CANDIDATES WARY OF ENDORSING OR DISMISSING CUOMO
WAMC Northeast Public Radio recently sponsored a debate among the seven Democrats who are vying to oust John Faso from...
YOU HAD TO LOVE DENNY FARRELL
You had to love Herman “Denny” Farrell. I counted him as a friend for more years than I can remember....
RUN, PREET, RUN!
Run, Preet, Run! Should Preet Bharara decide to run for Attorney General, he will win. Period. We should be looking...
UPDATED PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR LT. GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL…
From: Press Office [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 8:01 AM To: Subject: UPDATED PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KATHY...
A REAL HORSE RACE BETWEEN MOLINARO AND NIXON
New York politics are certainly in a state of flux. Ballot positioning is now all the talk, don’t you know?...
HIM (OR HER) I REALLY DON’T LIKE
For years, I have been classifying people, including politicians, on the Chartock scale of “Him, I really don’t like.” The...
CUOMO DOESN’T SMELL SO GOOD AND NEITHER DOES DE BLASIO
A lot is going on in New York electoral politics. The big bombshell last week was that the New York...
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE TRAITORS
Long ago I nicknamed the Independent Democratic Conference “The Traitors.” That’s because these people who ran as Democrats actually kept...
IS CYNTHIA NIXON REALLY THE ONE?
There has been an almost breathless tone attending the punditry on Cynthia Nixon's primary challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Despite...
ALBANY CLOWNS GIVE NEW MEANING TO THE WORD DISGUSTING…
We know that most people know little or nothing about state government. I’d hate to hazard a guess as to...
CHARTOCK SHARK-ATTACKS: ANDREW SHAKING IN HIS MOTOCYCLE BOOTS
So now it’s Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon versus Andrew Cuomo in a gubernatorial primary. If I were Andrew Cuomo (and...
A PICKLE IN HIS EMINENCE’S DOMAIN
My friends have been known to refer to His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, as my rabbi. If you know anything...
WE CAN’T AFFORD TO DELAY CONGESTION PRICING ANY LONGER
Who will pay to fix the MTA? That question needs to be resolved before the New York State budget is...
ALAN CHARTOCK: GUNS, TRUMP, CUOMO, THE TRAITORS AND THE SENATE DEMOCRATS
Politics really does stink. There are so few participants who actually care about the public good as opposed to their...
EMPIRE REPORT TOP CLICKED-ON STORIES OF THE WEEK
DEBUT: LISTED BELOW ARE THE TOP CLICKED-ON STORIES OF THE WEEK. (Feb 25 through March 2) 36-HOUR NOR’EASTER AIMS AT...
MOLINARO RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: DUTCHESS COUNTY EXECUTIVE MARCUS MOLINARO WILL ANSWER CALL OF GOP COUNTY LEADERS Web Posted: 03/02/18 09:59:06 EST...
BRUCE GYORY: SCHUMER DID NOT BADLY MISHANDLE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
I want to offer a dissent to the consensus view of pundits that Senator Charles Schumer badly mishandled the government...
JIM MALATRAS EXCLUSIVE: Albany’s Version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
In the 1920s, the legendary progressive hero Governor Al Smith led the bipartisan charge to amend the New York State...
EMPIRE REPORT OPINION ARCHIVES
RANDY LEVINE: NEW YORK’S SALT SOLUTION: PAYROLL TAX HAS TOO MANY PITFALLS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT APPROACH A HOME RUN January 11, 2018 BRUCE...
NEW YORK’S SALT SOLUTION: PAYROLL TAX HAS TOO MANY PITFALLS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT APPROACH A HOME RUN
A few months ago, I wrote an open letter to President Trump urging him to reconsider specific aspects of the...
