Editorial: A careless approach to care
Last year, when Public Partnerships LLC was chosen to administer New York’s home care services program, this editorial board made two observations. First, we wrote, the state had better be sure about...
View ArticleCommentary: Bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools is best approach
As New Yorkers mark five years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and classrooms, students across the state continue to face daunting obstacles to learning. According to most recent data, test...
View ArticleCommentary: Excessive prison sentences don't make communities safer
As a law enforcement professional, I’ve spent my career dedicated to keeping communities safe. But I’ve also seen firsthand how excessive sentences and outdated laws fail to promote safety — and often...
View ArticleCommentary: In the North Country, fear of the 'other'
On Feb. 18, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained nine immigrants working at Tupper Lake Pine Mill in the Adirondacks and scheduled them for deportation. ICE said the workers...
View ArticleEditorial: Tariff madness
President Donald J. Trump this past week imposed sweeping tariffs built on false premises, based on false numbers and justified by false hopes. If this misguided trade war goes on, it’s quite likely...
View ArticleCommentary: How government policy scrambled our food supply
A recent trip to the grocery store has got me, and likely every household in America, thinking about the rising cost of eggs. Local businesses that rely on eggs have watched their operating costs rise...
View ArticleCommentary: A call for international scholars to boycott academic events in...
Since Donald Trump’s election and his repeated threats of a trade war, many Canadians have been carefully monitoring their purchases to avoid U.S. products. The Trump administration’s attacks on...
View ArticleEditorial: ‘Disappeared’ in America
The Trump administration has an arrangement with El Salvador to place deported undocumented immigrants and even American citizens convicted of crimes in one of the world’s most notorious prisons. But...
View ArticleCommentary: Trump's consolidation of power raises an ominous question: Will...
All presidents try to concentrate power into the office of the executive. But none has done so as brazenly, or as ambitiously, as Donald Trump. Presidents act with alacrity in concentrating power...
View ArticleEditorial: Squirrelly contrition
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been doing some soul-searching over the agency’s handling of Peanut the squirrel last year. Soul-searching is good — and while they’re feeling...
View ArticleCommentary: A bureaucratic change would help New York better protect its...
New York’s flagship land conservation programs have a tremendous legacy in our state — creating and expanding our renowned and beloved state parks and forests and protecting our precious natural...
View ArticleCommentary: Federal cuts are hurting New York's farmers — and the pain won't...
Over my 47 years as a farmer in New York, I’ve had seasons of abundance and seasons of loss. Farmers weather everything from floods and freezes to heat waves and drought. Unfortunately, farmers are...
View ArticleCommentary: Hochul's actions on prisons are making New York less safe
New York’s corrections system is in crisis, and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to release inmates early puts public safety in jeopardy. Hochul fired over 2,000 correction officers after they struck over...
View ArticleCommentary: To fight animal cruelty, New York needs stronger penalties and...
Lavender’s face has made international headlines — swollen, battered and earless. Dubbed “the saddest face in America,” this severely abused dog, found mangled on the streets of Schenectady, is doing...
View ArticleEditorial: Airport report makes poor case for Phil Calderone's firing
Eight months after the unfair and untimely dismissal of its former CEO, the Albany County Airport Authority board is still trying to convince everyone that firing Phil Calderone was the right...
View Article