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Bob Abrams, the former New York Attorney General, is an avuncular man untainted by the...
Shelly Silver’s death last week signaled the end of a storied and tarnished career. But it’s not the end of an era. Corruption has been endemic to Albany for a very long time, and as long as our state capital remains a place where legislators, lobbyists and bureaucrats can operate effectively in the shadows, that level of corruption will only continue. It’s time to move our state government into the sunshine. It’s time to move the state capital to New York City.
In nine days, when Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul takes the oath and drops the Lt., one of Gov. Hochul’s very first acts should be to appoint a new lieutenant governor. It’s a power that’s not written in the state Constitution or even explicitly in any law, but did appear in these pages as an op-ed a dozen years ago.