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December |
| 633 |
December 31, 2009 |
State Flounders in 2009 (Disappointing Year in Albany Fiscal Problems Unaddressed Senate Squabbles for a Month) |
| 632 |
December 28, 2009 |
Tragedy Made Tasteless (Thirteen Signs Remind You Ramp Is Named for Victim. 99.9% Don't Know of Him or What Happened There) |
| 631 |
December 18, 2009 |
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (Diaz's Other Demands Prevented Agreement on Bronx Armory Mall) |
| 630 |
December 16, 2009 |
Kingsbridge Revisited (No Job Beats Low Job in City Council's View. Mayor, Newspapers Want 2200 Workers to Get Armory Jobs.) |
| 629 |
December 15, 2009 |
Dance of the Dunces (Council Rejects Stores at Kingsbridge Armory, Losing $310M Investment, 2200 New Jobs Over Demands on Wages.) |
| 628 |
December 11, 2009 |
Cleaning Up After Bruno (Conviction of Bruno Stirs Renewed Effort to Fight Corruption in State Legislature) |
| 627 |
December 9, 2009 |
Bruno Gets a Break (Supreme Court Mocks "Honest Services" Test Which Bruno Violated) |
| 626 |
December 8, 2009 |
Jury Verdict Unhorses Bruno (He Took Big Bucks to Get Deals for Those Who Paid) |
| 625 |
December 2, 2009 |
WFP Scrutinized (Newspaper Examines Convoluted Structure at Working Families) |
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November |
| 624 |
November 27, 2009 |
Thanksgiving in America: 1621, 1623, 1789. (Feast with Indians, 1621. Washington Set the Day in 1789, as November 26. Lincoln Made it Annual.) |
| 623 |
November 25, 2009 |
Thanksgiving, 1863 (Lincoln Set Thanksgiving 146 Years Ago) |
| 622 |
November 23, 2009 |
United States on Trial? (Will KSM Appear as a Brave Rebel Fighting Goliath?) |
| 621 |
November 20, 2009 |
Trial of the Century? (Will It Displace OJ, Loeb, Scopes? No, They Were the 20th Century. Why NYC? Scene of the Crime) |
| 620 |
November 19, 2009 |
Leandra's Legacy (Assembly Passes A Stronger Law Than It Wanted) |
| 619 |
November 13, 2009 |
E-Day Plus 10 -- What Happened, and Why (Why Did So Few Vote for Mayor? And Other Observations On the Recent Election) |
| 618 |
November 11, 2009 |
Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt (State Senate Dawdles As Economy Sputters and Insolvency Nears) |
| 617 |
November 10, 2009 |
The Log is Rocking and Ready to Roll (Solons Weigh $3B Deficit $10B Deficit by FY 10 Paterson Proposes Cuts. Can Divided Houses Act?) |
| 616 |
November 06, 2009 |
How Was 2009 Different? (A Democrat Abandoned, But Is That Right or Wrong?) |
| 615 |
November 05, 2009 |
The Voters' Verdict (Take Him Down a Peg, But Keep Him Mayor, Because He Serves Us Better than the Rest) |
| 614 |
November 04, 2009 |
Is 50,000 Enough (Mayor's Race Not As Tight As It Appeared Last Night) |
| 613 |
November 02, 2009 |
Don't Wanna Go Home (Term Limits Judged: Are City Politicians Needy, Greedy or Both?) |
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October |
| 612 |
October 29, 2009 |
Five Days Out (What's Behind Politcal Torpor as Nov. 3 Nears?) |
| 611 |
October 26, 2009 |
Baseball Trumps Politics (Impending World Series Diverts Public Interest From Mayoral Campaign) |
| 610 |
October 23, 2009 |
E-Day Minus Eleven (Poll Shows Mayor Ahead with Eleven Days to Go) |
| 609 |
October 21, 2009 |
Justice for the Jumper (Who Serrated the Glass? Why Didn't He Testify?) |
| 608 |
October 20, 2009 |
Drain The Swamp (The Times Calls NY State Legislature "Swamp of Intrigue and Corruption" Threatens to Oppose All Incumbents) |
| 607 |
October 16, 2009 |
Iceberg Right Ahead (Candidates Avoid Budget Shortfall, So Do Reporters) |
| 606 |
October 13, 2009 |
The Cupboard is Bare (Which Candidate Can Best Handle Fiscal Shortfall?) |
| 605 |
October 8, 2009 |
The CFB Meets In Camera (Rodriguez, Vargas Cases Demonstrate System's Weakness) |
