Category: Commentary

Lawmakers in Albany are again advancing the New York Health Act, which would abolish private health insurance and herd all New Yorkers into a state-run “single payer” plan financed with massive tax hikes. Instead of building on recent progress Read More

As New York emerges from the worst pandemic in a century, its citizens face a new threat to their lives and economic well-being — the danger that their leaders will fail to learn from the past year’s painful experience. One lesson above all de Read More

A push to revamp the collective bargaining status of drivers steering passenger and delivery vehicles for app-based firms like Uber, Lyft and DoorDas Read More

Republican lawmakers in Albany are calling for a special session to revive the popular alcohol-to-go provision Read More

While New Yorkers waited to see whether the results of Tuesday’s primary would move Gotham politics even further to the left, an avowed socialist had scored a huge upset victory in the Empire State’s second-largest city. With all primary-day and Read More

The New York State Assembly adopted a bill requiring all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be “zero-emissions” by 2035. If electric cars are the future...New York had better get ready. Read More

The only question left was how far the once-domineering, now politically damaged governor would go to make a deal. We now know the answer: pretty far. Read More

The lobbying powerhouse behind two of Gov. Cuomo’s nastiest scandals is back with another big request from Albany. Read More