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The article discusses the use of "stop-and-frisk" tactics employed by the New York City police department, and presents commentary on the topic from New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly. He believes stop-and-frisk has played an important role in substantially reducing New York's crime rate. In his view much of the opposition to stop-and-frisk has come from a small group of politically liberal activists.

The article presents an interview with New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau about his work. The interview begins with the conflicting relationship of Morgenthau with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Morgenthau then discusses the effort of the attorney's office to collect criminal forfeitures. He also talks about the conviction of film producer Anthony Marshall of stealing from his mother Brooke Astor.

The author contends that former New York state attorney-general and governor Eliot Spitzer contributed much to the decline of American International Group Inc. (AIG). He details the lawsuits filed by Spitzer when he was attorney-general that resulted into the dismissal of former AIG chief executive officer (CEO) Hank Greenberg and the company paying of billions to settle the lawsuits. Stockholders of AIG now are wanting Greenberg to manage the company again, but the former CEO is not interested in managing it once again.

An interview with Frederic U. Dicker, editor of the newspaper "New York Post," about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is presented. Dicker states that the former attorney general was bullying people. He notes that the political tactics of Spitzer have turned off lawmakers of both parties. According to the editor, there is a healthy degree of skepticism about how genuine the claimed willingness of Spitzer to change really is.