| 604 |
October 7, 2009 |
The Eagle to Pay on Thursday (Sure Winners Set to Receive Subsidy They Do Not Need) |
| 603 |
October 1, 2009 |
Discord in Eden (Who Won it for Liu? Icing on the Winner's Cake? Malanga Warns on WPF) |
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September |
| 602 |
September 30, 2009 |
Drizzle of Voters (What We Think About Runoffs and an Idea to Save $15 Million) |
| 601 |
September 29, 2009 |
Rounding the Far Turn (Four Experts Discuss Bloomberg Campaign, Record, Achievements) |
| 600-A |
September 25, 2009 |
All's Well that Ends Well (Setting the Record Straight) |
| 600 |
September 25, 2009 |
Goliath Smites David (Obama Snubs Paterson, Beams at Rival Cuomo, But $3B Gap Remains) |
| 599 |
September 23, 2009 |
Judicial Cavalry Saves Ravitch (Can Governor Appoint His Own Lieutenant? Court Says: Yes He Can) |
| 598 |
September 22, 2009 |
Surprise! Paterson Wins One, 4-3 (Surprise! Paterson Wins in Court After Abandonment by Obama) |
| 597 |
September 18, 2009 |
Exceeding Fine (Different Factors Influenced Voting, Politics is Personal) |
| 596 |
September 17, 2009 |
Grind Slow, But They Grind (Does Primary Hint at a Rising Storm? Maybe, Maybe Not) |
| 595 |
September 16, 2009 |
Primary Wednesday (Four in Council Lose in Primary Over Term Limits) |
| 594 |
September 15, 2009 |
Cash For Clunkers (Public Funds Wasted on Subsidized Races Which Are Runaways) |
| 593 |
September 9, 2009 |
See Grades Jump (A Boy, At School. Brains Not Enough to Run an Agency. Diane Ravitch Writes on Bogus Grades) |
| 592 |
September 8, 2009 |
Part of the Way with DNA (All in the Family; Political Dynasties Thrive and Wither) |
| 591 |
September 2, 2009 |
Second Stanza of September Song (Second September Song Answers Your Letters. The New Year is 5770. Labor Day Chronicled; Autos, Ballots Discussed.) |
| 590 |
September 1, 2009 |
September Song (Oysters 'R' In Season; Academic Year Begins; Jews to Welcome 5770) |
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AUGUST |
| 589 |
August 31, 2009 |
Infantile Paralysis (Grasshoppers Sang All Summer. To What Tune Will They Dance When Autumnal Zephyrs Blow?) |
| 588 |
August 26, 2009 |
He Made His Own Mark (The Third Senator Kennedy Was In For the Long Term, His Influence Grew Steadily) |
| 587 |
August 21, 2009 |
All the Senator's Men and Women...Appoint Ravitch Public Citizen (Mid Level Court Says Gov Can't Name Lieutenant Governor) |
| 586 |
August 20, 2009 |
All the Senator's Men and Women...Appoint Ravitch Public Citizen ($350K Added to Budget to Hire Espada Aides, Some From Soundview) |
| 585 |
August 19, 2009 |
The Soundview Posse (GOP Brought in Buddies, Girlfriends, But Espada Brought in an Army) |
| 584 |
August 18, 2009 |
Double Dealing Double Dippers (Getting Paid Twice Is Nicer Than Nice) |
| 583 |
August 13, 2009 |
A Bridge Too Far (Espada's Son, Under Fire, Passes on Patronage Plum) |
| 582 |
August 12, 2009 |
What Recession? Young Pedro Finds A Job (Espada's Son Given $120K Patronage Plum in Senate) |
| 581 |
August 11, 2009 |
Mayor Wins on School Control (Paterson Signs Mayoral Control Bill, Senate Passed It After Seven Weeks) |
| 1-G |
August 4, 2009 |
Howard's Beginning (Health Reform's Taboo Topic) |
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JULY |
| 580 |
July 29, 2009 |
Lionizing Mice (Why Politicians Betray Our Trust: Swollen Egos, Varied Temptations) |
| 579 |
July 28, 2009 |
The Devil's Apprentices (Some Take Bribes, Some Cheat on Wives, Why Opt for Politics?) |
| 577/578 |
July 24, 2009 |
Stings Like a Bee (Friday 5 Rabis Got Busted, Along with 3 Jersey Mayors, and 36 Other Honorables) |
| 576 |
July 17, 2009 |
Martinez Down, Espada Up $2M (Another Day of Shame; Martinez Pleads Guilty, Espada's Pork is $2M, School Bill Off to Sept.) |
