Lawmakers: stop milking the state
Our opinion: How many more abuses of a lax and generous expense policy will the legislature tolerate? No other employer that we know of would purposely let untold thousands of dollars slip out the door...
View ArticleWhat Christie can teach Cuomo
It’s been duck-and-cover for Gov. Andrew Cuomo since The New York Times found evidence of possible corruption. In contrast, “Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey…has been far more adept at...
View ArticleSheriff’s remarks were inappropriate
I cannot imagine the horror that police officers experienced in their investigation, and later discovery, of what happened to Kenneth White. That is no excuse for the comments that Albany County...
View ArticleHerbal remedy, or hoax?
The latest affront to consumers lurks in the multi-colored bottles along the “health” aisle, where two recent studies suggest herbal supplements are too often unlikely to be what they claim. Both...
View ArticleAnswers, not agendas
The escape of two convicted murderers from Clinton Correctional Facility continues to raise questions, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is right to want answers. But his appointment of his own inspector general...
View ArticleKudos to reporter for investigation
I would like to thank reporter Dartunorro Clark for the thorough job he did investigating the facts related to the story “Drainage pipe a gift or good deed,” Aug. 3. On the face of it, it looked like...
View ArticleThe prison wall of silence
With all the reports of brutality in New York’s prisons, one has to wonder: How could this go on unchecked? Now, it seems, we have an answer: The very unit whose job it is to investigate this...
View ArticleUAlbany exhibits strong leadership
Over the last month, the University at Albany has been dealing with allegations of a racially motivated assault on a CDTA bus. After a detailed investigation by the university’s police department, the...
View ArticleAccountability in Troy
We may never know the reason Edson Thevenin fled a police stop early Sunday morning in Troy. The unarmed Watervliet man was shot and killed by police minutes later in a confrontation that leaves too...
View ArticleThevenin shooting needs more investigation
It may well be true that the police officer who shot and killed Edson Thevenin in Troy was justified in his actions and acted within the law. However, the decision of Rensselaer County District...
View ArticleImmunity eludes justice in Troy
Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove immunized Troy Police Sgt. Randall French from any possible prosecution for the shooting of Edson Thevenin by permitting him to testify before a grand...
View ArticleBenghazi showed passive leaders
The editorial “Wasteful Benghazi,” June 30, suggested the latest Benghazi investigation was not worth the cost. The cost of this investigation pales in comparison to the cost of the transportation of...
View ArticleRepublicans get in way of moving US forward
The voters should ask themselves, “Why should I vote Democrat?” There are many reasons: 1. It is the Senate Republicans who have filibustered more than any Senate in modern times. 2. They have vilified...
View ArticleA police scandal deepens
Putting aside the intrigue, legalities and technicalities, the controversy within the State Police crime lab can be boiled down to this: Some guilty people may be getting away with their crimes, and...
View ArticleLand sales warrant some close examination
A recent article noted Tri-City Rentals had bought property from Columbia Development Cos. That property is central to an ongoing investigation. Starting in 2014, with Columbia’s secretive blockbusting...
View ArticleWhat’s to hide, governor?
It’s fine, it seems, for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to try to look over the shoulder of a federal prosecutor who is investigating his administration. Ah, but when the public wants to look over Mr. Cuomo’s...
View ArticleCongress should get behind probe of Russia
I would like to applaud the Times Union Editorial Board for calling on the electors to vote to deny Donald Trump the presidency (“Electors, reject Mr. Trump,” Dec. 15). It’s as if we are now living in...
View ArticleUndemocratic tools used to oust Flynn
America will benefit from Michael Flynn’s resignation, but the methods used for his ousting — “a soft coup or political assassination engineered by anonymous intelligence community bureaucrats” — is...
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