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New York State Legislature

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    April 18, 2012

    Arming Transit Workers With Stun Guns: Recipe For Disaster Or Necessary Safety Measure?

    There's currently a bill in the New York State Legislature that would add transit workers to the list of New Yorkers authorized to have -- and use -- stun guns.The bill was introduced by state Senator Eric Adams, a 22-year law enforcement veteran who spent six years working as an MTA cop. It's in re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    John Liu, With the New School, Proposes Pension Plan to Address Retirement Crisis

    ​City Comptroller John Liu, staying focused on official business and not his ongoing campaign finance controversy, unveiled a new pension plan this morning designed to target what he says is a growing retirement crisis in New York City. Here's the problem, according to Liu, an expected 2013 mayo ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Young Men's Initiative: The White Mayor's Burden

    Bloomberg aims to help the young black and Latino men he has been throwing in jail for a decade

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    David Paterson Vetoes His Way to Tabloid Glory

    ​David Paterson would have you believe that he did the only responsible thing by vetoing almost 7,000 appropriation bills passed by his former Democratic colleagues in the Legislature. He is even taking a veto victory tour, sustained by the fact that the Republican minority in the State Senate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    New York State Voters Mad as Hell, Want New Legislators, Constitution

    ​A new Quinnipiac poll shows voter antipathy to the New York State Legislature at an all-time, catastrophic high: 72 percent disapproval. Showing more attention to state governance nationwide than we heretofore expected, 13 percent of voters told the Q-poll our legislature is "the worst in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Albany Wants Video Games Labeled for Sodomy, S&M, Etc.

    Just recently, the New York State Legislature was trying to protect minors from racist video games. Now it's back to worrying over sex and violence. A new Assembly bill demands labeling, above and beyond what the Entertainment Software Rating Board already requires, to warn parents of the possibilit ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2008

    Letters 11.05.08

    Just recently, the New York State Legislature was trying to protect minors from racist video games. Now it's back to worrying over sex and violence. A new Assembly bill demands labeling, above and beyond what the Entertainment Software Rating Board already requires, to warn parents of the possibilit ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 10, 2008

    Back to School With Ray Kelly's Bullies on Patrol

    Another fall begins with the Police Commissioner's henchmen in control

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