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Falling Traffic Congrestion a Sympton of Weak Economy
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
May 23, 2012
Urban traffic congestion is on the way down in most cities, according to a study recently released by a Washington State firm, INRIX. The data is based on monitoring GPS devices, maybe even yours, and reveals one interesting trend. If the economy of…
 The Day Derek Jeter Tipped Off President Bush on How To Throw a Perfect Pitch — And Other Stories of the Damn Yankees
Just in Time for Opening Day, a New Season of Great Writing
By RICK RICHMAN, Special to the Sun
April 11, 2012
Friday is Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, the start of a Spring ritual that brings with it a new season of great baseball writing – books and essays that seem to capture insights into life almost as effortlessly as a Willie Mays catch, even though (or perhaps because) they are about what appears simply a game.
Bloomberg USA: New York City Will Sue Sponsors of Legal Immigrants Who End Up on the Dole
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
March 31, 2012
NEW YORK — Mayor Bloomberg, in a startling departure from his pro-immigration stance, is testing a new program designed to chase down sponsors of legal immigrants who end up on certain kinds of public assistance, and the city intends to make the…
Top New York Labor Leader Moves To Long Island, Saves $30,000 in City Income Taxes
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
March 19, 2012
One of America’s most powerful labor leaders, teachers union president Randi Weingarten, has quietly moved out of New York City, a decision that saved her from paying more than $30,000 in city income taxes that she would have owed if she had stayed…
Turnaround Now Possible in the Bronx as Its President Comes Into His Own
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
January 19, 2012
This his has been a good month for the president of the Bronx, Ruben Diaz, Jr. When Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a shopping mall in the Kingsbridge Armory was defeated two years ago, largely due to Mr. Diaz’s opposition, he was widely demonized as a…
Weak Results on National Tests Are a Wake-Up Call for Parents in New York
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
November 14, 2011
New York State parents, teachers and students have gotten during the past few weeks a couple of wake-up calls about the quality of education here in the Empire State . Weak results on two nationally administered tests confirmed the worst fears of…
 Shakespeare, Proust Join the Protests
By GARY SHAPIRO, The Knickerbocker
October 27, 2011
Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Emma Goldman are not on Wall Street, but they are there in spirit. Activists at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York have set up what they call “The People’s Library,” where books can be borrowed and read…
Bloomberg’s Ambition To Be Treasury Secretary Seen Behind His Backing of Obama’s Jobs Plan
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
September 17, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, in a radio interview on Friday, warned that high unemployment could lead to widespread rioting. That’s right. He actually said that. At a time when European cities have suffered massively from hooliganism, and at a time when U.S…
Religious New Yorkers at Risk of Government Action Under Same-Sex Marriage Law, Professors Warn
By Special to the Sun
June 15, 2011
NEW YORK — As the question of same-gender marriage in New York goes down to the wire at Albany, experts on the legal impact of the changes being sought are warning that religious exemptions in Governor Cuomo’s bill have fallen far short of what the…
Fool’s Errand? Tax Cap Activists Due Today To Test the Legislators at Albany
By DAVID PIETRUSZA, Special to the Sun
May 9, 2011
The battle to gain a cap on taxes on property will come to Albany this afternoon, when activists are due to meet with the chiefs-of staff of the state’s most prominent Democrats — and aspire to meet with Governor Cuomo and Speaker Sheldon Silver…
Startling Study in Belgium Suggests Rate of Heart Disease Decreases With More Salt in Diet
Should Mayor Bloomberg Move To Brussels?
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
May 6, 2011
Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should move to Belgium. A startling study was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It disputes the conventional wisdom that too much salt in the diet leads to all sorts of negative health…
Formal Search Needed for New York Schools Chancellor
By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the Sun
April 10, 2011
From all we’ve seen, Dennis Walcott, Mayor Bloomberg’s choice as the city’s new schools chancellor is a fine fellow, a loyal deputy to the mayor, and a knowledgeable public servant. Loyalty and knowledge are admirable qualities, but are they all that…
The First Call Bloomberg’s New School’s Chief Needs to Make
By HENRY STERN, Special to the Sun
April 7, 2011
We were surprised today to learn that Mayor Bloomberg dismissed his hand-picked Schools Chancellor, Cathie Black, after 97 infelicitous days as chief of New York City's school system. The mayor did not set a speed record, however, in dismissing a…
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