By The Editors 7/19/11 7:32pm

opinion

Albany Sets An Example

The leaders of another public employee union in New York have chosen sanity over mindless confrontation. Negotiators for the Public Employees Federation, the state’s second-largest union, recently agreed to a new five-year deal that will save taxpayers $400 million in wage and benefit reforms over the life of the contract. The deal comes on the Read More

By The Editors 7/05/11 8:16pm

opinion

Good News For A Change: New York – Winning!

The closing weeks of June brought no shortage of welcome news from Albany and City Hall. We would be remiss if we did not take note of the actions—and, yes, the courage—of some of New York’s top political players, union leaders and policy advocates.

Passage of gay marriage returned the state to its historic (but Read More