The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently released their five year capital spending plan which lays out how the organization plans to adapt to changing needs and budgetary restrictions during the coming years. Having read the...

When the story of this year’s budget is written, there will be no shortage of adjectives used to describe both the process of how this budget came to be and how the end result will be viewed. There can be no doubt that this is not only the most secretive...

With less than two weeks remaining before the start of New York’s next fiscal year, only three people out of 19 million New Yorkers have any idea what the state budget may end up looking like. In fact, Sheldon Silver may be the only person in all of...

As an Assemblyman, one of my greatest pleasures is seeing the citizens of Nassau County, Long Island and all of New York actively participating in government. This past weekend was a great example of individuals and organizations rallying to affect change...

In recent weeks, I have come together with my fellow Long Island Assembly colleagues in sponsoring legislation that will repeal the current state gasoline tax for these upcoming summer months between Memorial Day and Labor Day. This proposal is not a...

Dear Editor, By now, all New Yorkers are aware of the governor’s 2008-09 Executive Budget, however, they may not be aware that it shifts the cost of a number of programs from the state to the counties. It is this shift in cost that will impact the...

Dear Editor: As Chairman of the Assembly Minority Sex Offender Watch Task Force, I have listened to testimony from parents and advocacy groups across New York. One concern they have is a loophole in current state law, which allows a sex offender no...