No Victim, No Crime NY SAFE Act, Drug Laws: Stop punishing people for pretend “crimes.” Pardon those already in jail. by Dan Smith It used to be common sense that you needed a victim in order for a crime to have been committed. No one would argue that if you steal, commit fraud or physically […]
Press Release NEW YORK, New York, June 11, 2018 – A new scientific poll conducted by Gravis Marketing, a non-partisan research firm, shows that 24 percent of voters in New York who know of Larry Sharpe will vote for him. The results of the poll showed that once voters were informed of Sharpe’s positions, he […]
BRONX, New York, June 5, 2018 – New York Gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe (L) has issued the following response to Cuomo’s proposal to allow teachers and administrators of schools to petition judges to confiscate guns from the homes of troubled students: “With the poorly named SAFE Act, His Majesty, King Andrew created thousands of criminals […]
New York is one of a handful of states to deny you your right to own a firearm silencer. That’s wrong and needs to change. by Dan Smith In 42 of 50 states, it is legal to own a silencer for your firearm. New York is not one of those states. In New York, their […]
Property taxes are driving citizens and businesses out of New York The federal tax overhaul exposes the problem by punishing New Yorkers with double taxation by Dan Smith This week Wall Street fund AllianceBernstein announced that it was the latest in a line of finance businesses fleeing New York in order to lower, among other […]
Albany Should Be Suspended from Schools New York state’s centralized education policies are expensive, mandatory, . . . and not working. by Dan Smith Every year, Albany grabs more power over New York’s pre K-12 schools. Every year, costs go up. Every year, student performance remains stagnate or declines. Why must it be this way? […]
Should we ban shooting sports in schools? Some legislators in Albany think so. I recently learned of Bill A10428 which would ban archery, rifle and all other shooting sports from New York public schools statewide. Assemblywoman Rosenthall (D-Manhattan) believes this will make children safer by never teaching them anything about shooting sports and will reduce […]
By: Russ Clark In announcing his candidacy for the New York Governorship, Howie Hawkins mentioned that he would ban all new natural gas pipelines and facilities in New York. Not only is this bad policy for New York, it is bad policy for all of New England. Under the Natural Gas Act, signed into law […]
Every Day is Tax Day in New York by Dan Smith April 15th is commonly known as National Tax Day (well, this year it’s April 17th). That’s the deadline for average Americans to file their annual federal and state income tax returns. But assigning one day with that title is misleading, because EVERY day is […]
Cuomo’s Bridge: Late and Over Budget New Yorkers deserve all the facts about how many years late and how much over budget the Cuomo Bridge will be. by Dan Smith “It is on time and it is on budget! . . .” loudly proclaimed Governor Andrew Cuomo last August, as he stood atop the Mario […]