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OPINION: New Yorkers are Not Happy, and It’s Not Surprising
I t’s no surprise New Yorkers expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s direction in a Siena College poll [released on Feb. 20]. We are [about] two full months into 2024, and Gov. Kathy Hochul and her legislative counterparts have done little to address the root causes of New York state’s major economic challenges and spiraling cost-of-living […]
OPINION: Yes, Congress needs to represent us, but it also needs to act
Back in January, you might have noticed a story from Oklahoma about James Lankford, that state’s senior U.S. senator. Lankford, a Republican, was spearheading his caucus’s negotiations with Democrats over the country’s border policies. This made GOP activists back home unhappy, and at a weekend meeting, members of the state party approved a resolution condemning
OPINION: Imposing Electric School-Bus Mandate Will Hurt School Districts
There are 731 school districts across New York state. Within these school districts are 2.3 million students that require 45,000 school buses to transport them to and from home safely every day. Taking these numbers into account, if the electric school-bus mandate were to be fully implemented by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democrat majority
OPINION: You May Be Tempted to Tune Politics Out, But Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
Back in January, the Pew Research Center released the results of an intriguing set of focus groups it conducted last year. Ordinarily, of course, survey-research organizations test the sentiments of registered or likely voters to check in on their mood. But these groups were voters who, in Pew’s words, “look at the nation’s politics as
OPINION: As Migrant Crisis Worsens, N.Y. Doubles-Down on a Disaster
The country is facing an unprecedented illegal-immigration problem, and the impacts are being felt here in New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s approach to solving it has been inconsistent and ineffective from the start. Making matters worse, she is proposing to spend billions of dollars to house and support the migrants while also advocating they
OPINION: Foreign policy rises in public attention
Americans now seem to be more interested in foreign policy than usual. Four in 10 U.S. adults named it as an important issue to address in 2024, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. That is twice as many as a year earlier. That sounds right to me. From
OPINION: Congress Tests its Own Willingness to Get Things Done
Back in mid-January, among people who pay attention to the state of American democracy, perhaps the most widely circulated quote from a news article had nothing to do with the presidential primaries or drama in Congress. Rather, it was from a European ambassador who likened the United States to “a fat buffalo trying to take
OPINION: On Mental Wellness, Patients & Providers Need Our Support
As New York State budget negotiations begin to take a more concrete shape, it becomes even more important to keep pushing to support policy initiatives that can do the most for New Yorkers. [Now that we have closed] out Mental Wellness Month, which was in January, I want to reiterate that adequate resources for our
OPINION: Kissinger left complex foreign-policy legacy
Possibly no one had more influence on American foreign policy in the late 20th century than Henry Kissinger, who died [on Nov. 29] at age 100. In his long and active career, he advised presidents, carried out policies and initiatives, and was a highly visible figure around the world. While it’s early to pronounce judgment
OPINION: New York’s Congressional Maps Get Thrown into Chaos
The process of redrawing election-district maps, which takes place every 10 years, is never a simple endeavor. Logical, thoughtful, and geographically reasonable election districts are an important component of our representative democracy. However, playing politics with election districts has been taken to a new level this year. Republican successes in the 2022 elections helped swing
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