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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New York Times Outsources Research to Media Matters
The libertine left and its publicists in the “objective media” have a funny way of writing their lobbying campaigns against troubling traditions such as the “gender binary.” It goes like this: 1. Push the revolution from the fringes by testing the supposedly outdated cultural boundaries—say, the idea of putting trans girls in girls sports. 2….Tim Graham -
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New York Congresswoman Calls on Cuomo to Resign Over Nursing Home Deaths
A New York congresswoman is calling on the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, to resign over his administration’s cover-up of reporting of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said she called on the three-term governor to step down after Jill DesRosiers, his…Steven Hall -
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The New York Times Can’t Get Basic Facts Right on Election Reform
Not surprisingly, The New York Times is pushing liberal talking points when it falsely asserts in an article from Tuesday that reforms by state legislatures to remedy the vulnerabilities in their election laws are “voting restrictions.” Trying to guarantee the fairness and integrity of the election process, when polling shows a large number of Americans…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Why Someone Hid Accurate Death Count for New York Nursing Homes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration’s alleged efforts to hide the accurate number of related deaths beg the question: Is the cover-up worse than the crime? The Empire Center for Public Policy, a New York-based research organization, filed a request last summer under the Freedom…Virginia Allen -
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5 Keys to Understanding Cuomo’s COVID-19 Cover-up in New York
New York state lawmakers say they want to impeach Gov. Andrew Cuomo, strip him of emergency powers, and investigate his administration as new information shows the state’s COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes is even higher than a revised estimate. The New York Department of Health released data Wednesday on 647 more nursing home deaths…Fred Lucas -
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New York Nursing Homes Took in Over 9,000 COVID-19 Patients Under Cuomo’s Order
Over 9,000 hospital patients recovering from COVID-19 were released into New York nursing homes during the early stages of the pandemic due to a directive from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, according to a report Thursday. The Associated Press obtained records showing that 9,056 COVID-19-positive patients were sent to New York nursing homes after the Cuomo administration’s…Andrew Kerr -
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New York Times Columnist Targets Conservative Media
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently penned a column titled “A Letter to My Conservative Friends,” with the subheading “Hold us accountable, but please do the same for the charlatans who deceive you, use you, and cheat you.” Kristof doesn’t name any conservative friends, so we can’t be sure he has any. It’s fascinating…Tim Graham -
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New York Times Reviews Book Advocating Blowing Up Pipelines to Combat Climate Change
If the name Tatiana Schlossberg sounds like a brand for white privilege, you would be right. She’s not a top chef or fashion designer. She’s the 30-year-old daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy. Like Maria Shriver at NBC News, Tatiana Schlossberg became an “objective journalist” for…Tim Graham -
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Rioters Hurl Rocks at New York City Cops, Drive Through Police Line
New York City rioters hurled rocks at cops, drove through a police line, and damaged several businesses Tuesday night following the Philadelphia officer-involved fatal shooting of a man armed with a knife, the New York Post reported. Around 200 violent demonstrators were seen parading through the streets with one man holding a burning American flag, according to…Jake Dima -
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Faced With Lawsuit, Cuomo Reverses Closure of Jewish School in New York City
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio have spent months targeting the Jewish community for gathering for worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, some families have become fed up with this behavior, which they consider religious discrimination. Yitzchok and Chana Lebovits send their daughters to Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam,…Nicole Russell -
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Social Media’s Preemptive Spiking of New York Post Story Shows Bias Against Conservatives Continues
Twitter and Facebook are quickly backpedaling after suppressing a New York Post story damaging to former Vice President Joe Biden, but that doesn’t erase the fact that just weeks before an election, the social media platforms continue to enforce their rules differently for those with whom they disagree politically. When the Post published a story…Kay C. James -
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Twitter’s Censorship of the New York Post Is Un-American
Less than three weeks from a presidential election, perhaps the most vital platform for political news and debate, Twitter, has locked down the accounts of a presidential candidate’s press secretary and of his official campaign, among others, at the behest of activists pretending to be journalists. This is unsurprising to anyone who has been paying…David Harsanyi -
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Twitter, Facebook Suppress New York Post Report on Hunter Biden
Twitter on Wednesday afternoon began blocking tweets from being posted that contained links to the New York Post’s report on alleged emails that purportedly show Hunter Biden offered to introduce then-Vice President Joe Biden to an executive of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. “We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by…Andrew Kerr -
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New York: The Example America Should Not Follow
New York City is becoming an economic basket case. “‘We’re at war’: New York City Faces a Financial Abyss,” screams a New York Times headline. New York City’s unemployment rate stands at 16%, double the nation’s average. Yet, even in the midst of a “financial abyss,” the animosity of New York’s liberal elite remains undeterred…Star Parker -
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The Slow Suicide of New York City
“The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby” Listen: The sound you just heard was of a distinct lack of traffic, a dearth of hum, the slight…Eric Kampmann -
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Fact-Checking New York Times Fact-Checker on BLM’s China Links
The New York Times covered for communists in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, when it denied the genocide in Ukraine. The Times covered again for communists in Cuba in the 1950s, when it reported that the rebels were Democrats. And the newspaper appears to be doing the same in America today by covering for…Mike Gonzalez -
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‘No Police, No Peace’ Billboards to Reach 4 Million in New York, Atlanta, Dallas
Six billboards declaring “No Police, No Peace” have gone up, two each in New York City, Dallas, and Atlanta, Heritage Action for America announced Monday. The move comes amid an increase in both violence in the streets and angry anti-police rhetoric. Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, ages 24 and 31, were shot and seriously…Fred Lucas -
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New York Teacher’s Assignment Compares Police to KKK, Slave Owners
On the first day of classes, a high school teacher in Westchester County issued an assignment that included a comic style strip comparing police officers to slave owners and Ku Klux Klan members, the New York Post reported. The assignment was part of a chapter on “European Colonization of America,” given by Westlake High School…Kaylee Greenlee -
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‘Nice White Parents’ Responsible for Failing Public Schools, New York Times Says
Why does the public education system continue to fail America’s children? Policy experts have pondered this question for decades. Most say the answer is complicated, requiring a nuanced, collaborative approach. But not The New York Times. It found the problem, and it’s simple: white parents. The solution? “Try, whenever possible, to suppress the power of…Mary Clare Amselem -
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Blacks Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid New York City Crime Wave
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders in New York City, according to New York City Police Department data reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation. There were 194 shooting incidents that involved black victims in the…Andrew Kerr