Political Decisions Can be Costly, Even When Made on the Merits For nine years we have been writing about New York city and state government. For the most part, when one writes a column, it is to call public attention to a situation which requires correction. Relatively few columns are devoted to the praise of an individual or agency, unless such …
New York Civic: Best Served Cold By Henry J. Stern
Before Most of You Were Born, Big Fish Swam in State Politics NOTE: A few of you already know most of this history, but the majority will pick up some information which is no longer widely disseminated in 2011. It helps us to know what happened years ago, and how history sometimes repeats itself and sometimes does not. The dispositive …