By The Editors 9/18/12 6:47pm

Editorials

Northern Exposure

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been very careful to pay attention to the long-running economic catastrophe in upstate New York. He has paid particular attention to the North Country, dominated, of course, by Adirondack Park, one of the greatest tracts of wilderness in the nation. Just last month, during a surprise visit to Lake Placid, the governor announced a deal that expanded the park by almost 70,000 acres. It will be the park’s largest expansion in almost 100 years.

That’s wonderful. But as the governor and his advisors know, the upstate economy requires more than preservation of the Adirondack region’s forests. Read More

By Matt Chaban 9/05/12 10:42am

The Mysteries of Brooklyn

So long, dear friend. (Crown Heights North/Flickr)

Goodbye Montrose Morris, Brooklyn Will Not Be the Same Without You

There was a time when the comments on Brownstoner approached those of the Brooklyn turf wars of yore. New York magazine even wrote an entire feature about it.

But lovely surprises were buried in there, and one blossomed into a beauty to rival the entire Brownstoner enterprise (all respect to the blog itself). That would be the thoughtful work of Montrose Morris, an anonymous longtime resident of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights who knew the neighborhoods, their history and architecture, better than just about anybody.

Regular columns ensued, and they will continue. But they will not be the same. Montrose Morris is leaving Brooklyn. Read More

By The Editors 9/13/11 9:26pm

opinion

The Calamity Upstate Continues

Hurricane Irene is just a memory in the five boroughs, but upstate, this summer’s succession of storms continues to wreak havoc. Even as city residents prepared to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11, New Yorkers living along the Susquehanna River in the Southern Tier were fleeing their homes, hoping that that flood waters would prove merciful.

Their suffering and losses come after earlier floods ruined homes and businesses in the North Country beyond Albany in the days just after Irene passed through.

The summer of 2011 has been a disaster for upstate. Read More