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2006
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DECEMBER |
| 339 |
December 29, 2006 |
Holiday Reading; Good Wishes (Two Article You Should Read Over the New Year's Weekend.) |
| 338 |
December 15, 2006 |
Albany Update: Pots and Kettles (Legislative Session Fizzles. Hevesi Attacked, Defended Sen. Gonzales Re-Indicted.) |
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December 13, 2006 |
Stop Rape; Give Me More Money (Business as Usual In Albany; Legislators Want Pay Raise as Reward For Passing Bills.) |
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December 08, 2006 |
2,193,603 Votesd for Him (Hevesi Was Re-Elected By Voters Who Knew About His Misconduct.) |
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December 07, 2006 |
Money Now: Reform Later- Maybe (Council Votes Itself 25% Raises, Fails To Act On Reform Proposals, Quinn To Give Them Carefull Study.) |
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December 01, 2006 |
Eliot On Ethics. Is it Day One? (Good News Form Albany: Can Today Be Day One? Spitzer Adopts Reforms Will Legislature Follow? Don't Stand One One Leg.) |
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NOVEMBER |
| 333 |
November 29, 2006 |
Building Castles Underground (Building Castles Underground: MTA Approaches $ Billion Cost On Fulton Street Construction) |
| 332 |
November 22, 2006 |
A Rafter Of Turkeys (Notes On Thanksgiving, Pelosi And Hevesi. Should Jack the Riper Be Free To Roam?.) |
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November 20, 2006 |
"Holier Than Thou" ("Holier Than Thou" Pols Pursue Hevesi But He's No Angel.) |
| 330 |
November 17, 2006 |
The Speaker Has to Listen (Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi Finds Her Troops Have Mutinied As Hoyer Beats Murtha, 149-86.) |
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November 14, 2006 |
Spitzer Meets Silver and Bruno (Spitzer Meets Silver and Bruno. How Will These Three Get Along? Pelosi Would Oust Hoyer, Harman.) |
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November 08, 2006 |
Lose War, Lose House (Ruminating: Rumsfeld Caused GOP Casualties.) |
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OCTOBER |
| 327 |
October 31, 2006 |
Nobody Does it Once (Hevesi Hounded, Haunted, Abandoned by Associates, Struggles for Survival.) |
| 326 |
October 18, 2006 |
Fundraiser. Wedding. Indictment (We Try Again: Invitation For Oct. 26. Southern District Indicts McLaughlin Non-Election Draws Nigh. Juicy Links.) |
| 325 |
October 13, 2006 |
Family Money, What of It. (State Election Results Appear Assured, Leading to Fewer Promises And Attacks. Historical Notes on Weatlh & Politics.) |
| 324 |
October 5, 2006 |
33 Days and Counting (Thrity-three Days and Counting: New York Races Are Runaways, Control of Senates Is Uncertain.) |
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SEPTEMBER |
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September 21, 2006 |
Turning 180 Degrees in One Day (Primaries Dissected: Sundry Observations, Cowardice Under Fire.) |
| 322 |
September 19, 2006 |
Upstate and Big Apple Turnover (Five Incumbents Lose Primary Races, But 3 of 4 Top Contests are Runaways. Will the Democrats Capture the Senate?) |
| 321 |
September 15, 2006 |
Primaires Dissected (Primaries Dissected: Sundry Observations, Cowardice Under Fire.) |
| 320 |
September 05, 2006 |
A Secondary Election (A Curious Primary Election Results are Widely Foreseen Why Do Pols Self-Destruct.) |
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AUGUST |
| 318 |
August 30, 2006 |
This Little Piggy is Hiding (Legislature Conceals Identity Of Members Sponsoring Pork) |
| 317 |
August 28, 2006 |
Lawmakers, Lawbreakers (Lawmakers, Lawbreakers) |
| 316 |
August 23, 2006 |
Work for NYC; Retire in Your 40's (State Legislature Imposes $1 Billion More in Pension Costs on NYC Taxpayers.) |
| 315 |
August 18, 2006 |
Bloomberg For President? OMG! (Springtime For Bloomberg: Cold Mayor Carry Nation Fed Up With Major Parites.) |
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August 17, 2006 |
Wake Up the Council (Proportional Representation Would Make City Council More Diverse Ideologically.) |
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August 10, 2006 |
On To November (Water Tunnels Meet at 34 St. Nutmeg State Senate Contest More Interesting Than Ours.) |
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August o4, 2006 |
October 23, 1983 (WW III Began 10-23-1983 But We Were Unaware Of That Until 9-11-01.) |
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JULY |
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July 28, 2006 |
Elephants, Snails and Butts (Elephant Expands at a Snail's Pace, Showing Its Butt to Hudson River.) |
| 310 |
July 25, 2006 |
Thomas J. Manton (1932-2006) (Tom Manton, Successful County Leader, Controlled Queens, Thwarted Reformers, Selected Speakers and Judges With Class.) |
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July 18, 2006 |
Jacob K. Javits & Henrik Hudson (Proposed Design to Expand Javits Center is Criticized by Civic and Esthetic Groups for Extending Wall Facing Hudson River.) |
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July 14, 2006 |
The Court of Appeals Punts (Appeals Court Rules Legislature Should Decide on Gay Marriage. 4-2 Vote Does Not Weigh Merits, Leaves Issue to Albany for 2007.) |
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July 06, 2006 |
Ken Lay Modeled NY Debt (New York State: Government 101. Legislature- It's Business as Usual. Inauguration of a New Governor May, or May Not, Change Much.) |
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JUNE |
