George Marlin
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Fox in the hen house: Hochul names dubious hack to oversee Nassau County's finances
Richie Kessel's post work has raised alarms from New York's attorney general, comptroller and inspector general, so why did Hochul name him chair the board that oversees Nassau County's finances?
New York's lost a working-class champion with the death of Mike Long
Brooklyn-born Long was the quintessential “street-corner conservative.” He took guff from no one — not even the tough liberal guy from Queens, Mario Cuomo.
NY's election of Sen. Jim Buckley was key in America's Reagan-era rebirth
Fifty years ago, the nation’s political atmosphere was as charged as it is today. Protests turned to violence. Financially insecure working-class folks felt threatened by racial riots and rising crime....
Mangano trial: Scenes from the death of a GOP machine
Days after then-Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano took the oath of office in 2010, he whined to Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh — according to evidence presented by federal corruption...
Why New Yorkers shouldn't fall for the constitutional convention con
In 1846, New Yorkers approved a 20,000-word state constitution that requires the electorate, every 20 years, to answer this question: “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and...
How power went to Ed Mangano's head
The indictment of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on corruption charges by Eastern District US Attorney Robert Capers is a major blow to an ailing county government managed by political...
New York's next big corruption scandal
There was a stunning revelation in the corruption trial that convicted Dean Skelos: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorite Republican, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, planned to “assert Fifth Amendment privilege” if...
ISIS's Middle East Christian-cleansing
Here we go again. ISIS’s butchers this week kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya. Pray for them. Last month, the jihadists captured Ethiopian Christians and executed them. In February, it...
Eliot Spitzer: Confessed criminal
Ever since Eliot Spitzer jumped into the city comptroller race, he has confessed to anybody who will listen that he “failed” when he held elective office. That’s nonsense. Spitzer resigned...
More fake property-tax relief
Gov. Cuomo last week unveiled a proposal he claims will help distressed local governments restructure their finances. It was just the latest empty gesture toward making good on his 2010...
Primed for disaster
Long Islanders don’t need the Moreland Commission that Gov. Cuomo tapped to determine why they were without electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Ratepayers know quite well that the...
Better to cut their pay
The worst-kept secret in Albany is that members of the state Legislature intend to hold a lame-duck session after the election to vote themselves a pay raise. Lawmakers whine that...
NY’s conservative triumph
Tonight, the nation’s most successful third party, the Conservative Party of New York, celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala dinner at the Sheraton in Manhattan. Brothers-in-law J. Daniel Mahoney...
A perilous gambit
Nassau County is looking to end-run its fiscal-oversight board. If the state Legislature goes along, the move will quickly backfire on Nassau — and rapidly prove disastrous for other local...
A long line of fighters
Early tomorrow morning, the archbishop of New York becomes a member of the most exclusive club in the world — the Sacred College of Cardinals. Out of 1.1 billion Catholics...
Catholic-bash may be O’s undoing
The Obama administration caused a firestorm late last month. Ignoring conscience objections of religious leaders, it ordered Catholic schools, hospitals and charities to amendtheir health-care plans by Aug. 30, 2013to...
A brave champion for NY’s faithful
When New York Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan receives his red cardinal’s biretta from Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 18, he takes on grave responsibilities. From that day forward, he must...
Hang tough, Andrew
The radical leftist Working Families Party is pushing the old hippies and young narcissists of Occupy Wall Street to champion one of its pet issues -- extension of New York’s...
Port Authority perils
Gov. Cuomo yesterday nominated Patrick Foye, the former co-chairman of the Empire State Development Corp., to take over as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New...
Why bishops need Dolan's true grit
In a surprise move, the National Confer ence of Catholic Bishops last week skipped over the group's heir apparent, Arizona Bishop Gerard Kicanas, and elected New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan...