Charles Wang, owner of the New York Islanders, serves as something of a cautionary tale in terms of how heavy owner involvement can sink a franchise.

In the 1970s, professional sports found a different breed of team owner in George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees.

Once again, we're ahead of New York State. In the Town of Huntington it is strictly prohibited to use any type of trapping and it's been that way for quite some time. It is against our code. We will defend our code that it's against the law to discharge a firearm simply because it is strictly a matter of public safety.

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

New York is my home.

I'm a New York businessman.