Bob McManus
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Hochul putting the National Guard in NYC subways is a political stunt
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the deployment of National Guard troops to address subway crime, a problem Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his anti-crime brain trust solved a generation ago.
Gov. Hochul was right about Israel — until the left forced her to apologize
Gov. Hochul last week committed candor in public – a rare event indeed – but just 24 hours later she was groveling before one of the most noxious movements in...
Progressive government in action: Migrant beats cop, set free, shoplifts
When a border-busting teen-aged thug charged with felony assault on police officers walks free without bail, only to reappear just weeks later as part of an organized shoplifting crew, something...
All progressive bad choices collide with teen migrant shoplifting gunman
On Thursday evening, a shoplifting, pistol-packing 15-year-old “migrant” allegedly opened fire in a Times Square store — wounding a tourist before bolting into a crowded street.
Note to Mayor Adams: You're not criticized because you're 'chocolate' or 'Jesus'
An African-American, he blames race -- but maybe it’s really because nobody likes a whiner. Especially an unfocused whiner.
NY's soft-on-crime madness peaks with migrants beating cops, getting let go, and fleeing the state
Four of the migrants involved in the attack on two cops around Times Square have been freed without bail.
It's Bash-A-Cop week in NY while pols let the punks loose so the public pays the price
It’s shocking — but it’s the new normal.
Andrew Cuomo plots comeback with border attacks on Biden
Andrew Cuomo, always intrusive and never in doubt, just tucked into Joe Biden and the Democratic Party on America’s self-inflicted border-hopper crisis.
Progressives forget lesson from NYPD cop's slay: There's nothing just in freeing a killer
So it looks like Todd Scott, who helped murder NYPD rookie Eddie Byrne in 1988, will be a free man after 35 years behind bars.
Depraved pro-terrorist protesters try to cancel Christmas as politicians coddle them
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators tried to cancel Christmas at Rockefeller Center Monday; there were scuffles, some arrests, and a cop was injured — all in all, just another day in post-October 7...
New York politicians again show how much they hate New York
Let’s be clear about the latest City Council effort to cripple the NYPD: The lawmakers behind it don’t just hate cops — they hate New York.
Schumer, Jeffries, Gillibrand and Biden stand by as migrants drive NYC into bankruptcy -- call them out, Mayor Adams!
“I did not leave with optimism,” Mayor Adams confessed last week, after spending a day in Washington cadging spare change.
Horrible poll is a wake-up call for Mayor Adams
Eric Adams’ mayoralty is dropping like a rock down a well, and it’s all his fault.
Anti-Israel protests have a higher purpose — a complete teardown of the West
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed the streets surrounding Rockefeller Center Wednesday clashing with the NYPD while chanting “River to the sea,” long seen as an antisemitic slogan.
An antisemitic riot in an NYC high school needs more than just 'I'm outraged'
Some young scholars at Hillcrest High School in Queens last Monday learned that one of their teachers had attended a pro-Israel rally shortly after the Oct. 7 atrocities – and,...
Andrew Cuomo for mayor of NYC? Hey, it could happen
For now the feds have a target on Hizzoner’s back — and guess who appears to have sensed an opportunity?
Mayor Adams' crazy scheme to have parents be school security guards
The Adams administration just ditched a new class of rookie school-safety officers — and Hizzoner says maybe parents should step in and take up the slack. Talk about your intersectionality!
Latest migrant poll should scare the hell out of Democrats
A new poll says 84% of New Yorkers think the state’s migrant mess is a serious problem. The remaining 16% are zombied-out addicts living in parks and subway tunnels.
Gov. Hochul cowardly backpedals on criticizing Joe Biden's border
Hey, boys and girls. Can you follow the bouncing Kathy? Sunday, Gov. Hochul delivered a spot-on explanation for New York’s current dilemma — for how it came to be stuffed...
Governor Hochul suddenly realizes we have a border crisis
New York has been awash in budget-busting border crossers for many months now, and Gov. Hochul has been in near-total denial.