Alex Isham worked hard to move a bill he felt strongly about onto the floor of the New York State Assembly. The measure would force public officials convicted of a job-related felony to lose their pensions. Isham thoroughly researched the bill. He lobbied colleagues and lined up support. But in the end he was unable to get the measure onto…
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Good to know: around the world in Lally room 032
This semester, The College of Saint Rose welcomes 15 teachers from Africa, Asia and South America to experience American life on campus and beyond. Ranging from 25 to 50 years old, the educators each teach secondary school English. Not only do they speak, read and write the language as well as most Americans, but their commitment to their profession appears…
Good to Know: Maybe Patrick Stella should ask the professor for extra credit?
The governor pounded his company’s handling of the crisis. The press wrote stories daily about families with young kids stranded in the dark. Customers complained that after a whole week no one had shown up to restore power. And, a nor’easter was expected to roll in. “There is a lot of stress,” understated Patrick Stella, the Albany spokesman for…
Good to know: New York bank regulation too big to fail
It’s no secret that the risky lending schemes that helped cause New York’s economic collapse took place in full view of the individuals who are supposed to keep tabs on such matters: bank regulators. “It is not that there were no rules. It is that there were so many rules that the risk of the complex investment instruments was difficult…