Soon-to-be-Gov. Kathy Hochul has promised no one will ever describe her administration as toxic. That welcome departure from what New Yorkers have endured for 11 years is not enough. The Albany swamp stinks far beyond the executive office she will soon control. Some years back, a friend who is an…

Among the many candidates running for mayor, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has the strongest combination of public sector management experience, political judgment and New York City relatability. That’s why I will vote for him in the Democratic Primary on June 22. And in case you’re wondering, no: I have…

In The Prince, Guardian reporter Ross Barkan offers a scathing assessment of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is filled with essential facts ghosted in Cuomo’s self-congratulatory memoir about his leadership during the health crisis that has killed an astonishing 50,000 New Yorkers. …

Rick Perlstein’s Epic History of Conservative Politics in America Reaganland: America’s Right Turn (2020) The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan (2014) Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008) Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American…

Joe Biden’s election as president has renewed focus on the desperate need for economic relief and recovery policies. For New York, it comes not a minute too soon. …

Two New York governors published memoirs within weeks of each other recently: Andrew Cuomo’s much commented upon American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and David Paterson’s less noted Black, Blind & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity. …

The Declaration of Independence asserted we all have an unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, yet a recent public survey suggests Americans are as unhappy as we have been anytime in the past half-century. It stands to reason that the government we created to give form to the Founding…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to rely on Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates to re-imagine how New Yorkers incorporate technology into our 21st-century economy and into the future of learning is smart and dangerous. COVID-19’s painful disruption of business-as-usual across almost every aspect of daily life has blown up the status…