Opinion

The work of policymakers is a very serious business, with a moral obligation to weigh all the consequences involved in creating or altering laws. Gov. Andrew Cuomo should have taken this into account when he forced his so-called SAFE Act on the people of New York state. The costs of his illegal gun-grab are bad […]

Lately, my office has received phone calls from constituents about aggressive telemarketing calls, with some becoming victims of phone scams. These crimes happen to the best of people, young and old, from nearly every walk of life. In the past, the Federal Trade Commission has reported that billions of dollars in consumer losses are tied

I was honored to join the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in launching a $27 million program called Renewable Heat NY. The program is investing in companies like Vincent’s Heating and Fuel Services in Herkimer County. The company received funding to help expand

Remember the periodic table of elements in your chemistry book? H for hydrogen. L for lithium, etc. Maybe we ought to add one — NY for corruption. It is elemental, just like oxygen and nitrogen. We could fit it into the chart next to gallium, because it takes gall to practice this level of corruption

My office receives many inquiries from constituents who wonder why their energy bills are so high. These inquiries are well founded, as New Yorkers pay some of the highest residential energy costs in the nation. In fact, New York’s energy costs rank among the top 5 highest in the country. We pay on average 19.56

Hillary Clinton seems to get into trouble every time she talks about money. She’s a big girl and can find her own way out of the thicket that ensnares her. But she has opened a can of worms. The worms are not of her making. The worms are the issues of money in politics. Why

Would you like to take me up on a small bet? Private accounts for Social Security. One or both candidates for the White House in 2016 will promote them. Private accounts are where some or all your Social Security contribution goes into your own account. For your control. To be invested in stocks and bonds.

To the Editor: [Note: This letter is in response to the Tom Morgan column, entitled, “Global warming: not an easy idea for scientists to walk away from no matter the evidence,” published in the July 4-11 issue of The Business Journal.] It is unfortunate and shocking that with the reliable sources of scientific information available