574/575 |
July 16, 2009 |
Latest Outrage (Same Scandal, Different Day) |
| 573 |
July 14, 2009 |
Know When to Fold It (Viva Pedro Espada, Again a Democrat, They Anoint Him Leader) |
| 572 |
July 10, 2009 |
Hoist the Jolly Roger (Senate Democrats Find Agreement at Lowest Common Denominator; Desire For Power, Perks and Pork) |
| 571 |
July 8, 2009 |
Caroline, Come to Albany (Caroline Kennedy Would Make a Cool Lietenant Governor) |
| 570 |
July 6, 2009 |
Babies Play 29th Day (Fred Dicker Fed Up After Thirty Years. He Perceives Albany Sinking Into Muck; Senators' Strike Continues. Fail Again to Reach Agreement. Impasse Costs NYC $2M a Day) |
| 569 |
July 1, 2009 |
Senate Fiddles as New York Burns (Senate Stumbles Into Food Fight; The Cupboard is Bare. The Appetite is There. Both Parties Ignore Growing State Deficit as They Battle Over Senatorial Privileges) |
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JUNE |
| 568 |
June 29, 2009 |
When Will They Ever Learn? (Time Pressure Mounts on Senate Squabblers as Deadlines Approach) |
| 567 |
June 24, 2009 |
State Stuck in Sargasso Sea (Protracted Dispute Undermines Justice and Injures State; Giuliani Speaks Up) |
| 566 |
June 22, 2009 |
How to Break a Tie (We Explore the History of Lines of Succession to Vacant Public Offices) |
| 565 |
June 19, 2009 |
It Only Took Six Days (Senate Shut Down All Week as Parties Keep Squabbling; Will Courts Take on Clowns?) |
| 564 |
June 10, 2009 |
The Blackberry Revolution (Malcolm Didn't Listen When Big Tom Visited. He Was On Blackberry) |
| 563 |
June 9, 2009 |
Deliver Us From Evil (State Senate Sputtors as Solons Switch Sides and Supplant Senator Smith) |
| 562 |
June 5, 2009 |
Under the Influence (NY State Government Is Held In Low Regard But Citizens We Know Are Uninvolved With It) |
| 561 |
June 1, 2009 |
A Dream Deferred (Weiner Won't Seek Mayoralty Until Bloomberg's Retired) |
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MAY |
| 560 |
May 27, 2009 |
Barack's Choice (Judge Sonia Nominated, Gets Widespread Support, Not Likely to Be Borked) |
| 559 |
May 22, 2009 |
Sic Transit (How Can Governor Justify Ousting Lee Sander at MTA Without Naming Successor?) |
| 558 |
May 18, 2009 |
Home Free All (Squatters Become Owners After 20-Year Occupation; City Gave Away Buildings) |
| 557 |
May 15, 2009 |
Who Leaked? Who Cares (Troopergate Resurrected as Investigators Quarrel. Who Spilled the Beans?) |
| 556 |
May 12, 2009 |
The Scapegoat (Sander Ouster Protested, Did Vito Lopez Threaten Him to Aid Son-in-Law?) |
| 555 |
May 7, 2009 |
MTA -- Saved for the Nonce (Legislature Raises Taxes and Fees to Bail Out Basically Uncut MTA, Some Politicos Would Oust Sander) |
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APRIL |
| 554 |
April 24, 2009 |
Influence For Sale ("Placement Agents" Sell Their Influence, But Is That Criminal?) |
| 553 |
April 21, 2009 |
When Is a Fee a Bribe? (Murders Down 77%, Pension Fund Influence Comes at a Heavy Price, Recall Prince Bernhard?) |
| 552 |
April 17, 2009 |
For Whom The Bell Tolls (Toll Scheme Resuscitated, But Pattern of Exemptions Makes the Plan Impractical) |
| 551 |
April 14, 2009 |
Shiver Me Timbers (Pirates Over the Centuries: In History and Popular Culture (With Assorted Digressions) |
| 550 |
April 7, 2009 |
Spitzer Redux (Spitzer Seeks Redemption, But He Owes New York for What We Endured) |
| 549 |
April 6, 2009 |
Albany: Insiders Rule (Why the Bums Stay: In Albany, Politics Is Rigged to Protect the Incumbents) |
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MARCH |
| 548 |
March 30, 2009 |
News Names Sour Sixteen (Tabloids Trash Albany as Corrupt and Secretive, Name 16 in Rogue's Gallery) |
| 547 |
March 27, 2009 |
