Published: December 24, 1981 Publication: The New York Times By Michael Oreskes Attorney General William French Smith asked yesterday...

Published: May 18, 1983 Publication: The New York Times By Laurie Johnston and Susan Heller Anderson When Mario Montuoro, a Bronx...

Published: February 5, 1999 Publication: The New York Times By RANDY KENNEDY ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZ loves to count the ways he has made...

Published: July, 2014 After Pier 40 Air Rights Debacle and Lies . DEBORAH GLICK MUST GO! As the Pier 40 air rights drama unfolds, there...

Published: January, 2014 A Column of Political Commentary By Arthur Z. Schwartz A City Ready To Heal,Hudson River Park Air Rights, Hope...

Published: September, 2013 My Humble Heartfelt Recommendations for the September 10 Primary After The Storm: A Column About Politics The...

Published: August, 2013 A Monthly Column About Politics The Giuliani-Bloomberg Legacy And Why de Blasio Matters It is coming down to...

Published: July, 2013 New 40-story towers on West Street may be on their way. At around 1a.m. on Saturday June 25, the New York State...

Published: June, 2013 Why Sheldon Silver Must Resign and Debra Glick Should Lead The Call I am the father of three girls, one of whom is...

Published: May, 2013 A Monthly Column about Politics AN APOLOGY TO YETTA KURLAND I know my tongue can be piercing. Following 35 years of...

Published: April, 2013 A Monthly Column about Politics. Sugar Soda Ban Ruling Underscores Bloomberg Arrogance Sometimes, like with his...

Published: March, 2013 Choices, Choices, Choices; A Guide to What to Look For in the Busy Political Year Ahead This year, 2013, we are...

Published: February, 2013 I always knew that I had a special tie to Alan Gerson, and it wasn’t because I sat through some of his Fidel...

Published: October, 2012 First the good news (no matter what George says on page 1): Pier 40 will not be closed, and large sections will...

Published: January, 2013 Durst Leaves Friends Group Billionaire Developer Resigns To Pursue Alternate Pier 40 Plan Douglas Durst is no...

Published: January, 2013 Politics and Passion – sobering thoughts about the year that has passed and the year to come The end of 2012 was...

Published: December, 2012 A New Monthly Column of Political Commentary After the Storm Over the last several months, while writing about...

Published: April 25, 2013 V TALKING POINT BY ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZ | I was a child when McCarthyism reached its height. As a child I heard...

Published: March 6, 2014 Bill de Blasio — speaking at a “Hospitals Not Condos” rally in the Village last summer — promised to listen to...

Published: September 19, 2013 Photo by Lincoln Anderson Arthur Schwartz, left, and John Scott, Tribeca’s district leader, at Bill de...