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Carl Heastie wants proof of how penalties curb crime? Here you go
Carl Heastie says he wants an example of how penalties curb crime, but they're numerous. His real reason for opposing consequences for criminals is that he aims to pander to...
Don’t betray NY workers who braved pandemic
The state faced a crisis four years ago as the COVID pandemic wreaked havoc.
Farmers fight back, don’t give up on Ukraine and other commentary
“Europe’s farmers are rising up” from France to Germany to Poland to the Netherlands, and “the elites are terrified,” cheers Spiked’s Fraser Myers.
Joe’s perverse energy ask, the EPA’s electric-car fantasy and other commentary
The EPA itself admits its new CO2 standards will require electric vehicles to be more than half of new vehicle sales by 2032, note Jonathan A. Lesser & Mark P....
Comeback kid Andrew Cuomo needs to show real contrition for his many, many sins
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to be seeking a political comeback, yet to pull that off, he'll need to show real contrition for his many sins while in office —...
Program for at-risk NYC students imperiled by loss of federal stimulus funds as city spends on migrants
A program that serves thousands youths at risk of dropping out could be on the chopping block as federal emergency COVID funding keeping it afloat expires at the end of June,...
House COVID-19 panel requests testimony from 4 former Cuomo admin officials
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has asked four former members of disgraced New York ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration to testify on “must admit” orders issued to nursing...
New York state won't regain all jobs lost from COVID pandemic until at least 2026, analysis shows
The Empire State is not expected to recover all the jobs lost from the COVID pandemic until at least late 2026, according to a new analysis.
Yikes: Those idiotic mask mandates are back in NYC hospitals
Masks are once more required at all 11 city-run hospitals, a precaution as cases of COVID, flu and RSV tick upward.
House to probe potential coronavirus 'lies' by ex-Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa
DeRosa has long been subject of ire from critics who broadly blame her and Cuomo for mismanagement during the darkest days of the pandemic.
Andrew Cuomo for mayor? Say it ain't so, New York!
Andrew Cuomo has edged ahead of Eric Adams in a notional mayoral matchup. Here are all the reasons why Cuomo would be TERRIBLE.
Howard Zucker to testify on New York's disastrous COVID response in front of House committee
As disgraced former Gov. Cuomo's one-time health czar, Zucker was responsible for a March 2020 order which forced Empire State nursing homes to accept coronavirus-positive residents returning from hospitals
Quarantine without due process, fixing antisemitism on campus and other commentary
In April 2022, attorney Bobbie Anne Cox filed suit against Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Department of Health, notes Rebecca Sugar at the Washington Examine.
NYC, Eric Adams must wage campaign to curb diabetes 'epidemic' affecting 1 million New Yorkers: health report
Mayor Eric Adams tamed his own diabetes through dramatic changes in nutrition -- now a report commissioned by his Health Department is recommending a well-funded citywide campaign to curb the...
This NYC enclave is leading Big Apple's post-COVID comeback, experts say
New York City has largely recovered economically from COVID-19 -- if researchers look at what's happening in the outerboroughs, not just Manhattan's business districts.
NYC launches $4 million vaccine campaign in poor neighborhoods
Mayor Eric Adams' health team is launching a $4 million "vaccine equity" campaign aimed at curbing deaths from the latest coronavirus strains and the flu in the city's poorer communities.
NY home where over 100 vets died during ‘worst COVID outbreak’ ignored protocols, kept families in the dark: lawsuit
The suit, filed on Nov. 4 in federal court, alleges the State Veterans’ Home did not follow COVID protocols and violated residents’ Fourteenth Amendment right “to conditions of reasonable care...
Midtown, Lower Manhattan foot traffic down 33% -- one of worst post-COVID rates in US: survey
"We’ve been tracking since early 2022, and New York was an early comeback story – but then stalled," said Karen Chapple, director of the University of Toronto's School of Cities,...
Hamas’ bodyguard of liars, Joe’s polls hit Hillary territory and other commentary
Israel’s ground campaign “will put Gazan hospitals at the center of attention” since “Hamas uses some of them, such as Al Shifa, as major command centers,” notes Commentary’s Seth Mandel.