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June 30, 2006 |
Silver Service. What About Gold? (Silver, in 13th Year as Speaker, Dominates Assembly Democrats. Does He Use Power Equitably, Or to Assist Unions, Tort Bar?) |
| 305 |
June 23, 2006 |
Albany - Silver - Gates (Legislature Concluding Session, Speaker Silver, Bill Gates.) |
| 304 |
June 20, 2006 |
To Act - Or Not to Act (Times Editorial, 2 News Columns Urge Albany to Act, or Not to Act.) |
| 303 |
Juen 16, 2006 |
The News Speaks Out (Daily News Criticizes Silver’s Plo Of Stacking Assembly Committee To Defeat Legislation on Lawsuits.) |
| 302 |
June 14, 2006 |
A Silver Bullet (City Cries Foul As Albany Panel Defeats Measure On Lawsuits.) |
| 301 |
June 07, 2006 |
Horseless Carriages (Central Park Annals: Car Use is Restricted, But Purists Still Balk.) |
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MAY |
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May 26, 2006 |
The Mayor Relies on Science (Mayor Backs Quest For Scientific Truth In Address To Johns Hopkins Graduates. He Rejects Theories Based On Religion.) |
| 299 |
May 24, 2006 |
Columns Worth Reading (Rudy Washington, Tort Reform and Eliot Spitzer.) |
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May 19, 2006 |
Rape, Laws and Albany (Extension of Statute of Limitations for Rape is Bottled up in Albany. Silver Would Allow More Time for Civil Actions. Bruno Says No. Spitzer, Morgenthau, Suozzi Oppose Linkage.) |
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May 18, 2006 |
Test Ability, Use Standards, Not Charades (Gifted Children Struggle For Education In Generally Inhospitable School System. Parents Are Frustrated By New Rankings Based On Indefinite, Subjective Criteria.) |
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May 12, 2006 |
Bright Kids. New Counselor. (Let My People Learn. The Senior Counselor to the Chancellor.) |
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May 08, 2006 |
Teaching Facts to Kids (E.D. Hirsch, Education Theorist, Says Kids Must Be Taught Facts. His Views Rejected By Educrats.) |
| 294 |
May 05, 2006 |
This Land Is My Land (Mayor Bloomberg Defends Eminent Domain As Congress Moves To Limit Cities' Powers After 5-4 Supreme Court Decision In Kelo.) |
| 293 |
May 03, 2006 |
The Mayor, a School, McGreevey & Cheney (Bloomberg's Second Term, John F. Kennedy High School, McGreevey & Cheney.) |
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APRIL |
| 292 |
April 28, 2006 |
Anarchy, Tyranny, or Fairness? (Who Should Run a Legislature, The Speaker or the Members? Also: Is It a Sin to Tell a Lie.) |
| 291 |
April 19, 2006 |
Must Work for Food (Has Dependency Reached Its El Alamein? Mayor Rejects Welfare Chief's Proposal to Seek Waiver of Federal Regulation That Denies Food Stamps to Applicants Who Refuse to Work or to Seek Work.) |
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April 13, 2006 |
Lame Duck Bites Solons (Gov. Pataki's 202 Budget Vetoes Set Stage For Albany Showdown As Legislators Want to Override. Issues to go to Court of Appeals.) |
| 289 |
April 04, 2006 |
Spendalot (Backdoor Borrowing Balances Big Budget.) |
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MARCH |
| 288 |
March 30, 2006 |
Spend, Spend, Borrow, Borrow ($11 Billion to Build Schools With New State Borrowing Agreed to by Bruno, Silver.) |
| 287 |
March 23, 2006 |
Coyotes' Seven Year Itch (Henry J. Stern Recalls Coyote Visitations In Bronx And Manhattan Over The Years.) |
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March 14, 2006 |
The Sun Interview, 3/15 Forum |
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March 03, 2006 |
Law Says No, Pix Say Yes (A Passel Of Laws Unenforced Is An Issue For The Justice System. Can Law And Reality Reconcile.) |
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FEBRUARY |
| 284 |
February 24, 2006 |
Pirates With Camcorders (Bootleg Movies Are Sold Illegally On New York Streets And Subways. Should Police Seize The Evidence.) |
| 283 |
February 14, 2006 |
Will You Still Need Me ? (Happy Birthday Mayor Bloomberg! Tighten up on Employee Discipline, Lighten up on the Ninth Greenwood.) |
| 282 |
February 09, 2006 |
Another Prague Spring? (Federal Judge Opens Door to Reform, The Case Now Goes to Second Circuit; State Chief Judge Kaye Seeks Panel.) |
| 281 |
February 03, 2006 |
When Justice Triumphed (Federal Judge Gleeson Upsets System Of Judicial Conventions Through Which Party Bosses Made Supreme Court Nominations Without Primary Elections.) |
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February 01, 2006 |
Tot Knocks Over TV (Death of Baby Quachan Leads Some to Question Mattingly's Management.) |
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JANUARY |
| 279 |
January 27, 2006 |
High Hopes, Stormy Seas (Mayor's 'State of the City' Has Many Ideas, Some Will Impact On Special Interests, Rich And Powerful, Accustomed To Power. Will One Man Be Able to Alter The Status Quo.) |
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January 23, 2006 |
Who Killed Cock Robin? (Sierra, Dahquay, Joziah, Nixzmary; Four Children Die In Four Months While Under The Care Of City ACS.) |
| 277 |
January 18, 2006 |
Murder in the Apartment (Observations On The Death Of An Amiable Child, Tortured By Adults And Ignored By Authorities.) |
| 276 |
January 13, 2006 |
A Death in Brooklyn (Nixzmary Brown Tragedy.) |
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January 05, 2006 |
Chris Quinn: A Gracious Lassie (Christine Quinn, New Speaker, Elected with Support of Bosses, Worked her way up in Politics, Will be Tested on Many Issues.) |
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