December 2020

New York and the Veto–Proof Legislature

This post originally ran on the Gotham Gazette Early in 1984 I visited Governor Mario Cuomo’s office in Albany at his invitation. He wanted to discuss a talk I’d given at the New School about his first year as governor. I found myself going on about the growing dominance of Read more…

By Gerald Benjamin, 3 weeks3 weeks ago

Form Follows Function, Now the Ulster County Budget

Legendary Chicago School architect Louis Sullivan was famed for his aphorism: “Form ever follows function.” This was true, Sullivan said, in the natural environment, “whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, the branching oak, [or] the winding stream.” Read more…

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New York and the Veto–Proof Legislature

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December 2020

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