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If you keep cutting the budget, the school system will eventually fall apart, maybe not this year, maybe not the next, but it is going to happen.
It might just be President Hillary Clinton, after all. But what would that mean? Could she move the country forward after a tumultuous period of transition under Barack Obama?
As Governor Cuomo reminded us in his State of the State address, the numbers of children going hungry have never been higher in New York.
The New York DREAM Act is a perfect example of a low cost, high reward investment. For a minimal expense, thousands of young New Yorkers would have a better chance at realizing their professional dreams
Budget crises cause short-term dislocations. Pension reductions may be inevitable in the short-term. We need a national dialogue on these questions that includes advocates who aren't afraid to defend a decent retirement for public workers.
Governor Cuomo has an opportunity to demonstrate firm leadership to the entire nation that New York will once again lead in welcoming immigrants to ensure a robust economy for the state.
In the education reform conversation, we have heard from educators, parents, administrators, and policymakers, but we are missing the most authentic, indispensable voice -- the student.
If the citizens of Vermont can shut Yankee, a dam will be breached and the post-Fukushima power of a rising grassroots tsunami will be made tangible. Solartopia will be that much closer.
The impact of this insane let-em-lose-to-fend-for-themselves policy is cruel to people with mental illness who desperately need and want treatment. But it's also dangerous to the public.
Voters will and should hold a mayor's feet to the fire on mass transit. Our commerce, in fact our entire citizenry, benefits from mass transit.
Talk is cheap. In this business you get what you pay for in blood, toil, sweat, tears, passion, idealism, activism, commitment and, yes, you better believe it, in money.
If I told you during the campaign that Governor Andrew Cuomo would have major, unprecedented first-year accomplishments, and then would set the bar high in year two, wouldn't you ask what was in my coffee?
Cuomo has struck another bargain with legislators. Why isn't he running negotiations in the Mideast? Take a close look at the agreement on pension reform and redistricting, and you'll see why big political compromises are so hard to get done these days.
It's clear that states are continuing to lead the way on studying and preparing comprehensive regulatory schemes for natural gas development. What isn't clear is the role of the federal sector.
Maybe New Yorkers can find a way to force Cuomo and Bloomberg to be honest about the politicalization of education in New York City and State and its negative impact on schools, teachers, and children.
