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NYS Needs a Moratorium on Forest Preserve Acquisitions.

by Peter Heckman

DNA Exonerations Show Need for Legislative Action

by Stephen Saloom

The Lure of Cheap Energy

by Paul Esmond

An American Charity Slump?

by Nathan Tabor

Beverage Tax Definitely Foolish

by Nelson Eusebio

Don't waste school aid crisis

by E.J. McMahon

You Can’t Fix Health Care Until You Eliminate Waste

by Laura Wander

Killing Jobs Before They are Created

by Brian McMahon

State Budget Ups and Downs

by Elizabeth Lynam and Tammy Pels

Testimony to New York City Council Economic Development Committee on the Empire Zone Program

by Kenneth Adams

Liquor Lobby Scare Tactics Shouldn't Stop Opportunity in NY

by Assembly Members Micah Kellner and Keith Wright

Preserving the Rights of Adirondack Families

by Teresa Sayward

Lawmakers Need to Rethink How to Help Uninsured

by Ralph Spagnuola

Legislature Made Right Call in Rejecting Wine in Grocery Stores

by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz

What are we really voting for on Election Day?

by Jon Coykendall

President Challenges Community Leaders Look to a Bright Economic Future

by Stephen J. Acquario

New York’s Efforts to Provide Mandate Relief

by Paul D. Moore and Elizabeth Lyons*

The public deserves to know staffing levels in hospitals

by Tina Gerardi, RN, CAE

Unlike Fine Wine, Wine in Grocery Stores Proposal Doesn’t Get Better with Age

by Mike Elmendorf

Moving New York out of the 17th Century: A Proposal to Reform Wine and Liquor Laws