While world leaders gather in Copenhagen to address climate change on a global scale, here at home, New York tackled the number one contributor to its own carbon footprint -- its buildings.
Few realize that America is at a critical moment in the history of consumer protection. Last week Barney Frank led the House to pass landmark legislation that focused on protecting consumers.
It is in NYC's buildings that the real impact of sustainability policy will be felt. As our homes and businesses are weatherized and our old appliances are replaced by energy efficient models, the sentiments of Copenhagen become a reality.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his wife Veronica must be feeling pretty smug. They have forced out the Police Foundation's longtime and conscientious executive director Pamela Delaney.
When a developer seeks taxpayer subsidies, it should be expected to create good jobs in return. LA has made this approach a centerpiece. It is hard to believe that New York cannot do the same.
Janis' music has been widely reported by many throughout the world to have healing qualities. Played in dozens of hospitals with the children and adults in cancer wards, patients and families swear to witnessing various miracles.
Mayor Bloomberg is backing away from a key component of a plan that would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the city's buildings.
Bloomberg must begin to recognize that real prosperity doesn't trickle from the top down. The battle over jobs planned for the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx is his first challenge.
Mayor Bloomberg's store-bought third term has not yet begun yet he has picked a fight with someone no one in his right mind wants to fight: outgoing Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau.
Brian (or Amir, or Jose, his name does not really make a difference) failed the 9th grade math level one Regents. The mayor says, "Fire the teacher!"
High-stakes testing is a bullet train barreling through education reform; you're either on the train, on the sidelines, or waving your hands in franti...
Liz Feld is apparently feeling her oats in considering a run against Kirsten Gillibrand for the U.S. Senate. Perhaps Feld believes that a win in Westchester can carry her to DC.
With crime at historic lows and the police commissioner enjoying high public approval, one might think the NYPD would extend basic respect to police reporters. Think again.
Why, after a decade of decreasing deaths, has New York's progress in reducing women's mortality stumbled so badly? Following the money gives a dismaying answer: the Bloomberg administration.
When we reflect on things we're thankful for, do you think anybody puts New York government on the list? Nah. Nevertheless, in the spirit of the season, here's a list of public sector thank yous.
Our children can become the world's greatest experts on test taking, but that will not stop businesses from shipping jobs overseas to India, China and South Korea, where standards of living are lower.
If the Senate gets their way, in just a few years we'll end up having to gut education, Medicaid, and public assistance. In just a few months, we'll have to lay off state employees.
Despite saturation advertising on TV, endorsements by all the dailies, and a nearly constant barrage of mailings and robocalls, Bloomberg's margin of victory was less than 5 percent.
Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.
In the Bronx, residents are fighting to ensure that a new retail development, which is receiving tens of millions in public subsidies, provides true economic opportunity for local residents.
Why weren't Bloomberg's well-known plans for global business news domination a bigger issue in the recent mayoral race? There was a failure of reporting at the Times caused by budget cuts.
