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Kruger's bribery conviction is part of the answer to an Albany mystery -- why Gov. Andrew Cuomo is so indifferent to the question of whether his Democratic Party can win back the state Senate in the next election.
It is frustrating, to be sure, to be thought of as in the same company as Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, but the most profound reaction I have to all this is: "how did he get away with it?"
Takeout sushi is to Pedro Espada as shoes were to Imelda Marcos. Of all the outrages in a civil lawsuit against the Senate Majority Leader, the $20,000 bill from a sushi restaurant takes the cake. Make that the sashimi.
New York State Senator Pedro Espada, ardent opponent of bridge tolls in the past, has now proposed a $2 toll on the East River Bridges.
The stoning of David Paterson furthers the myth that we can pinpoint the failures of our state on the misdeeds of its executive. It's a childish, short-sighted way to address injustice.
To my friend Dick Ravitch I would say, "No good deed goes unpunished! A lifetime of honorable service to your city and state in times of crisis, and this is what you reap!"
