Four years later, America endures: Despite Trump, the foundation held
It was Friday, Jan. 20, and it was real. Donald Trump was now president of the United of States, for the Constitution says, "The terms of the President and the...
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The shocking way Thomas Dewey locked up mobster Charles (Lucky) Luciano
Charles Luciano, boss of all the bosses, king of the Genovese family, founder and ruler of the national Mafia Commission, master of New York City's docks, the Fulton Fish Market...
Why I didn’t see the Trump wave
Win or lose, Donald Trump really wasn't supposed to be here. On June 16, 2015, when he rode the Trump Tower escalator down one flight to start his run for...
Donald, please meet Alexander: What Trump can learn about the country and the Constitution from ‘Hamilton’ — and the kids falling under its spell
Following sellout fundraisers for Gov. Cuomo and President Obama, Hillary Clinton is buying out the entire Richard Rodgers Theatre for a special matinee of "Hamilton" Tuesday, with proceeds going to...
Albany pols to blame for money-wasting primary system
On June 28, the New York City Board of Elections will staff 366 polling sites with as many as 7,485 workers to manage congressional primary elections that will have a...
Sheldon Silver’s eternal resting place: The supposedly pious Jew violated much more than the law of the land
The cancer was winning and Edie Mintz was dying, and she was terrified. "I'm going to hell. I'm afraid I'm going straight to hell," the long-time Lower East Side Democratic...
The time Nino Scalia did me a favor
"There is no such place as East Elmhurst!" That was the first thing that the late, great Antonin Scalia said when I went up to the Supreme Court justice at...
Applaud Hamilton and ‘Hamilton’: A great Broadway show honors a slighted Founding Father
I loved "Hamilton" on Broadway so much, I saw it twice in previews. But this isn't a review of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, which opened Thursday night; our theater critic's view...
15 New Yorkers who will shape 2015
EVA MOSKOWITZ If you thought you'd heard the loudest skirmishes between charter-school leader Eva Moskowitz and her nemesis, Mayor de Blasio, adjust the volume on your TV set. The hard-charging...
Board of Elections dodging accountability in vote-counting fiasco in race between Rep. Charles Rangel and Adriano Espaillat
I have seen all manner of idiocy at the Board of Elections. I've seen Election Night workers waste hours tabulating vote totals by hand — never mind that the city's...