The Journalists Association of New York, a nonprofit organization that advocates for radio, television and print journalists from dozens of news media organizations and colleges throughout New York state, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to immediately cease his recent practice of closing all of ...
The passage of the Randy Preston Road Salt Reduction Act marks the single greatest opportunity to combat road salt pollution since this problem was first discovered. It could not come at a more important moment. Recent scientific studies have demonstrated the prevalence of road salt ...
Since 1871 the Civil Rights Act has held state and local officials — including police officers — legally liable for damages if their actions violate a citizen’s constitutional rights. That’s until the Supreme Court punched a huge hole in the law, making it now nearly impossible to ...
Chilly mornings, sunny afternoons, deep puddles of water on Lake Flower Avenue and the honking of geese returning to their summer haven — all signs of spring in the Adirondacks. It is the beginning of the season of rebirth and the beginning of the end to this frightening pandemic — what a ...
In his response to my March 11 commentary “God and fools,” Joseph Kimpflen stated “pro-life crusaders, overall, are among the least violent people you will ever find passionately advocating a cause.” Perhaps the qualifying “overall” is meant to minimize or dismiss the not-so-few ...
I have recently been amazed by the lack of information in press reports as well as the amazingly inaccurate and thoroughly anti-immigrant (if not anti-American) propaganda emanating from conservatives across the country whose only intent appears to be to make America a worse place for anyone ...