George J Marlin

George J Marlin

144 Articles

From the Right: What happened Nov. 3?

  For months, pundits, pollsters and Democratic Party spokesmen were insisting that on Nov. 3 a blue tsunami would wash

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From the Right: New York election boards mired in patronage

Writing 48 hours before the polls open in New York, I am devoting this pre-election column to describing my anxiety

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From the Right: Joe Biden is captive of the left

Since the Democratic Convention adjourned in July, The New York Times and its media allies have been depicting Joe Biden

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From The Right: New York state’s Medicaid program failing

  Time and again Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged to root out structural waste and inefficiencies in state government in

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From the Right: The tax man cometh

The federal government's budget deficit is hitting all-time highs and New York's 2020-2021 state and local government budget deficits are

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From the Right: Many of Cuomo’s job investments have failed

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011, he has invested billions of taxpayers’ dollars into business ventures and

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From the Right: How to cure Nassau’s ailing finances

When the Nassau Interim Finance Authority voted in January 2011 to impose a control period on the county government, the

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On the Right: DiNapoli waves red flag on NYC revenue loss

In early August, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a 43-page analysis of New York City’s economic and fiscal trends. His

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From the Right: The unique coronavirus recession

The 2020 recession Americans have been enduring is very different from past downturns. First and foremost, the economic shutdown was

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On the Right: Long Islanders must pay $2.1B in gov’t severance

It is my hope that readers were appalled to learn that Long Island taxpayers will have to shell out at

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From the Right: Summer reading for political junkies

  For some years, I have been recommending new political books readers might choose to crack open during their summer

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From the Right: Past reforms nearly bankrupted city

  In the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd, New York City and other municipalities in the metropolitan

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From the right: New York’s sad transit history

Since New York’s first rail line opened to passengers in July 1868, the transit system has been plagued by political

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From the Right: Consequences of the shutdown

  By George J. Marlin Every New Yorker is enduring the social, economic and fiscal consequences of the government-ordered shutdown.

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From The Rigth: Gov. Cuomo: Where’s the shared sacrifice?

In March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered an economic shutdown and confined most New Yorkers to their homes. After consulting a

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