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Opinion
Make this hemisphere great again, free our schools and more commentary
Foreign desk: Make This Hemisphere Great Again “It’s no accident that my first trip abroad as secretary of state” kept…
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Hochul’s $252 billion budget sets fire to taxpayer money
If insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result, then Gov. Kathy Hochul belongs in…
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Mobility tax, other fees to prop up flailing MTA even after congestion toll
Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering hiking a dreaded tax on businesses to prop up the flailing Metropolitan Transportation Authority in…
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New York may be great for public school teachers — but kids and taxpayers pay a high price
New York is the best state to be a public school teacher, reports the financial services consumer site WalletHub. We…
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Hochul restarts 2nd Ave. subway project and punts congestion pricing revenue fight to 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul dug out $54 million to restart the Second Avenue Subway construction project stalled after her sudden pause…
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, NYC Mayor Eric Adams take victory lap on smoke shops crackdown — but enforcement hasn’t even started yet
They’re planning to smoke out the bad guys. Taking a somewhat premature victory lap Friday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New…
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Kathy Hochul gets on board with key parts of NY ‘Good Cause’ rent-control bill as state budget housing deal nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul is getting on board with key parts of the “Good Cause Eviction” bill being pushed by lefty…
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Opinion
New York’s costly consumer-protection insanity just won’t stay dead
Here’s another menace at risk of being rushed into law as part of the state budget: The so-called Consumer and…
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Opinion
Albany can’t let insane NY housing laws send Bronx back to bad old days
In a sign city housing is headed for even bigger trouble, 32 BJ SEIU building workers have OK’d a strike…
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Opinion
New York lawmakers’ spending spree will bankrupt the state
State lawmakers must be smoking some of that wacky tobacky they legalized, because the one-house budget bills they passed this…
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