ALBANY—On the heels of the appointment of a U.S. senator that was opaque and circus-like, a coalition of consumer and good government groups is calling on David Paterson to ensure an open process for coming appointments to the Public Service Commission.
While little known, the five-member commission has a broad mandate to regulate Read More
“In the language of politics,” a political lifer told The Observer , “there are two kinds of verb: killing and screwing.” Not the prettiest point, perhaps, but seeing how it was made at the New York State Democratic convention, held at the Rye Town Hilton in Westchester May 26-28, it had to be conceded. Read More
It is boyishly full, yet gubernatorially gray. It effortlessly circumsweeps the ears, then, at the forehead, tumbles into a tuft that could make a Kennedy cry. Even in the rain that pelts it as its trim, quick bearer leaps out of a family Ford Explorer and into the soaking specter of gridlock in Manhattan, hot-footing Read More
