Nicotine-fiending New Yorkers may stop making the trek upstate in search of cheap cartons. A ruling yesterday by a Buffalo judge put down an effort fronted by the Seneca Indian Nation to keep the cigarettes sold on Indian reservations tax-free, the Post reports. Gov. Paterson, concerned over the number of smokers who make the pilgrimage to Read More
In a conversation after yesterday’s vote by the New Jersey legislature in favor of civil unions, Garden State Equality chairman Steven Goldstein told me that New York now “lags far behind New Jersey in terms of gay rights,” and offered an interesting theory for why that might be the case.
“It might be Read More
STATEMENT OF SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON CELEBRATING NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY
“I am so proud to celebrate – today and every day – the rich heritage and immense diversity of agriculture in New York State. Agriculture is the heart of our rural communities in upstate New York; it fosters strong social relationships and it strengthens the Read More
We report today on how Upstate New York is spending millions in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. You’ll be relieved to know that Albany got more than twice as much security funding, per capita, as New York City this year.
Favorite quotes:
“If it’s the federal government asking me, it Read More
Street Kingdom: Five Years Inside the Franklin Avenue Posse , by Douglas Century. Warner Books, 415 pages, $25.
Several years ago, at an elementary-school Christmas play in upstate New York, I sat behind three white fourth-graders from the most remote and poorest section of the rural school district. In all likelihood, the boys had never Read More
