Senator Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY) took questions from viewers at the The Journal News offices in Harrison, NY. She was asked why they don’t use a zero-based budgeting process. She was stumped. I don’t know what he means by zero-based budget. Watch: Zero-based budgeting is basically starting with the amount of revenue you think you’ll...
Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY25) has posted the best fundraising quarter of her political career. Her campaign issued the following press release informing supporters of the good news. Syracuse, NY – Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle posted her campaign finance report for the 4th quarter of 2011. Buerkle’s FEC filings showed a total raised of...
Newt Gingrich vows to stay in the Republican primary race all the way to the convention, no matter what happens. That could mean New York, with it’s 95 delegates which are awarded proportionally, could be key in the primary contest. According to the Syracuse Post Standard, all four of the remaining candidates have begun...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will be talking about public-private infrastructure investment at a Democratic Governors Association meeting. But if business executives want to find out about how to make these investments, they’re going to have to invest in the DGA first. The cover charge to attend the talk is a whopping $50K, according...
This New York City ad against soda appears to show a man who lost his leg to diabetes. That’s what it says. As it turns out, the photo is not a real diabetic with an amputated limb – it was photoshopped. But it turns out that the person shown in the advertisement did not...
I wish I was bringing you the news that Senator Chuck Schumer was retiring, but we all know he’s too ambitious for that. Oh well, we get the consolation prize of far-left Rep. Maurice Hinchey’s (D-NY22) retirement. This news is extra special, because it could shape the redistricting process in New York. Roll Call...
A former US Marine faces up to three years in prison for trying to do the right thing and check his Indiana-registered hand gun at the Empire State Building. This is becoming a pattern in New York City. Ryan Jerome, a 28-year-old former private first class whose father and grandfather were Marines, faces three...
Steven Malanga has a piece in The Wall Street Journal about the city of Buffalo, New York. It’s a case study in how liberal policies ruin American cities. High taxes, subsidies and rich benefits to public employees is a recipe for disaster. This is an old story for Buffalo. Ever since the city began...
New York City Mayor, Nanny Michael Bloomberg, has a new target – alcohol. He believes he knows what’s best for the people of New York City, and wants to dictate how they live their lives. Since he can’t be in every home and establishment, he’ll do what government nannies do best (or worst) and...
Today is the deadline for public comments on hydrofracking in New York. Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of misinformation on fracking. Thanks to Henry S. Kramer, Thomas Reynolds, Tracy Marisa of the Dryden Safe Energy Coalition for producing a pamphlet countering the misinformation. They call it Frack-enstein: Boris Karloff played a misunderstood...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is in Geneva, Switzerland today to host a fundraiser for her campaign. National Journal has the details of her European adventure. This week, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is going even farther afield — to London, Paris, and Geneva — and billing the entire voyage to her campaign as a fundraising...
In New York it’s a common practice for sheriffs to receive their full pensions while working full time and receiving a full paycheck. This practice is perfectly legal and they don’t even need special permission to do so. According to The Post Standard, the reasoning is that sheriffs run for election so the voters...
By now you’ve probably heard how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo broke his pledge to not raise taxes, and has struck a deal with Republicans and Democrats in the legislature to reduce taxes for the middle class and sock it to the rich. What I find so amusing is the “tax cut” the middle...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ran as a centrist who would balance the budget and not raise taxes. Well, that didn’t last long. He’ sounding more and more like President Obama every day. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday called for “comprehensive reform” of New York’s tax code that would mean higher tax rates...
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