]
Dear Editor, I find people like Terri Thal interesting. Why such disdain for the USA, its symbol, and a patriotic expression towards the flag? Is she still hanging on to some 1960s youthful angst? Has some government bureaucracy wronged her in some way so that she now hates all things American? Or is it, as […]