For many years New York state had a reputation of being openly hostile to business. Thinking outside of the box was not in the government handbook. The business culture is beginning to change under the leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The primary elections for state legislature turned into a referendum, of sorts, on same-sex marriage. I'm sorry to say that gay rights had a bad day.

State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spent $103,000 of your taxpayer money to secretly settle the claims of two women who said they were sexually harassed by Vito Lopez. As things turned out, Lopez was only warming up. Welcome to Albany.

Earlier this week, political activist and comedian Randy Credico engaged in a novel protest and civil disobedience inside of the New York State Capitol building: he smoked a joint.

Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is New York City's busiest food pantry, feeding over 10,000 people per month. As fate would have it, adjacent to BSCAH's headquarters on Fulton street there now sits a massive vacant lot.

Kudos to the small group of dedicated civil libertarians who have struggled for years to bring this important problem to the attention of the public.

No one should be rotting away in prison, sentenced from a crime based on tainted evidence. What will happen to the potentially several hundred prisoners whose cases could have been tainted by problematic testing procedures?

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.

The New York governor has racked up an impressive victory streak in Albany -- a place where governing effectively is very difficult. Can he keep it up?

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.

Good Lord, how often is it the New York state legislature makes you proud? The GOP-controlled Senate approved gay marriage.

State senator Greg Ball has articulated three specific concerns with the bill -- concerns which, I believe, can mostly be answered. This gap is eminently bridgeable.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a video message strongly endorsing the push for marriage equality in New York. "New Yorkers have been on the right side ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking a hands-on approach in the battle to pass a gay marriage bill. The New York Times reports that Cuomo is committed to help...

Andrew Cuomo has already proven he can use his political muscle to push his agenda through in New York. But could he be one heartbeat away from the Pr...

He's not a Republican, but New York conservatives like what they see so far from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. From the New York Post: Gov. Cuomo earned plaudi...

With the April 1 deadline to pass a state budget looming, Gov. Cuomo warned New Yorkers that the government could stop running. From the Daily News: ...

Gov. Cuomo has never been a fan of the Indian Point Power Plant, and now he has new evidence to support its closure. A report released by the Union...

The new governor had 82 PowerPoint slides in a speech laden with promises of reform. But just do one thing important and difficult, Andrew. We're too beaten down to hold grudges if the other 81 power points don't come true.