In fact, in Massachusetts a study shows that the cost for HMOs actually went down when they started providing coverage.

There is nothing more basic to human beings than the desire to have a family.

the Queens Courier, a distinguished local newspaper in New York, recently concluded in an exclusive study that they did in this edition that hepatitis C has reached near epidemic proportions in New York City and, in fact, in the Nation as…

A 15-year-old pregnant girl, perhaps with no parents to care for her, perhaps even worse, parents that harm her, what crime has she committed? Why do we seek to punish her more by making a criminal out of someone that would try to help…

Through their dedicated efforts, they have each helped to improve my constituents' quality of life.

This year's honorees truly represent the best of what our community has to offer.

the details of the budget being prepared by the majority are finally beginning to leak out. They include an embracing of the Democratic initiatives on Social Security and $1 trillion in tax cuts. I like tax cuts just as much as the next…

some might wonder when it became a partisan issue to support our children and our schools. If you recall after World War II there was truly a bipartisan spirit in this country that we needed to invest in education at all levels. We built…

I would invite my colleague to visit some of the schools in my district in Brooklyn and Queens. I think what they will find are some great teachers and some eager students. They will probably find them not only in classrooms, but they will…

there is now reaching a point of consensus that 62 percent of the surplus in the budget should go to save Social Security and preserve it at least to the year 2055. With God's good graces, we will all be here to enjoy that extended life of…