By Ed Cox, NYGOP chair Originally published in the NY Post Coincidence? Gov. Cuomo has changed the “Tax-Free NY” misnomer on his new economic plan to another optimistic label, “Start Up NY,” after Texas Gov. Rick Perry pointedly called the plan “small ball.” Problem is, under any name it still smells. Texas has neither a […]
By Matt Barber While poorly decided U.S. Supreme Court cases are a dime a dozen, prior to Wednesday, two stood alone as the most wretched and constitutionally groundless in American History. First was the 1857 Dred Scott decision. Among other things, it robbed African-Americans of both their U.S. citizenship and their dignity. Next came the […]
Statement by county executive candidate Legislator Ed Day: The actions of Chris Kirby, a contracted representative of the East Ramapo School District, in viciously cursing and verbally abusing parents, students, and taxpayers, are not only unacceptable, they merit his immediate dismissal. Beyond that, the fact that the school board sat there and allowed this disturbing […]
Fishkill, NY – (7/1/13) – Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) released a statement Monday criticizing the City University of New York (CUNY) for agreeing to pay former CIA director David Petraeus $200,000 to teach a single three-credit summer seminar. “Taxpayers fund CUNY to provide an affordable education for New Yorkers,” said Lalor. “We […]
EDITORIAL BY CARL GOTTSTEIN JR. (From Albany, NY-area) We lost the battle, but the Spirit of 1776 is alive and well in upstate New York. 
It was a beautiful day for a revolution this past Friday, June 21 and Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin was a tough act to follow. But, when Assemblyman Stephen Katz took the […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) and Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland) today announced legislative passage of their bill (S1993A / A1287A) that will provide police dogs an exemption from confinement in the event they bite a suspect in the course of their official duty. The senator and assemblyman originally introduced the bill back in January, 2012. Under […]