With the Times reporting on stoned seniors forsaking shuffleboard for bong hits, you might think New York’s government is chillin’ too.  Polls show that nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers think smoking weed in public...

The real winner in this past Tuesday’s election in Rockland County’s Airmont?  Diversity and compromise–  all candidates in this municipality, once found to discriminate against Orthodox Jews, courted that community’s vote.  The results offer the...

This blog and the @rkarben Twitter feed get a write up by one of the state’s premier local news websites, SloatsburgVillage.comhttp://www.sloatsburgvillage.com/.  Read the article here.

The Rent is Too Damn High!  With that grievance against landlords, Jimmy McMillan skyrocketed to stardom in mid-October of New York’s 2010 gubernatorial season, charming a Hofstra University debate audience.  After Jimmy offered...

While the 2013 New York City Mayoral election will stir the downstate political pot this year, the electoral fortunes of Democratic Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and State Senate GOP Majority Leader Dean Skelos will be...

Remember the “Fresh Start for Rockland”? That was outgoing Rockland County Executive Scott Vanderhoef’s 1993 campaign slogan; the energetic pledge of a school board president who vowed to apply non-political,...