Tickling kingpin Eric Massa is jobless, although he’s still affecting Democratic politics.  How should we remember the Southern Tier’s former federal conduit as he prematurely transitions back to private life?  The answer is “As a left-wing fanatic who also turned out to be a lowlife perv,”...

As if New York politics needed more drama, Politco reports that Rep. Eric Massa says that the White House and DEmocrat leaders in the House of Representative ousted him over his position on health care. Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments...

City Hall can’t run the economy properly.  City Hall can barely run City Hall.  Buffalo has not quite been dragged into financial utopia by its government; that’s especially seen in the folly of redistributing our money among companies of the bureaucracy’s choosing.  But at least one...

Lately, it seems as though most are taking it for granted that Andrew Cuomo will run for governor, and win. The polls all point to Cuomo easily defeating any challenger. But, Bloomberg News reports that there may be some issues in Cuomo’s closet. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s campaign...

New Jersey and New York are similar neighbors.  For one, both are homes to NFL venues.  Of course, the Garden State hosts two teams, even if they’re equipped with out-of-state license plates, while the Empire State has one, as long as the Bills count as a pro squad.  The resemblance goes beyond...

I am not going to play the partisan game where when an official in your party is indicted you ramble on and on about how an indictment is not a conviction, but when someone not in your party is indicted you treat it like a the accused has already been found guilty. When any elected official is accused...

It appears that Caroline Kennedy took her name out of consideration for the U.S. Senate because tax evasion and an illegal immigrant housekeeper has been uncovered. The account emerged 14 hours after Ms. Kennedy announced that she was taking her name out of contention for the Senate seat vacated by Hillary...

It really never ends with this guy. Representative Charles B. Rangel’s legal team is reviewing his tax records to determine whether the congressman received a homestead exemption on a house he owned in Washington while living in several rent-stabilized apartments in New York City. The situation is...

Looks like Elliot Spitzer has joined the growing club of Above The Law Democrats: Former Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer, who saw his rising political career come to an end last March, will not face federal criminal charges for being a customer of a high-priced prostitution ring, prosecutors said Thursday. While...

Perhaps more disturbing than Barack Obama’s connections to terrorist Bill Ayers and his lying about it is the fact that nearly 4000 so-called educators have signed a statement in support of Bill Ayers. The statement, amongst other ridiculous things, says the following: The current characterizations...

Another Democrat paying his “fair share” of taxes: Gov. David Paterson’s chief of staff blames depression for failing to file income taxes for five years. Charles O’Byrne, who earns $178,500, has paid more than $200,000 in back taxes. The tax debt came to light when New York’s...

Wow, if the Buffalo News recognizes that Charlie Rangel should step down… then he really ought to consider doing such. His situation is nearly untenable. He leads the House tax-writing committee, yet he acknowledges that he failed to report about $75,000 in rental income on his beach house in the...

Nancy Pelosi may be publicly supporting Charlie Rangel by saying she won’t ask him to step aside, but the New York Post says sources tell them that privately, Pelosi is urging Rangel to step aside. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday privately pushed Rep. Charlie Rangel to give up his chairmanship...

The New York Post reveals that for the past 20 years, Rep. Charles Rangel “has owned a beachfront villa in a sun-drenched Dominican Republic resort, yet has only sporadically declared income on the property in federal filings.” This revelation, in addition to other ethical questions he’s...

According to a press release I just received, Erie County Republican Party Chairman Jim Domagalski is calling on congressional candidate Jon Powers to return contributions he received from Rep. Charles Rangel, following today’s New York Times story on a number of Rangel’s sweetheart real...

Gotta love it. NO DOUBT, when Eliot Spitzer was attorney general – or, as he was more fondly called, the Sheriff of Wall Street – you know he expected his high-profile cases to be turned into thinly disguised episodes of “Law & Order.” Tomorrow night, he gets his wish –...