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Opinion
How Zohran Mamdani’s promises would wreck working-class NYC
Zohran Mamdani, the Queens assemblyman and mayoral candidate, has a plan for winning this month’s Democratic primary: He’s promising to…
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Zohran Mamdani’s radical socialist vision would bankrupt NYC
Free buses; free child care; free baby baskets for every newborn; a vast expansion of public housing — all paid…
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Wall Street woes will hammer NYC — so Eric Adams must cut spending NOW
After a week of tariff-driven ups-and-downs in the financial markets, New York City’s economy may soon start feeling woozy. The…
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Stories
NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education’s mammoth $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is a whopping third of the entire city’s…
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Opinion
Why Mayor Adams’ latest NYC budget is in far worse shape than it appears
Mayor Adams, who’s facing a tough reelection fight, plainly hopes the budget he rolled out Thursday will score him points…
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Opinion
Thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the billions migrants are costing New York
Five billion dollars: That’s what the Biden-Harris open-border policy has cost New York taxpayers. Yep: In just 25 months through…
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Stories
$111B NYC budget deal to reverse most of Eric Adams’ proposed cuts
A record-breaking $111-plus billion budget that will reverse the majority of cuts pushed by Mayor Eric Adams in recent months has been reached in…
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Opinion
City Health Commissioner Vasan’s unforced mental-health miscue
Mayor Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan are getting major pushback for messing with small mental-health community centers — and…
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Stories
Program for at-risk NYC students imperiled by loss of federal stimulus funds as city spends on migrants
A program that serves thousands of students at risk of dropping out of school could be on the chopping block…
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Stories
Eric Adams pads NYC payroll with 293 ‘special assistants’
Mayor Adams padded the city payroll with 293 “special assistants” during his first full fiscal year in office — a…
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