New York

In 1999 the Village of Port Chester and the development firm G&S Port Chester agreed to embark on a $100 million 27-acre redevelopment project in which dilapidated buildings would be torn down in favor of stores, a movie complex, and other amenities. Under the agreement the Village government gave G&S sole authority to obtain properties in the project area both through negotiation and eminent domain. Only G&S can build there, and any profits from the project belong to the developer ... G&S made Didden an offer: You can build your store if you fork over $800,000 or make G&S a 50 percent partner.

... the people of New York elected Jay to serve in the First Continental Congress. ... Returning to the provincial congress of New York in 1777, he guided the drafting of the first New York state constitution. Jay was then appointed Chief Justice of New York but left that post in December of 1778 ... In 1792, Jay had lost the race for Governor of New York to George Clinton. However, in 1795, upon his return from England, John Jay learned he had been elected Governor of New York while he was overseas. ... He served two terms from 1795 until 1801. Jay was a popular Governor who won many reforms including the abolition of slavery.

One year ago the New York movement contained about half a dozen people; now, for the first time ... it has escalated to far beyond the capacity of one person's living room. It was for that reason that Joseph Peden and Jerry Woloz dedided to found the Libertarian Forum, basically conceived as a way for the whole New York movement to meet periodically in the confines of one room. We met for the first time on January 31 at the Great Shanghai restaurant in New York City. We expected about 20 people to appear; we got over seventy. It was a glorious moment. People came from as far away as South Carolina and Buffalo for the occasion.

On January 25, New York State submitted to the FAA its final application to privatize Stewart Airport. The application details the terms of the 99-year lease with National Express Group, the U.K. airport, rail, and bus operator that won the bidding for Stewart last spring. Under the agreement, the initial $35 million payment and future lease payments will be used partly for improvements at Stewart, an airport in the Hudson Valley; partly for similar improvements at state-owned Republic Airport, on Long Island; and partly to reimburse the state for previous expenditures at Stewart.