New York Politics & News
News coverage and commentary of New York state politics, progressive policies, and governance battles in the Empire State.
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Mamdani Takes Over New York, Property Owners Take Cover
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to move into public housing, New York City’s Gracie Mansion Thursday, when he assumes power on New Year’s Day. This is good for him and his wife, Rama Duwaji, as he is about to make owning private property in the Big Apple a riskier proposition. Mamdani’s flagship housing policy has been to completely…Mike Gonzalez -
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Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against New York AG James
New York Attorney General Letitia James—already facing a federal criminal referral—now faces a potential state probe regarding her reporting of properties she owns in Virginia. America First Legal, a conservative government watchdog, filed a bar complaint against James with the New York Committee on Professional Standards, seeking an investigation into the statements made in a…Fred Lucas -
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Could New York Attorney General Letitia James Become the Next Marilyn Mosby?
In an attempt to get a lower mortgage rate on a vacation home in Longboat Key, Florida, one controversial elected prosecutor in a major U.S. city drafted a letter to United Wholesale Mortgage. At closing, the prosecutor signed the application for the $428,400 mortgage and attested to the accuracy of her answers in the application….Cully Stimson -
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EPA Administrator Confronts New York Times Reporter for Claiming He Had ‘No Evidence’ of Waste, Fraud, Abuse
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin confronted a New York Times reporter during a press conference Monday for claiming that he presented “no evidence” to back up his claims of waste, fraud, and abuse from the previous Biden administration. “I have a duty to make sure that we don’t light on fire billions of dollars…Tyler O’Neil -
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Trump Administration Halts New York Offshore Wind Project
THE CENTER SQUARE—The Donald Trump administration has halted a massive New York offshore wind project as it conducts a financial and regulatory review of plans to erect towering turbines along the nation’s coastlines. The Interior Department issued an order earlier this week calling for the immediate halt of construction on the Empire Wind Project “until…Chris Wade -
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Does New York Attorney General Tish James Live in Her Two Houses 500 Miles From Albany? Here’s What the Neighbors Say.
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Daily Caller News Foundation visited two southern Virginia properties at the center of fraud and misconduct claims made against Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James and found that James does not appear to be a resident of either home. The Federal Housing Finance Agency referred James to the Department of Justice for…Nick Pope -
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New York Schools Defy Trump on DEI Programs
THE CENTER SQUARE—In a forceful pushback, New York education officials are defying the Trump administration’s directive to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, New York Schools Counsel and Deputy Commissioner Daniel Morton-Bentley said the state will not comply with…Chris Wade -
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New York Times Says ‘We’ Were Misled About COVID Origin
The New York Times’ mea culpa about how “we” were misled about the lab leak theory and much else during the COVID-19 lockdowns is a day late, a dollar short, and outright insulting to the people who were right from the beginning. The New York Times published a piece Sunday written by columnist Zeynep Tufekci titled “We Were…Jarrett Stepman -
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Trump v New York
New York is getting its comeuppance. In the four years that Donald Trump was out of office, no state political establishment besides the Biden White House did more to persecute the former president through banana republic-style weaponization of courts. What’s more, New York became the poster child of what happens when you abandon Trump’s border policies and turn them…Jarrett Stepman -
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How Trump Responded to the New York Sentencing
Just 10 days before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump’s designation as a convicted felon became official Friday in a New York court. New York Justice Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning no jail time, fine, or other penalty. Such a sentence means it will not likely interfere with Trump’s duties as…Fred Lucas -
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New York Mayor Optimistic About Trump’s Immigration Policy
THE CENTER SQUARE—New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expressing optimism that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will help fix the nation’s broken immigration system and criticizing fellow Democrats for overlooking the issue of immigration ahead of last Tuesday’s election. Speaking to reporters at a Tuesday briefing, Adams said he is optimistic about the incoming…Chris Wade -
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Abortion Is Built on Fraud: A Response to The New York Times
In an essay published by The New York Times and titled “Abortion Pills Are Safe. Post-Roe America Isn’t,” Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky, a physician who practices maternal-fetal medicine, demonstrates that the campaign for unlimited abortion is as fraudulent and deceptive as ever. From the beginning, the “right” to abortion was built on fraud. Abortion advocates…Thomas Jipping -
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‘SHUT THE SPIGOT OFF’: Ben Shapiro Reveals The New York Times’ Strategy to Silence the Right Ahead of Election Day
Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire, explained what he sees as The New York Times’ strategy to silence conservatives and interfere in the election by pressuring YouTube to take adverse action against conservatives who allegedly spread “election misinformation.” New York Times reporter Nico Grant reached out to numerous conservative figures, including Shapiro, former Fox…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Serious Charges Against New York Mayor Eric Adams
Did New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, accept foreign bribes and foreign campaign contributions? That’s the key issue in the federal indictment of New York’s mayor just handed down by a federal grand jury led by Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The indictment…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Heritage Foundation President Schools The New York Times on Climate Alarmism, Clean Energy
After challenging the elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, back in January, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts this week was interviewed by New York Times reporter David Gelles on climate and energy. Roberts’ message: Environmentalists’ obsession with radical climate policies is leaving America’s workers and the global poor behind. “The climate agenda…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Andrew Cuomo Can’t Defend COVID-19 Deaths in New York’s Nursing Homes
How the mighty have fallen! Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won a coveted Emmy Award in 2020 in recognition of his daily televised briefings on COVID-19. Cuomo’s allegedly successful response to the deadly pandemic made him a Democratic national hero, and, of course, a darling of the liberal media. Cuomo’s media glory ended one…Robert Moffit -
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The New York Times’ Weird Attack on JD Vance
Once again, corporate media is painting a conservative lawmaker’s mainstream views as out-of-touch and bizarre. In 2017, JD Vance, then known for authoring his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” wrote an introduction to The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index for Culture and Opportunity, a collection of essays and charts looking at the state of families and prosperity in…Katrina Trinko -
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New York Indictment Highlights China’s Infiltration of State Governments
On Sept. 3, U.S. federal agents arrested Linda Sun, a former aide of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent for China. The incident is the latest indication of the lengths Beijing goes to infiltrate state governments and should stand as a warning…Michael Cunningham -
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Free Speech Victory for New York Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
A federal district court ruled Thursday that pro-life pregnancy centers in New York may inform women “that the abortion pill reversal (‘APR’) protocol is safe and effective for a pregnant woman to use, with her doctor, to reverse the effects of a first chemical abortion pill and thereby, help to save the life of her unborn child.”…Joshua Arnold -
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Election Watchdog Pushes Back on New York’s Mail-In Voting Law
A watchdog group on election law with success opposing mail-in voting provisions has joined two key congressional Republicans from New York in a case before the state’s highest court. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a friend of the court brief Tuesday in the New York Court of Appeals supporting Reps. Elise Stefanik, chair of…Fred Lucas