About Ruben Diaz Jr. Ruben Diaz Jr. first entered public office as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1997 – and is currently serving his second full term as Bronx Borough President – having been reelected in November 2013 with more than 89 percent of the vote. The Bronx has seen over $7 billion in new development […]
About Robert Astorino Robert Astorino is the Republican Westchester County Executive. Astorino was elected to office in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 with bipartisan support winning by a 13-point margin. Astorino has frozen or cut the county tax levy every year since his election, reduced overall spending, maintained the highest credit rating among counties in New York, attracted new businesses […]
About John Flanagan Senator John Flanagan is the President and Majority Leader of the New York. He is Republican. He represents the Second Senate District – which includes the entire Town of Smithtown and portions of the Town of Brookhaven and the Town of Huntington. He was first elected to represent this part of Suffolk County in 2002 and overwhelmingly reelected in 2004- […]
About Cherie Blair Cherie Blair The first member of her family to go to university, she studied law at the London School of Economics. Called to the Bar in 1976, she became a Queens Counsel in 1995 and was a founder member of Matrix Chambers. She sat as a Recorder, as part-time judges are known, from 1999-2015; she is also […]
About Dr. Matthew Pase Dr. Matthew Pase is an NHMRC Sidney Sax Senior Research Fellow at Swinburne’s Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, a visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and an Investigator at the Framingham Heart Study. His primary focus is in understanding vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and cognitive impairment, and he […]
About Grover Norquist Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels and supports tax reform that moves towards taxing consumed income one time at one […]
About David Perdue U.S. Senator David Perdue is the junior Senator from Georgia. He is the only Fortune 500 CEO in Congress and has over 40 years of business experience as the former CEO of Reebok athletic brand and Dollar General stores. Prior to election to the U.S. Senate in 2014, he had never held public office. Senator Perdue is […]
About Arthur Laffer Arthur Laffer is an economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–89). Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve – an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will result in maximum tax revenue for governments. He […]
About Vincent F. DeMarco Vincent F. DeMarco, is the Sheriff of Suffolk County, New York. He began his distinguished career as a Suffolk County Deputy Sheriff in 1994. On November 8, 2005, DeMarco was elected to the position of Sheriff of Suffolk County. On January 1, 2006, he was sworn in and became the first uniformed member of the Sheriff’s […]
About Vito Fossella Vito Fossella, Former Congressman is a Republican who represented the state’s 13th Staten Island) Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms – from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Before being elected to the House of Representatives – Mr. Fossella served in the New York City Council – representing Staten […]
About Elizabeth Rose Deputy Chancellor Elizabeth Rose is the New York School’s Deputy Chancellor of Operations. In this capacity DEputy Chancellor Rose oversees: Division of School Facilities; Division of Non Public Schools; Office of Safety and Youth Development, including the Office of Safety and Security and the Office of Guidance and School Counseling; Office of School Health; Office of School […]
About Dr. Seymour Lachman Dr. Seymour Lachman has had a career that has encompassed several different professions. He has been a teacher, a college professor, an administrator and policy maker, a state senator, an author and a television commentator. For the last several years, Seymour has served as the Dean of the Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform at […]
About Michael J. Palladino Michael J. Palladino is the President of the Detectives’ Endowment Association – Inc. (DEA) – first elected in 2004. He spearheads contract negotiations and all dealings with the City – Chairs the union’s Health Benefits Funds – as well as Chairs the Trustees of the DEA’s Annuity Fund. He is also a Trustee of the $33-billion […]
About Richard Blumenthal Senator Richard Blumenthal is serving his first term as the Democratic United States Senator from the State of Connecticut. Senator Blumenthal served an unprecedented five terms as Connecticut’s Attorney General – fighting for people against large and powerful special interests. His aggressive law enforcement for consumer protection – environmental stewardship – labor rights – and personal privacy […]
About Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou is Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is a Senior Fellow in National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress (Washington, DC) and a non-resident Fellow at The Hedayah International Center of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (Abu […]
About Floyd Abrams Floyd Abrams is an expert on constitutional law – and many arguments in the briefs he has written before the United States Supreme Court have been adopted as United States Constitutional interpretative law as it relates to the First Amendment and free speech. He is an attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is the William J. […]
About Larry Kudlow Larry Kudlow – is a syndicated columnist – who appears in numerous U.S.newspapers and web sites – including his own blog – Kudlow’s Money Politic. He is a CNBC senior contributor. He is also the host of “The Larry Kudlow Show” – which broadcasts each Saturday from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on WABC Radio and is […]
About Dov Hikind Assemblyman Dov Hikind has served the 48th Assembly District for more than three decades as an outspoken advocate for his constituency, battling discrimination, anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and human rights violations. Elected in 1982, Mr. Hikind honorably serves the residents of Borough Park and Midwood. For the last 32 years, he has committed himself to addressing the immediate […]
About John Miller John Miller is the Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counter-terrorism of the NYPD. He is the former Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Technology. Prior to that – he was an Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – where he was the bureau’s national spokesman. Miller is […]
About Maria Doulis Maria Doulis Director of City Studies, Citizens Budget Commission, a non-profit, non-partisan civic organization devoted to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of New York State and New York City governments. She manages New York City budget analysis and writes about issues related to fiscal policy, urban competitiveness, municipal labor relations, the public workforce and […]
About Patrick Millsaps Patrick Millsaps is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Londonderry, a parent company that finances films and makes equity investments in companies involved in the entire supply chain of the production of film, television and new media. Londonderry was founded to provide a greater number of substantive opportunities for women in the industry. […]
About Betsy McCaughey Betsy McCaughey was the 72nd Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1995 to 1998. She has been a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute and Hudson Institute think tanks. She founded the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) in reaction to a rise in anti-biotic resistant infections. A historian by training – with a Ph.D. from Columbia […]
About John Bolton Ambassador John Bolton was appointed as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations on August 1, 2005 and served until his resignation in December 2006. Prior to his appointment, Bolton served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from May 2001 to May 2005. Bolton has been a staunch defender of American […]
To hear John CATS upcoming roundtable radio shows, tune in at 9 AM New York time every Sunday morning on 970 AM Radio: The Answer! Can’t get to a radio? Listen in online! The show is live at www.am970theanswer.com at 9 AM New York time every Sunday morning. Thanks for listening! EXTERNAL LINK. Listen on your favorite app
About Dr. Seth Shostak Dr. Seth Shostak earned his B.S. in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology. Since 2001 – he has been Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute – a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to “explore – understand and explain the origin – nature and prevalence of life in […]
About Marcia Keizs President Marcia Keizs, is the sixth president of York College in Jamaica, Queens. York is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) established in 1966. The college enrolls more than 8,400 students in the liberal arts, career and professional programs on its modern 50-acre downtown Jamaica campus. CUNY senior college offers majors in […]
About Kathryn Wylde Kathryn Wylde is President and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City– the city’s leading business organization. Its mission is to work with government – labor – and the civic sector to build a stronger New York – with a focus on education – infrastructure and the economy. Prior to taking over the Partnership presidency […]
About Brad Gerstman Brad Gerstman is a leading New York State attorney, lobbyist and communications specialist. His diverse background and extensive experience in law, business, government, education, and the not-for-profit community places him in a unique position to represent and advocate for a broad range of clients and causes. He is a partner in Gotham Government Relations – a preeminent […]
About Congressman Barney Frank Congressman Barney Frank is a former Congressman and board member of the New York-based Signature Bank. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading […]
