Nassau County’s 2015 operating budget incurred a statutory Generally Accepted Accounting Principles deficit of approximately $105 million. This means…
In late April, Standard and Poor’s rating service lowered the credit rating of the Town of Oyster Bay’s general obligation…
Despite endless rhetoric coming out of Gov. Cuomo’s office that New York is fiscally and economically sound, recent studies challenge…
While we await the appointment of a new chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, there has been much misguided…
Every January, Gov. Cuomo performs a political Kabuki dance. First there are leaks to favored newspapers describing his big…
Years of political cronyism and incompetence has caught up with the Republican-controlled Town of Oyster Bay. Its finances are…
Eight years ago I co-chaired the Conservatives for Mangano Committee. I agreed to join the committee — which was responsible…
With Republicans controlling the White House and both houses of Congress, desperate leftists are suddenly embracing “states’ rights” to protect…
Reports that the Republican Party is unlikely to nominate for a third term the disgraced County Executive, Ed Mangano, who…
With the federal indictment of County Executive Ed Mangano and Nassau’s protracted fiscal crisis, the Republican Party will have to…
It’s that time of year again — British journalist G.K. Chesterton’s “silly season,” when politicians hope that taxpayers are preoccupied…
At its June 30, 2016 meeting, the board of directors of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority unanimously approved a resolution…
During the economic depression of the late 1830s, New York State almost became insolvent. The state defaulted on debt…
Here’s my take on those who gained and those that lost in this year’s game of Nassau politics. WINNERS Madeline…
For readers who enjoy, as I do, giving books as Christmas presents to political junkie friends and relatives, here’s my…
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