“Steve Levy gives up the ghost” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 1, 2010
Steve Levy is lucky he has such high self-esteem.
Otherwise, he’d be feeling pretty bummed this weekend. Nothing is turning out like the Suffolk County executive planned.
State Republican leaders were certain to pick him as their inside candidate for governor. Only they didn’t.
Then, he was [...]
”In State Budget Mess, Albany Plays Park Card,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, April 4, 2010
This was the week the state-budget mess hit home on Long Island.
Or hit park, to be more precise.
My eyes glaze over at the numbers, as I’m sure yours do. Just know this much: Gov. David Paterson and the legislative leaders knocked [...]
“Paterson Election Campaign? That Was Quick”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 27, 2010
That was quick.
After a short and exhausting campaign, Gov. David A. Paterson finally accepted what had been obvious to everyone but him: He really couldn’t run for election and also run the state. Neither had been going very smoothly.
The question now is whether [...]
“New York’s Next Governor/Senator/Whatever,” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, November 20, 2009
No to governor. Yes to Senator. Or maybe the man they used to call America’s Mayor – used to – will never really decide.
There’s plenty of precedent for skepticism when it comes to the political pronouncement of Rudy Giuliani.
This is the candidate who abandoned his [...]
All Calm in Albany — Right Now,” Ellis Henican Column, am/New York, July 10, 2009
For now.
You always have to add that phrase to any discussion of politics in Albany. For now.
Pedro Espada Jr., the volatile pol whose penchant for party flipping has made the state Senate look even more ridiculous than usual, pulled a screeching [...]
“America’s Funniest Statehouse,” Ellis Henican Column, amNew York, June 12, 2009
“These Albany people,” I was marveling Thursday, “they come straight from Central Casting.”
Randy Credico, who’s been working for years in the capital on drug-law reform, begged to differ.
“A couple of them,” he said, “come straight from Central Booking.”
But this being Albany, there’s a third opinion [...]
