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Gov. Hochul flying to Italy, Ireland on taxpayer dime for climate, business events
The first leg of Hochul’s state-funded trip will reportedly involve a 15-minute address Thursday at the Vatican about building climate resilience in the Empire State.
The MTA's payroll hits new $1.37B cost . . . and for what?
As city drivers brace for congestion-pricing tolls to take effect June 15, the MTA’s payroll hit a jaw-dropping $7.8 billion, while its overtime expenses hit a new record high last...
NYC weed shop crackdown is great news, but without wider reform will just be Whack-a-Mole
Western Green, a Queens store operating in flagrant violation of the laws prog legislators assured us would make the retail pot market safe, got raided and shuttered, its copious inventory...
Cannabis cops uproot illegal weed shop in heart of Queens business district
"A lot of the illegal stores are going up in puff. Other stores are taking their signs down to disguise their illegal selling,'' said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
Albany must address the deadly surge in youth violence
Last week two teens killed and at least six more wounded in shootings and stabbings across the city, again flags the failure of Albany’s soft-on-crime approach.
Cuomo hits the skids when it comes to favorability among NYers, with Mayor Adams not far behind: poll
The ex-gov suffered from the worst favorability rate among state voters out of 32 political figures in a Slingshot Strategies poll conducted and released this week.
Hochul's cannabis agency ripped as office's head is ousted over 'confusion, difficulties, and delays': damning report
The damning report excoriated OCM’s leadership for prioritizing hiring policy staffers and other roles unrelated to its regulatory operations and core responsibility, including issuing licenses for the budding legal cannabis...
Kathy Hochul reveals her racial bias, Rep. Jamaal Bowman gaslights on Jewish history and more
Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed that black children from the Bronx don't know what the word "computer" means.
Albany lawmakers pitch fix to undo Harvey Weinstein decision fallout
Lawmakers are racing to update trial procedures for accused perverts, after New York's highest court threw out the disgraced movie mogul's 2020 sex crimes conviction last month on a technicality.
Adams, Hochul tout passage of law allowing city to lower speed limits
“This is a joyous but bittersweet moment,” Cohen Eckstein’s mother, Amy Cohen, said flanked by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams Thursday.
Lefty Manhattan pols back rent control for the rich — under false pretense of helping middle class
A bill being pushed by Manhattan state Sen. Liz Krueger and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal offers rent control for the rich -- under the pretense of protecting middle-class New Yorkers.
State official won't say how many illegal pot shops there are as NYC begins crackdown: 'Larger than we'd like it to be'
A state cannabis regulator refused to say how many illegal pot shops there are in New York while Mayor Eric Adams announced a "Padlock to Protect" program to close down...
Biden’s hopes fading fast, who’s setting the US on fire and other commentary
“It increasingly appears that Biden’s quiet comeback is running out of steam,” grumbles Douglas E. Schoen at The Hill.
Hochul's dim slur on black kids and computers exposes Dems' condescending ignorance
Bronx Politicians ripped Gov. Kathy Hochul after she said that some black children in the borough don’t know what the word “computer” means.
Judge nixes controversial NY abortion ballot measure — in blow to Dems ahead of election
A judge in Livingston County ruled Tuesday that the legislators had failed to follow the proper constitutional steps to get the measure on the November ballot.
Hochul slammed for saying black kids in the Bronx don't know what the word 'computer' means
"Right now we have, you know, young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word 'computer' is,” Gov. Kathy Hochul told a forum in...
New Yorkers are still paying for closing Indian Point
Among the many ways New York is still paying for the erratic-but-forceful leadership of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the soaring expense and growing unreliability of the electric grid likely tops the...
Good news for Hochul and Adams: More New Yorkers are working than ever
Good news for Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams as new data reveals that more New Yorkers are working than ever.
Here's how much artificial intelligence will add to New York's economy
"It's the best place to recruit candidates and recruit customers." And New York is already home to 35 AI “unicorns," a new report finds.
NYC congestion pricing will take a toll on Chinatown businesses, critics argue
The controversial first-in-the-nation $15 congestion toll to enter the Manhattan business district south of 60th Street will put a dent in the economy of Chinatown, critics said Thursday.