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Hobbs to join female governors at DNC for conversation hosted by ‘Veep’ actress
(The Center Square) – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs will be joining the seven other women Democratic governors in Chicago next week at the Democratic National Convention. All eight women will...
NYC taxpayers have spent $308M on ongoing migrant crisis since July
New York City's spending on the migrant crisis keeps on growing -- including $308 million since July 1 -- bringing the total tab to nearly $5.5 billion.
Disorganized NY Dem rally to endorse Harris infiltrated by anti-Israel protesters who clashed with cops
While protesters were escorted out of the main rally, the demonstration took an ugly turn in front of a restaurant where some rallygoers gathered.
GOP rep takes credit for stopping NYC's controversial $15 congestion toll in new ad campaign
First-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has launched a new multi-million dollar campaign ad claiming credit for forcing Gov. Kathy Hochul to shelve the unpopular $15 congestion pricing toll to enter...
Nassau County mask ban official amid rise in antisemitic hate -- as Hochul softens her stance
New York's Nassau County enacted a first-in-the-nation post-pandemic mask ban Wednesday -- but don't expect it to be rolled out statewide as Gov. Kathy Hochul threw off her mask of...
UFT president supports Hochul’s smartphone ban in schools but wants districts to have a say, too
The head of the powerful United Federation of Teachers union supports Gov. Kathy Hochul's push to ban smartphones in New York schools -- but says individual districts should have the...
NYC pols from all boroughs urge Hochul to keep rule limiting pot shops: 'We are at critical juncture'
City Council members from every borough are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to block a push by the state's weed regulatory board to allow more licensed pot shops to open in...
Homecare ‘middlemen’ sue to stop Gov. Hochul’s proposed Medicaid program overhaul
Gov. Hochul quietly rammed through a measure during state budget negotiations earlier this year to replace the hundreds of financial intermediaries that pay caregivers in the popular Consumer Directed Personal...
Why both Republicans and Democrats are failing at solving America's housing crisis
A new book details how American politicians are failing to solve the nation's housing crisis.
Hochul says NY Dems should tack moderate but they're still letting lefties drive policies
New York Democrats should “just try to be moderate,” Gov. Hochul pleaded at an Aspen Institute gathering last week.
Futuristic pool gives New Yorkers the opportunity to swim in filtered East River water
The long-promised "+ POOL" -- a futuristic floating swimming pool designed to buoy bathers in the East River -- will open off Pier 35 along the Lower East Side.
NY officials want to ease buffer rule to open more pot shops: 'They must be stoned'
The state's plan comes just as New York City and New York authorities had been starting to make a dent in padlocking hundreds of illegal pot stores.
More NYers oppose congestion pricing, but Hochul still gets no boost in poll
Despite the growing support for Gov. Hochul's decision to indefinitely scrap Manhattan's congestion-pricing toll, her low favorability numbers are still hovering around where they were in June.
Kamala Harris win in November will ensure MTA's 'success': Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wouldn’t commit to the feds being able to chip in the record high amount of funding towards its last five-year capital plan and framed...
Race for mayor between Eric Adams and Brad Lander turns to pot
The race for mayor is turning to pot. City Comptroller Brad Lander -- now a candidate for City Hall -- is launching a probe into rival Mayor Eric Adams' administration's ...
Hochul takes victory lap on illegal NY pot crackdown -- after her botched rollout opened the door
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams praised the city's recent crackdown on illegal post shops -- but left out the part about how their botched rollout of legal weed...
Hochul's COVID report leaves NY still lacking answers four years later
More than four years after the eruption of the 2020 COVID pandemic, New Yorkers still have no reliable, independent assessment of how well their leaders responded.
Hochul finds $54M in state funding to restart Second Avenue Subway project stalled after congestion 'pause'
Since legislators left Albany without a plan in place to replace the billions of dollars of revenue anticipated as part of the congestion pricing scheme earlier this year, Hochul has...
Top staffers flee NY cannabis regulator after Gov. Kathy Hochul dumps agency's head
Several high-level staffers at New York's cannabis regulator are calling it quits -- after Gov. Kathy Hochul axed the agency's head and blasted it as a “disaster."
The DOE is struggling with banning phones in class because it's already destroyed school discipline
Under a rumored city Department of Education plan to implement a cellphone ban across all 1,600 city public schools, students would be banned from using phones in schools.