Down to the Wire (MTA to Get More State Aid, Legislators Plan to Supersede Agency's Doomsday Budget) |
| 546 |
March 25, 2009 |
MTA: Pay More, Get Less (MTA Votes Steep Fare Hike in Transit Budget Minuet, Media Blame State Senate) |
| 545 |
March 20, 2009 |
Uncomptrolled (This Is Shocking, Even to Us: Alleged $30 Million Extortion by Hevesi Campaign Manager) |
| 544 |
March 17, 2009 |
Freshman Blues (Tabloids Chide State Leaders, Senate Weighs MTA Rescue Without NYC Bridge Tolls) |
| 543 |
March 16, 2009 |
Why Should WE Pay THEM? (AIG Bonuses Anger Public Already Resenting Bailout, Summers Says "Outrageous," US Govt Owns 80% of AIG, Just Don't Sign the Checks) |
| 542 |
March 12, 2009 |
The Side Step (Weiner Defers Commitment to Race Against Bloomberg, But Don't Write Him Off) |
| 541 |
March 10, 2009 |
Hanged for a Sheep (With Houses Divided and Revenue Reduced, How Can Legislature Agree on Any Budget?) |
| 540 |
March 4, 2009 |
Diogenes' Journey Continues (We Look For More Good Guys, Ask You To Send Us the Names of Very Able Public Servants) |
| 539 |
March 3, 2009 |
Honor Roll of Public Servants (Our Readers Name Officials Who Are Honest and Decent; We Report the Results Here) |
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FEBRUARY |
| 537 |
February 25, 2009 |
Three Billy Goats Gruff (Silver Would Back $2 Bridge Toll, But How Long Would It Stay $2?) |
| 536 |
February 23, 2009 |
Were They Also Bewitched? (As Economy Keeps Declining, Columnists Chide Incumbent. Paterson Seen as Bewildered While Bloomberg is Bothered by Shifting Party Loyalties) |
| 535 |
February 13, 2009 |
Will Stimulation Suffice? (Stimulus to Provide Bonanza for State and City Budgets. Will It Bring Fiscal Reform?) |
| 534 |
February 11, 2009 |
From Grand Street to Eagle Street (Senate Confirms Jonathan Lippman as Chief Judge of New York State, A Good Friend of Speaker Silver, Whose Influence Keeps Rising) |
| 533 |
February 5, 2009 |
Why People Avoid Politics (Kennedy Smear Manufactured From Answers She Submitted In Confidential Questionnaire) |
| 532 |
February 3, 2009 |
Greed Goeth Before A Fall (Paterson Loses Face in Senate Flap; Unions Prefer Layoffs to Wage Cuts; We Observe the Suffering Economy) |
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JANUARY |
| 531 |
January 29, 2009 |
Be Our Diogenes, Or Lot (We Ask for Your Assistance in Search for Honest Person, Certainly Not Joseph Bruno) |
| 530 |
January 28, 2009 |
Not I, Said the Fly. Did the Fly Lie? (Paterson Lied About Kennedy; Don't Most Politicos Fib a Bit? Does it Really Matter Anyway? Is the Ruckus Anti-Gillibrand?) |
| 529 |
January 26, 2009 |
Gov Clips Wings After Flap (Gov Cancels Davos Junket After Torrent of Criticism Over Fiasco on Senate Pick) |
| 528 |
January 23, 2009 |
Obama, Bruno, Kirsten, Lucy & Max (Obama Off to Fast Start, Issues Orders on Ethics, Paterson Appoints an Upstate Woman, Takes Liberal Flak) |
| 527 |
January 21, 2009 |
Sober Restraint (Obama Inaugurated, Gives First Address, Shelving Charisma for Sober Restraint) |
| 526 |
January 14, 2009 |
Why Not the Best? (Let New Yorkers Elect New U.S. Senator in 2010 Like Moynihan, Hillary; Based on Achievements Not 2-Year Incumbency) |
| 525 |
January 12, 2009 |
Draining the Swamp ("Albany's Corruption Swamp" Is Plumbed in Post Column. Democrats Organize Senate, Will They Honor Promises?) |
| 524 |
January 8, 2009 |
Give the Governor a Mulligan (Paterson's State of the State Was Not New or Inspiring, But He Recongizes That With His Usual Brio) |
| 523 |
January 5, 2009 |
Dysfunctional and Irresponsible (Dysfunctional as Ever; New Brennan Report Shows No Improvement by State Legislature) |
| 522 |
January 2, 2009 |
New Day Dawning (Welcome to 2009; Hope We Do Better This Year Than Last) |
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