This book is a Tocquevillian analysis of New York based on interviews with leading New York Democrats and Republicans. The examination demonstrates that New York state is suffering under the yoke of over taxation, over regulation, and over mandating. An author commentary follows each interview. Interviews with: Herman Badillo, Edward Costikyan, John Gilbert, Joseph Holland, Edward Koch, Dick Netzer, Clarence Rappleyea, Edward Regan, Edward Reinfurt, E.S. Savas, Henry Stern, William Stern, and Thomas Tisch.
The vampire god U’tlun’ta has awoken from his long slumber and turned the Empire State Building into a massive feeding ground...each body slowly bringing back his full power. With the rescue SWAT team decimated upon contact with the vampire horde, and Terry and his friends trapped 80 floors up, is there any hope for escape?
New York remains the Empire State. Its trillion dollar economy makes the state a national-and often world-leader in banking, finance, publishing, soft services (law, accounting, insurance, consulting), higher education, culture, and the arts. With more than one in five of its residents having immigrated from elsewhere, New York State is an ethnic and social harbinger for an increasingly diverse nation. Recent years have found it, like many other big states, challenged to achieve effective governance. How is, can, or should such a state be governed? What is its history? What is its future? The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics offers an unusually comprehensive, detailed, and systematic study of this unique and influential state. The thirty-one chapters in The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics assemble new scholarship in key areas of governance in New York, document the state's record in comparison to other US states, and identify directions for future research. Following editor Gerald Benjamin's introduction, the handbook chapters are organized in five sections that look at the state constitution, state political processes, state governmental institutions, intergovernmental relations, and management and policy areas. Chapters address a wide array of topics including political parties, campaign finance policy, public opinion polling, elections and election management, lobbying and interest group systems, the state legislature, the governorship, the judiciary, the state's "foreign policy," education, health care policy, public safety, economic development, transportation policy, energy policy, and more. A final chapter, compiled by the state archivist, consists of a most extensive annotated bibliography of resources on state history, state political history, the state constitution, and state political processes. Chapter authors include both scholars of New York State and current and former state officials.
The newest horror series from the artist of The Walking Dead! Get ready to be bitten from the first full color page... Terry Fisher is a young soldier on the verge of being sent away for active military duty, and is going to meet his friends at the top of the Empire State Building for a farewell party. But suddenly a legion of vampires attacks the skyscraper and massacres its occupants. Hounded in the 102 floors that have become a deadly trap, Terry must take decisive action to save himself and his friends - and the city of New York - before the army of abominations, and the terrible vampire god within, walled in the building since its construction, spill into the city... Collecting the hit 4 issue series into one volume. Includes behind the scenes material with cover gallery, sketches and designs!
Most New Yorkers have very little knowledge of how influence is wielded in Albany. This acclaimed book offers a chance to look behind those closed doors. The authors - an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on political blogging and networking - infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of real power politics. Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, the book covers recent political developments and electoral contests as well as all the basics: constitutional issues; historical, economic, social, and demographic factors; the functioning of executive, legislative, and judicial institutions; urban, local, and special district governments; parties, interest groups, and bureaucracies; and, finance, budgets, health, education, and welfare programs. Throughout, the authors are attentive to the many paradoxes and dualities that distinguish political, social, and economic life in the Empire State.
THE NEWEST HORROR SERIES FROM CHARLIE ADLARD,THE ARTIST OF THE WALKING DEAD! Get ready to be bitten from the first full color page... Terry Fisher is a young soldier on the verge of being sent away for active military duty, and is going to meet his friends at the top of the Empire State Building for a farewell party. But suddenly a legion of vampires attacks the skyscraper and massacres its occupants. Hounded in the 102 floors that have become a deadly trap, Terry must take decisive action to save himself and his friends — and the city of New York!
THE BLOODBATH IN THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS SKYSCRAPER CONTINUES! Legions of vampires have taken control of the Empire State Building and their victims have now been reanimated and joined their ranks. Outside, police and army are doing their best to contain the menace in the building and to destroy any creature who would try to invade New York City. But Mary and Terry are still somewhere in the floors and they have only a short time left to try to escape and – maybe – to survive.
