Congressman Jerry Nadler – The Gateway project in peril. White House denies deal made.

Congressman Jerry Nadler – Democrat – serves as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 10th congressional district mostly in Manhattan.  Representative Jerrold Nadler was named chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in November of 2017.  Prior to his election to Congress – Nadler served in the New York Legislature from 1977 to 1992.  Nadler is also a member of the House […]

Commissioner Daniel Nigro – Brutal cold increases fire calls

Commissioner Daniel Nigro was appointed Fire Commissioner in 2014.  He is the 33rd Fire Commissioner in the history of the City.  Commissioner Nigro is only the sixth individual to hold every rank in the Department in the agency’s history. Commissioner Nigro was appointed as a Firefighter on November 29 – 1969 – rising through the ranks to the top uniformed position as Chief of […]

Bridget G. Brennan – So many drug deaths, affecting US longevity data

Bridget G. Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor has been New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor since 1998. Appointed by New York City’s five elected District Attorneys, Ms. Brennan is the first woman to hold that position. Ms. Brennan is in charge of an agency solely dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of narcotics offenses in New York City.  The Office of the Special Narcotics […]

David A. Deptula – Sonic guns

David A. Deptula is the Dean of the Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Power Studies.  He transitioned from the U.S. Air Force in 2010 at the rank of Lieutenant General after more than 34 years of service. General Deptula was commissioned in 1974 as a distinguished graduate of The University of Virginia Air Force ROTC program and remained to complete a master’s […]

Betsy McCaughey – Sex vigilantes

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 antibiotic-resistant infections.  A historian by training – with a Ph.D. from Columbia University – McCaughey has – […]

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli – This tax is not good for New York

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is a Democrat – is the 54th Comptroller of the state of New York. He is a former state assemblyman in New York – who was appointed as New York State Comptroller on February 7 – 2007. He’s been making government more accountable and transparent to the people for more than 35 years.  The New York State Comptroller manages the […]

Congressman Daniel Donovan – New Yorkers are going to pay

Congressman Daniel Donovan is a Republican who represents Staten Island and parts of South Brooklyn in the 11th Congressional District of New York.   Congressman Donovan was elected to Congress on May 5 – 2015 during a special election and sworn in on May 12 – 2015. He was elected after the incumbent Congressman Michael Grimm was convicted of tax evasion.  Prior to running for Congress […]

Ed Cox – The GOP in good shape in New York

Ed Cox is the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. He is the son-in-law of the 37th President of the United States Richard M. Nixon and 44th First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon.  Cox was named in Super Lawyers in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance.  He was elected chairman of the New York State Republican […]

Kathy Wylde – Tax bill better than it was, but still not good for New York

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 in 2001 – […]

Corey Lewandowski & David Bossie – Trump on the campaign trail

Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager who contributed to Trump’s historic bid for the White House, teams up with David N. Bossie, the consummate political pro who helped steer the last critical months of the Trump Campaign.  Lewandowski was a political commentator for One America News Network and Fox News and a former political commentator for CNN, as well as a […]

Senator John Barrasso – Tax reform

Senator John Barrasso is the junior United States Senator from Wyoming and a member of the Republican Party. He was appointed to the Senate in June 2007, following the death of Craig L. Thomas, and won a special election in 2008 to fill the remaining four years of Thomas’s term. He was re-elected to a full six-year term in 2012. […]

Judith Miller – Trump message long term reaction in Middle East unclear

Judith Miller is an author and a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter formerly with The New York Times.  She is now an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of its magazine, “City Journal.” Since 2008, she has been a commentator for Fox News, speaking on terrorism and other national security issues, the Middle East, American foreign policy, […]

Senator Ron Johnson – Tax reconciliation.. LLC’s

Senator Ron Johnson – R-WI – is the senior United States Senator from Wisconsin. Prior to his election to the Senator was the chief executive officer at PACUR – LLC – a polyester and plastics manufacturer.  After Senator Johnson’s election to the Senate – he liquidated all his business assets to avoid any hint of conflict of interest while serving in […]

Richard Aborn – Interstate concealed weapons bill… nuts

Richard Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City – a non-partisan non-profit organization focused on criminal justice and public safety policies and practices – Richard Aborn draws on his wide experience in criminal prosecution and litigation – policy development – management and government affairs to promote the Crime Commission’s agenda of making the criminal justice and public […]

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman – Relocating Riker’s Island going too slow

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, former Chief Judge of New York and Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, is Of Counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. He provides strategic counsel to clients on New York Law and appellate matters […]

New York Assemblyman, Speaker Carl Heastie – This tax bill will cause a recession in New York

