In order to garner political support for his suspension of term limits, Mike Bloomberg promised New Yorkers a chance to review and revise the City Charter, the document that outlines the power structure and legislative process of the City of New York.

Considering last year's historically low voter turnout,...

Make no mistake: what started as a personal attack on David Paterson by the New York Times has become a full-on stoning: an execution by the hands of the public.

I'm not defending Paterson's behavior. What he did by calling Sherr-una Booker was unethical, misguided, foolish, and insensitive to...

Dear State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs,

According the Daily News, you, "said [your] goal is to avoid a primary or, short of that, make sure it is conducted 'without rancor and with as little contentiousness as possible.'"

It's a stunning state of affairs we're in when the...

Let's say that you're part of the 49% of New York State that disapproves of David Paterson's performance as governor. If you were given the hypothetical chance to act as his counsel, what would you tell him to do differently? What is it, specifically, that he's really doing...

How bad is it up there in our capital? Are you trying to follow the story of our state budget, but find New York politics to be needlessly complex and boring? I'm writing three opinion pieces that describe what's happening in Albany with the budget, its severity, media coverage, and...

Here's Part 2 of my 3 Part Series on the NY State Budget Deficit. Part 1, which you can read here, was an explanation of the crisis and description of the State Senate's unfortunate and dangerous control of the cuts. 

Here's a first: Our...

How bad is it up there in our capital? Are you trying to follow the story of our state budget, but find New York politics to be needlessly complex and boring? I'm writing three opinion pieces that describe what's happening in Albany with the budget, its severity, its media coverage,...

Why are we still talking about Eliot Spitzer’s sex scandal?

The internet seemed to erupt in collective anger last week when Mr. Spitzer gave a speech on ethics at Harvard Law. Every New York paper took the opportunity to remind the public of the low-brow, obvious irony of...

What could have swung this mayoral election into a Thompson win?

The people of New York didn't go take this vote-buy-out on their knees. Bloomberg's supposed 18 point blow-out materialized on November 3rd as a tight race with a narrow margin of 4½ points. Four and a half points that...