Charles Schumer

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Schumer: Why I'm opposing the Iran nuclear deal

Excerpted from Sen. Schumer’s statement last night on why he’ll oppose the Iran nuclear deal. I’ve spent the last three weeks carefully studying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. I’ve...

There is no moral equivalency between Israel and Hamas

http://youtu.be/waSPsI9-ge8 Amid the recent troubles between Israel and the Palestinians, many Americans and media commentators are drawing disturbing lines of parallelism between the two societies, asserting a false moral equivalency...

Midtown rezoning: It’s about the jobs

With the proposal to rezone East Midtown, New York City is presented with a historical chance to revamp and reinvigorate one of the greatest commercial corridors on earth, providing benefits...

Saving Wall Street from itself

The Senate's financial-reform bill is a careful attempt to make sure we never again have to choose between bailing out large banks or watching the economy sink into the abyss....

Right stuff for NYC

With NASA searching for a new home for three soon-to-be-retired space shuttles, it's time to convince the space agency that the Big Apple has the right stuff to showcase one...

TIM SO HARD TO 'MISS'

YESTERDAY, like every Sunday for the last 17 years, "Meet the Press" was must-see television. Only one thing was missing - the man who made the program a can't-miss. Instead,...

GO WEST, NYC

IN the information age, office buildings are our factories. Within their walls, every day, ideas and capital are generated in sectors ranging from finance to advertising to publishing to high...