Larry Schwartz, Gov. Cuomo’s top aide, New York State Thruway Authority Executive Director Tom Madison and other Cuomo administration officials will join the Editorial Board at 11 a.m. Wednesday to discuss the Tappan Zee Bridge project. To watch the LIVE session, go to www.lohud.com/editorialspotlight. To ask a question of the… Read More →
Clarence J. Sundram, the governor’s special adviser on vulnerable persons, appears in an Editorial Spotlight interview at 2 p.m. Tuesday on LoHud.com. He will discuss the administration’s proposed Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. To submit a question or comment beforehand, email adelgado@lohud.com or tweet @lohudopinion…. Read More →
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli discusses various issues with the Editorial Board at 1 p.m. Thursday on Editorial Spotlight. The state comptroller audits municipalities, school district and other entities. The comptroller also administers the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees and maintains the state’s accounting… Read More →
UPDATE: TODAY’S EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT with ASSEMBLYWOMAN AMY PAULIN, etc., HAS BEEN CANCELED; Assemblywoman Paulin requested a postponement to attend to business in Albany . We will UPDATE when it is RESCHEDULED.. The Editorial Board has plans a couple interviews this week, and you can join the discussions via CoverItLive. Just… Read More →
Coming up … Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week called for an overhaul of the public education system, with an aim toward boosting student achievement and heightening accountability. How far would such an overhaul reach? Cuomo, in his State of the State address, announced the formation of a bipartisan commission to… Read More →
Representatives of a consortium of groups pressing for an extension of the so-called “millionaire’s tax” in New York discuss their effort in an Editorial Spotlight interview 1 pm. today on LoHud.com. Expected participants include: » Dennis Hanratty, executive director of Mount Vernon United Tenants; » Ron Deutsch, executive director of… Read More →
Representatives of the Mid-Hudson Regional Council — the local business consortium competing with business councils statewide for a share of $200 million in economic development dollars from Albany — discuss their proposed Strategic Plan and Priority Projects, in an Editorial Spotlight interview 10 a.m. Tuesday on LoHud.com. Panelists include: Council… Read More →
Adolfo Carrion, the federal Housing and Urban Development Department’s regional director for New York and New Jersey, appears in an Editorial Spotlight interview at 11 a.m. today to answer your questions and our editors’ about the fair-housing settlement in Westchester. To watch live, go to http://LoHud.com/editorialspotlight. To ask a question,... Read More →
Rockland County Planning Department Commissioner Thomas Vanderbeek and Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney Larry Levine, in an Editorial Spotlight interview Wednesday, discussed climate change and rising sea levels, and why they will mean even more costly flooding in the Lower Hudson Valley — and not just from storms like… Read More →
Hurricane Irene is gone but not forgotten along the East Coast, where it shattered lives and property. The bad news is, due to climate change and rising sea levels future storms could prove just as challenging and exceedingly worse. Join an Editorial Board discussion about big storms and their nexus… Read More →