New Yorkers are miserable. But at least now we know why. Specifically, a state government that eats much of your paycheck is concurrently making you sad. The phenomenon of Empire State-based dejection has been analyzed before. Now, Allysia Finley of the Wall Street Journal has highlighted a Science...

The New York State Senate rejected the same-sex marriage bill yesterday 38-24. There was some hope from proponents of the bill that it would pass, but the mere $50 million in state revenue it would allegedly generate wasn’t enough of an incentive. I guess Governor Paterson will have to find new...

The next time you are told by Senate Democrats in Albany that same-sex marriage is an issue of “equality,” you can say that is pure crap… and you’d be right. The New York Times reports that gay marriage might now have a shot in the stat… but the motivation is not equal rights…...

It’s an ominous moment for one’s career when the President of the United States tells you to quit your job.  Granted, it’s the same president who spends his free time micromanaging banks and car companies, but David Paterson can’t feel comfortable about an anti-endorsement that submarines his...

Ah, isn’t it  nice to know that now that Democrats are back in control of the state senate that they can go back to their same old sleazy ways? Apparently Senator Pedro Espada’s son has been given a cushy senate job worth $120,000 a year. Weeks after Senator Pedro Espada Jr. helped resolve...

As Matt noted in a recent entry, a recent poll found New Yorkers would rather see Democrats control the State Senate than Republicans.  At the same time, a Rasmussen survey also points out that the biggest percentage prefers that both parties take off: Thirty-seven percent (37%) of New York voters...