New York Assemblyman, Speaker Carl Heastie, elected Speaker of the New York Assembly on February 3, 2015.  He is a Democrat who represents the 83rd A.D. in the Bronx.  He was first elected in 2000.   Since taking office – Heastie became one of the lead negotiators for the construction of a new K-8 school in his district. He has also […]

Ambassador Dani Dayan – This is a step towards peace in Israel

Ambassador Dani Dayan assumed the post of Consul General of Israel in NewYork in August of 2016.  Amb. Dayan has a long time reputation as an Israeli public figure. His nomination by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was publicly welcomed by the Israeli opposition too.  Dayan was Chairman of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria from July 2007 until […]

Former Navy Admiral James Stavridis – Last North Korean missile test poses a big threat

Former Navy Admiral James Stavridis retired Admiral in the U.S. Navy.  He was the Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013.  He also served as Commander of U.S. Southern Command – with responsibility for all military operations in Latin America from 2006-2009.    He was Senior Military Assistant to Secretary of Defense and Secretary […]

Larry Kudlow – America is back. Market up. GDP going up. Hold on to your stocks

Larry Kudlow – is a syndicated columnist – who appears in numerous U.S. newspapers and websites – 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 syndicated nationally by Cumulus Media.  During President […]

Professor Alec Gallimore – Ion propulsion, 500,000 mph!

Professor Alec Gallimore is the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan where he directs the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Previously, Dr. Gallimore served as associate dean for academic affairs and associate dean for […]

Senator Roger Wicker – This tax bill will re-energize America

Senator Roger Wicker – Republican from Mississippi was first elected 2007. In November 2014 – Wicker was elected by the Senate Republican Conference to serve as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Wicker is also a member of the Armed Services Committee; the Budget Committee; the Commerce – Science – and Transportation Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; […]

Dr. Lori Billinghurst – Lead poisoning, terrible toll on children

Dr. Lori Billinghurst, MD, MSc, FRCPC is an Attending Physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an expert and thought leader in pediatric brain injury and neurocritical care and serves as the Neurology Director of the Neonatal Neurocritical Care Program at CHOP. The focus of her academic […]

Dr. Peter Michalos – Single payer healthcare

Dr. Peter Michalos attended medical school at SUNY Downstate College ofMedicine and graduated in 1986 serves with 29 years of experience.  Dr. Peter Michalos MD is a board-certified physician who has served in the past as Chief of Surgery and President of the medical staff of his community Hospital. He has worked in Rikers Island maximum security as a physician in […]

Dan Brownell – Regulate the heating oil business

Dan Brownell is the chairman of the Business Integrity Commission, the agency charged with keeping organized crime out of wholesale markets and private carting.  Brownell was a prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney’s office.  Mr. Brownell, who has held a variety of investigatory positions at the city, state and federal level, was chief of the Rackets Bureau and deputy chief of […]

County Executive Steven Bellone – This tax bill not good for New York

County Executive Steven Bellone was sworn into office as Suffolk CountyExecutive on January 1 – 2012.  He is the 8th County Executive in County history.  He previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011.  County Executive Bellone – represents more than 1.5 million residents.  He has focused his efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through Government Reform – boosting Economic Development to create local […]

Chairman Tom Perez – Tuesday’s elections harbinger of midterms?

Chairman Tom Perez is the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee since February 2017.  Chairman Perez was the United States Secretary of Labor from 2013 to 2017. In March 2013, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the United States Secretary of Labor, replacing outgoing Secretary Hilda Solis. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 18 and sworn in on […]

Congressman Gus Bilirakis – Honor our veterans

Congressman Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., represents Florida’s 12th congressional district. He is vice chair of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. He is also co-chair of the Military Veterans Caucus and chairman of the Republican Policy Committee Veterans’ Affairs Task Force.  The Congressman’s father, Congressman Mike Bilirakis was an ardent supporter of Veterans.     “As we celebrate Veterans Day this weekend, […]

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. – Carry guns across state lines… no deal

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance – Jr. – inaugurated as the District Attorney of New York County on January 2010. He has been overwhelming re-elected ever since including in 2017.  District Attorney Vance enhanced the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as a national leader in criminal justice by expanding the offices’ expertise on an array of 21st-century crimes – including identity theft […]

New York State Senator Michael Gianaris – If you are elected a Democrat, should vote as a Democrat

New York State Senator Michael Gianaris – Astoria Queens was elected to the State Senate in 2010 after serving in the State Assembly for ten years.   The Senator is the Chair of the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee – and oversees all committee activities.  Senator Gianaris is a leading reformer.   The Senator’s career in public service began as an aide […]