Few New Yorkers would disagree that state politics are broken. Even fewer are the number of proposed fixes — from term limits for lawmakers to tighter restrictions on campaign fund-raising — that have actually become law.
Now in the weeks since a partisan power struggle in the State Senate brought New York’s government to new heights of chaos, a growing chorus is calling for a more radical approach: a constitutional convention to rewrite the state’s very political DNA.
Charles Schumer is calling for a probe of security safeguards at nuclear plants following revelations that a suspected al-Qaida operative worked at six U.S. atomic facilities. Sharif Mobley is now in custody in Yemen following a shootout at a hospital there. The 26-year-old is a U.S. citizen...
Mar 14 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Do you care how much salt State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has in his food? Well, he cares about how much you have in yours. The Brooklyn Democrat has introduced a bill that would completely ban the use of salt in every restaurant kitchen in New York...
Mar 11 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »
Governor David Paterson has pardoned an immigrant slated for deportation for having spent time behind bars for crimes he committed as a teenager. Qing Hong Wu, 29, was officially pardoned on Saturday but he was released from detainment in a New Jersey correctional facility Tuesday night. Wu,...
Mar 10 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
A New York real estate group has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it harassed tenants as part of a campaign to...
