Opinion

It’s a cliché to say that everything is connected. But we live in a world where this is clearly true. Ideas, goods, services, workers, tourists, commerce, communications, drugs, crime, migrants, refugees, weapons, climate impacts, and, of course, viruses — they all cross borders constantly.  This is one reason I have come to believe that drawing a distinction […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed two new laws increasing protections for tenants in New York state. There continues to be a lot of talk in Albany about protecting tenants. Certainly, no one wants to see tenants who are genuinely struggling lose their homes.  But there is little talk in Albany about protecting small mom-and-pop property owners

Twenty years ago, the United States was intently focused on terrorism. The 9/11 attacks had killed 3,000 Americans and profoundly shaken our national sense of safety and security. President George W. Bush declared we were fighting a “war on terror” and vowed we would defeat terrorist organizations. Since then, we have taken important steps to keep our

One need only to take a trip to your local grocery store or gas station to see the impact rampant inflation is having on struggling New Yorkers. Gas prices have surged more than 42 percent and hit a seven-year high, while energy prices, food, clothing, paper products, and housekeeping supplies have all seen notable jumps

OSHA lacks authority to issue its rule This Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule [imposing the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on U.S. businesses employing more than 100 workers] far exceeds the boundaries of executive authority. President Biden has made the decision to render our constitutional guardrails completely irrelevant. It is truly the point of

It could not be more apparent the criminal-justice “reforms” being championed by the liberal majority conferences [of the New York Legislature] are creating a dangerous environment for New Yorkers. One need only read their local newspaper to document the myriad failures and backfires of these policies. Residents in my district were forced to experience them firsthand [recently]

The world is approaching a water crisis that will impact the lives of several billion people, according to the World Meteorological Organization. We can’t solve this crisis easily, but there are many things we should do. One of the most important is to raise public awareness. Many people just don’t know there’s a problem, much less a

Voters across New York state will be leading to the polls to make critical decisions regarding which candidates will represent them in the coming term. This year, it is especially important that residents get out and vote as elections featuring local candidates, typically, have a lower turnout than in statewide election years.  This year, there are also

As Americans, we tend — understandably — to focus on the constitution as the source for our representative democracy. It is, after all, our basic operating document, the blueprint for the system we’ve been shepherding for the last 234 years. But the Constitution did not arise out of thin air; our forebears marked key steps along the

Gov. Kathy Hochul, following in lockstep with her predecessor, [recently] vetoed a bill that would have saved the Fulton School District from losing more than $1 million in state aid due to a clerical error dating back to the 2016-17 school year. She did this despite near-unanimous legislative support for the bill and knowing full well the district