Downstate โ€œBlue Waveโ€ carries Democrats to control all chambers of state government and all statewide elected positions โ€“ Now What?

Downstate โ€œBlue Waveโ€ carries Democrats to control all chambers of state government and all statewide elected positions โ€“ Now What?

CORRECTION – [This article originally reported the wrong winner of the Orangetown clerk race]   BY KATHY KAHN Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate, Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, easily won victory over Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro Tuesday. A blue wave that did not quite materialize nationally did, in fact, swamp downstate New York. […]

Ombudsman Alert: Ombudsman participates in national conference call of consumer leaders to urge congress to fix major shortcomings with driverless car legislation and not attach it to the FAA Bill

Ombudsman Alert: Ombudsman participates in national conference call of consumer leaders to urge congress to fix major shortcomings with driverless car legislation and not attach it to the FAA Bill

  By Dr. Louis Alpert Ombudsman This current article addresses the issue of theย deception at the Federal Level to hide away a provision to unleash millions of driverless autos on America’s highways, without first fixing the major shortcomings in the proposed legislation by merely attaching it to a Vital FAA Bill. That way, the two […]

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: U.S. SENATE GREATLY IMPROVES DRIVERLESS VEHICLES BILL

OMBUDSMAN ALERT: U.S. SENATE GREATLY IMPROVES DRIVERLESS VEHICLES BILL

Critical safety and consumer improvements resulted from the Oct. 3 national conference call of consumer advocates, which included Ombudsman Alert BY LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Ombudsman Alert’s last article, published on Oct. 12, described the emergency national conference call by a coalition of leading safety and consumer advocates, which called on the US Senate Commerce Committee […]

The TSA Must be Abolished

The TSA Must be Abolished

BY CHRIS EDES Libertarian Party of New York’s candidate for U.S. Senate A recent poll by the Associated Press ranked the TSA as unpopular with Americans as the IRS. In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, something had to be done — but did we do the right thing? An increasing number of […]