Robert P. Astorino
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How to protect taxpayers: Use your heart, brain and spine
Communism, goes the classic joke, is the system under which the people pretend to work and the state pretends to pay them. The New York corollary is that the state...
Albany leaves us stuck in a rut --- again
Sadly, the state’s new $142 billion budget is more of the same. It spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much. It does nothing to change the downward...
The right way to spend New York's BNP Paribas windfall
New York state stands to reap billions from the fines paid by French banking giant BNP Paribas to settle money-laundering charges. The one-time windfall should go to address our urgent...
Labor law is choking NY’s gov’ts
Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders have reportedly decided not to pursue a key reform this year — changing the Triborough Amendment, which now keeps public-employee-union contracts in effect even after...
Gov't we just can't afford
If state and local gov ernments are ever to get their budget deficits under control, they absolutely must address spending. The issue here is simply one of affordability. Westchester County...