What it’s like to work for Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio By Karen Hinton/New York Daily News/Feb 24, 2021 at 5:00 am I’ve worked for and with powerful men in and around politics my whole life. …

Steven Donziger, lawyer for a group of Ecuadorians who sued Chevron, released today from 933 days of home detention, another legal attempt by the oil giant to stop their lawsuit. Today Steven Donziger, the U.S. lawyer for Ecuadorians who sued Chevron for oil contamination, has been released from home detention after wearing an ankle cuff for 993 days. …

From One Type of Reader to Another After suffering from a traumatic brain injury, my ability to keep my eyes on the written page sank from hours on hours to 30 seconds, combined with a throbbing headache. Five years since, I read today for only about 30 minutes and then…

When the Powerful Meet the Dispossessed

Now that CNN President Jeff Zucker and his close associate and lover Allison Gollust have resigned from their network perch after disclosing a consensual and romantic relationship on the job, we should take some time to consider why such workplace liaisons are not good for business or government. CNN anchor…

By KAREN HINTON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JUN 19, 2020 AT 5:00 AM In this Dec. 27, 2014, file photo shows police officers turning their backs as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the funeral of New York city police officer Rafael Ramos in Glendale, Queens…

By KAREN HINTON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | NOV 17, 2020 AT 12:00 PM The failure to take a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi from President Trump’s Republican Party served up a significant loss for national and local Democrats but, at the same time, delivered important insights on how to…

By KAREN HINTON NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | OCT 01, 2020 AT 5:00 AM Desolate areas, desolate times. (Shutterstock) While New York and other urban cauldrons of “anarchy” are a focus of attention this election season, I decided to pay a visit to my home state of Mississippi to get…

Printed on Empire Report NY — May 29, 2020 New York needs a Democratic-led U.S. Senate. Badly. GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican troops will do nothing to protect blue states, like New York, New Jersey and California, from the coronavirus and economic crises. That’s obvious. New…