Alec Hamilton

People are constantly trying to make this a charter versus non-charter debate. I’m not going to get sucked into that. It’s about quality options. — New York City Schools Chancellor D...

Governor Andrew Cuomo has made clear that clerks who do not wish to perform same-sex marriages should find other work. This Sunday, when same-sex couples statewide line up for the first day, clerks will perform the service that they were elected to do.

"You don't get to say, 'I like this law and I'll enforce this law, or I don't like this law and I won't enforce this law'—you can't do that.” Cuomo stated. “If you can't enforce the law, then you shouldn't be in that position."

To favor a Palestinian state and the creation of it on those lines is a fundamentally pro-Israel position, because Israel isn’t going to make it as a Jewish home and as a democracy if...

Rupert Murdoch clearly has had tremendous political influence in Europe, but here in the United States politicians have not been immune to his power either.

[P]eople are getting over this American dream of homeownership. They realize it can turn into much more of an American nightmare—that a house, in reality, is much more of a liability ...

I don’t want to yell fire in a crowded movie theater, but... these firms are even too-bigGER-to-fail now. — Roben Farzad, senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, on The Brian Le...

Do I think that so far she’s been one of the great Secretaries of State in American history? No I don’t think so. But do I think that she’s been a better-than-average Secretary of Sta...

The $64,000 question, so to speak, [is] exactly how effective it can be in changing the daily lives of Americans as it relates to finance. — Carter Dougherty, reporter for Bloomberg ...

Newly released Census data makes it possible for New York's prisoners to be counted at their home address rather than their jail cell. But internal divisions in the state redistricting committee and a lingering lawsuit leave the reapportionment process in doubt.

These farm programs, they’re not worthy of the farmers who participate in them, to be honest. Farmers deserve a better safety net. — Ken Cook, President of the Environmental Working ...

Jesus Gonzalez wants to buck the power structure in Brooklyn. The 26-year-old co-founder of Make the Road is running for the 54th Assembly seat in Bushwick—a seat left vacant when An...

I think that Murdoch’s Humpty-Dumpty-ish fall will be accelerated more in the market than in the law. — Jeff Jarvis, professor at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and author of W...

The debt ceiling! We've all heard about. Many of us have spoken about it. But what the heck is it? Why does it matter? What can be done about it?

It's A Free Country has all the answers:

 

The closer we bring our tax structure to being flat, the better we’ll all be... When you have a flatter structure, when you have more of us participating in the federal revenue collec...

Queens Democratic party leader Congressman Joe Crowley flatly denied a report that his primary residence is in a Washington, D.C., suburb and not in his home district.

Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin said he wasn't chosen to be a placeholder when he was selected by Democrats to run for the seat left vacant by disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, a position that may face elimination under redistricting.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker did not submit a 2011 city budget to the Municipal Council as planned on Thursday because of an administrative hiccup, according to Newark City business administrator Julien Neals.

 

Democratic leaders from Queens and Brooklyn named their nominee for the 9^th Congressional District seat today, picking Assemblyman David Weprin to run against the Republican nominee in the September 13^th special election to replace former Representative Anthony Weiner. While the nomination is not yet official, a party official confirmed that Weprin will be the nominee.

She understands that Europe is the number one job for her to deal with right now, but she’s not going to get the support of the organization to deal with Europe unless she shows that ...

As the fight over the debt limit rages on in DC, some have been questioning whether the whole concept of a debt limit might not be unconstitutional. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has implied that President Obama might be able to push through an extension of the debt ceiling based on an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.