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Is Cuomo’s plan the answer?

Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced a three-way agreement on a plan to put a few more brackets in New York’s almost flat tax code, and boost infrastructure spending, particularly on...

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New York rises
 to a challenge

Our opinion: An agreement among state leaders on a more progressive tax code, infrastructure, jobs and disaster aid, offers hope that maybe — just maybe — the days of dysfunction are over. New York is...

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No thanks to
 a round of pork

Our opinion: How obvious can this Legislature get? How oblivious to fiscal reality? So this is the fruit of fiscal discipline, in the eyes of Assembly Democrats: more pork for legislators to lard out...

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Pen is mightier than the pork

Our opinion: Gov. Andrew Cuomo was right to nix a raft of new pork in the budget. But what’s needed is a permanent ban Visitors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Web page lately have been greeted with a picture...

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Stop protecting these abusers

Our opinion: Attempts to keep scandals under wraps isn’t helping improve the image of government. The revelation that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver authorized a $100,000-plus secret payment to settle...

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Not this again, Mr. Cuomo

Our opinion: The governor and legislative leaders need to admit their new ethics panel is no improvement, and start over. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is shocked to discover that there may be politics happening...

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NYRA reform, or bait and switch?

Our opinion: In overhauling the corrupt, dysfunctional New York Racing Association, rearranging the deck chairs doesn’t count. It had to be a joke, we thought. No one would seriously create a board to...

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What’s the big secret?

Our opinion: The state’s ethics commission lacks the transparency we need to see if members of this panel are behaving ethically. Once again, the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics — a body...

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For women, a clearer path

Our opinion: Abortion will be an issue for New York voters next year; other aspects of women’s rights need to be an issue for lawmakers now. As disappointing as the outcome was, the state Senate’s...

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A bad system hums along

Our opinion: The nomination of a loyal Democratic attorney to lead enforcement at the state Board of Elections is business as usual — and that’s bad for voters and democracy in New York. It’s back to...

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Mr. Silver’s latest blunder

Our opinion: The state Assembly finds itself with more allegations of sexual harassment. How much further will the public’s trust in government erode? So Assemblyman Micah Kellner welcomes the state’s...

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