Year: 2019

A Department of Defense Report Shows That Service Member Suicide Rates Spiked in 2018 After Rising Steadily for the Last Five Years Following a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) report released yesterday that showed a spike in military suicides, U.S. Senator Kirsten

In recent weeks, Rep. Tom Reed has announced a $1,293,388 grant to fund lead abatement in the City of Elmira, funded through HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.  The money will help the city of Elmira reduce lead-based

Award will fund new roofs to preserve the integrity of four buildings — but no funding for Central Terminal repairs, yet.  Congressman Brian Higgins joined staff and board members of the Richardson Olmsted Campus to celebrate the award of a $400,000

Officials announce the formation of Republican policy committee New York Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy today announced the formation of a public affairs and policy committee designed to assist candidates and elected officials and strengthen the Party’s network with important opinion

Nassau’s Ann Schockett to Lead Largest Republican Women’s Group in Nation  New Yorker Ann Schockett has been unanimously elected President of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW), the NYGOP today announced. Ms. Schockett was nominated and elected by delegates to the NFRW

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is continuing to push for more limousine safety measures in the wake of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releasing its initial report on the 2018 Schoharie County limousine crash that claimed the lives of 20 people.

BY KARL BRABENEC With Gov. Cuomo’s recent announcement to rescind his new license plate tax, New Yorkers can take a collective sigh of relief. His proposal was a blatant money grab to fund Albany’s addiction to runaway spending. I am

BY SENATOR JOHN FLANAGAN Democrats controlling this state violated the very responsibilities given to them by the people by putting their duties in the hands of nine unelected, and therefore unaccountable, Public Campaign Finance and Elections commissioners. This unconstitutional abdication

Application Process for Primary Homeowners to Receive Flood Relief is Now Open State Senator Patty Ritchie is encouraging all homeowners whose primary residence suffered damage as a result of this year’s flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

BY R. GLENN HUBBARD To frame any discussion of the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and next steps for tax reform, it is important to remember the evolution in economic thinking and economic policymaking

BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS As a college professor who teaches courses about politics and geography at an extremely progressive liberal arts college, my students regularly want to talk about the narratives surrounding deep urban-rural divides which routinely make the news or the seemingly

BY DANIEL A. COX Most Americans believe that political differences do not preclude agreement on other topics. Nearly six in 10 (59 percent) Americans say that when people have different views about politics, it does not generally indicate how much

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde, AFN Yukon Regional Chief Kluane Adamek, and AFN Regional Chief for Quebec and Labrador, Ghislain Picard, will marched with climate activist Greta Thunberg and hundreds of thousands of young people concerned about the

BY BILL HAMMOND Federal officials are reviewing the state’s expropriation of $2 billion from the sale of Fidelis Care health plan, potentially throwing a wrench into the plans of administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo for using the money. An Aug. 21 letter

BY E.J. McMAHON In what could rank among the least surprising federal court rulings of this or any year, a U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan has rejected New York’s constitutional challenge to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap

BY HOWARD HUSOCK The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) operates 174,000 total units, making it, by far, the largest public housing authority in the United States. But living conditions in NYCHA units are abysmal. After decades of deferred maintenance,

A judge has upheld Iowa’s voter identification law, rejecting claims by an open borders group that the measure is unconstitutional because it makes it harder for minorities to cast ballots. When the group, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), filed the

BY MICAH MORRISON New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s withdrawal from the presidential race last week is a lost opportunity. A successful de Blasio effort in the Democratic primaries—his was anything but—could have sparked a necessary national debate over signs of