Remember those old Disney ads, “Hey (fill in the blank)  you just won the Super Bowl, what are you going to do now?  Well if you’re Joe Girardi and your team just won the World Series, the answer would clearly not be “I’m going to Disneyworld.”  Nah, Girardi would rather do something humble, like save [...]

When I first met Susan Tolchin 12 years ago, she was peeved, walking around a near empty office, waving her arms at the empty walls.  Even back then, Tolchin, who is now Deputy County Executive, was fiercely protective of her boss’s image. Some things never change. 

Here’s what I wrote in January 1998: 

 

When Andrew J. Spano [...]

We on the Editorial Board were as surprised as anyone to see the complete drubbing that County Executive Andy Spano took from his challenger Rob Astorino in the polls yesterday. Astorino seized on taxpayer exhaustion in this famously “highest property tax in the nation” county  and promised to cut the size of county government.  But perhaps [...]

As for gauging the effectiveness of the calorie labeling laws in chain restaurants, the first results are in and they are not encouraging.  As reported online today in the journal  Health Affairs: the Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, researchers from New York University and Yale University checked the receipts of low-income and multi-ethnic consumers before the [...]

Published reports say that Larry Schwartz, the former Westchester Deputy County Executive and now top  adviser to Gov. David Paterson, is in open conflict with the state’s new Lt. Governor,  Richard Ravitch. At issue, is how the governor should proceed with budget cuts, the New York Post’s Fred Dicker reports.

Schwartz, an always-astute reader of the [...]

I thought the drug generation burned out in the 60s and 70s. Guess not. Deaths from drug use—illegal, prescription, borrowed—are not only on the rise, in 16 states they have overtaken deaths from car accidents. According to an Associated Press story, New York is one of those states. 

The improvement in car safety has contributed to the [...]

It is surprising to find out  that the New York State Comptroller has audited New Rochelle’s school lunch.  Shouldn’t the office that is responsible for managing the state’s ever-shrinking pension fund, and overseeing the spending and purchasing practices of schools, municipalities and state agencies, have more important things to look after? But as staff writer [...]

How do you say “Census” in Spanish? Tune in to one of the popular Spanish-language Telenovelas, or soap operas, that are broadcast five nights a week on the Telemundo cable station and you will soon find out. According to published reports, the U.S. Census Bureau has teamed up with the producers of Mas Sabe el [...]

Just a quick note: If you are registered in a party that is holding a primary today, don’t forget to vote !

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