B usiness leaders will be among the voices in Albany on June 17 urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking and embrace a renewable energy future. More and more businesses are realizing that the … more

One of the core Democratic issues that I have long fought for is real, comprehensive campaign finance reform. But recently, in the pages of this paper, outgoing Councilman Oliver Koppell publicly … more

Thinking there was a press conference, three women arrived at state Sen. Jeff Klein’s office. We were all Democrats waiting to speak to him about campaign finance reform, which … more

In 1986, when I was serving in the state Assembly, I helped draft the state’s first campaign finance reform statute. It was carried by the Elections Committee Chair at the time, one Sheldon … more

A year after The New York Times ran “Prep School Predators,” it remains odd to see Horace Mann School appear alongside Penn State, The Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church as … more

  When Jonathan Swift’s mighty Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck, he finds himself prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than six inches tall, who are inhabitants of the … more

Re: “New bill will hamper co-ops,” May 16 Stephen Budihas ignores the intent of both Intro 0188-2010 and similar measures before the City Council. They’re about … more

It is inexplicable and indefensible that the City Council continues to fail to recognize the immeasurable value and contributions that honest cooperative owners have brought to this city. … more

A version of this letter was originally sent to Community Board 8 and the Croton Filtration Plant Monitoring Committee, with photographic evidence attached. In my daily travels around the … more

With the voices of two protestors, “Shame on you, Shame on you,” ringing down from the gallery, the Senate on April 17 rejected the Mancini-Toomey amendment to expand background checks … more