Bronxites unhappy with Albany
by Thorsten Schier November 15, 2009
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Councilman Oliver Koppel has seen a lot of political wrangling in the 39 years he has been active in New York City politics.
Even he is shocked, however, by the current state of the government in Albany. “It seems fairly clear that there are problems,” Koppel said in an interview. “It is a result of the heavily partisan nature of politics in New York.”
Koppel spent 23 years in the State Assembly and is currently the Democratic councilman for District 11 in the Bronx. He sees Senate Majority leader Pedro Espada as particularly responsible for the turmoil. “He’s been terribly irresponsible in the manner in which he has conducted himself. Some of his failures are shocking,” Koppel said. Read the full story
