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Suffolk Dems set to challenge voter-approved term-limit expansion: 'It's all craziness'
Suffolk County voters have approved a controversial GOP proposal to double county legislators’ terms from two to four years — setting up a legal showdown as local Democrats move to...
Cut- ’em-loose judge springs another violent homeless repeat offender
In a miscarriage of justice that's only likely to become more typical in the Mamdani era, Judge Ariel Chesler rejected Manhattan prosecutors' request for bail to instead release a vagrant...
Hochul absolutely has to kill the macabre doctor-assisted-suicide bill
Fans of "assisted suicide" pretend it's purely about respecting the wishes of terminally ill patients seeking a dignified exit, but medicalized killing never stops there.
Florida bill would force public universities to rename roads after Charlie Kirk — or lose state funding
Even his own supporters balked at the notion of forcing university officials to bow to such a demand — and using much-needed funding as ransom.
Lying Zoh’s fantasy budget math belongs in la-la land
“The most important thing is that it’s funded,” Zohran Mamdani blurred at an “affordability”-themed campaign event, insisting his $10 billion "free stuff" agenda will go ahead no matter what.
Can cold Andrew Cuomo warm up and get out of his comfort zone to beat Mamdani?
Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to drop his bid for reelection opens a narrow path for Andrew Cuomo to win City Hall — and stave off an utterly disastrous Zohran Mamdani...
NY Democrats' rush to bend the knee to Mamdani means Albany WILL enact his socialist agenda
Like dominoes, New York Democrats are falling in line behind Zohran Mamdani's mayoral bid — raising the odds that they won't check his disastrous agenda, but enable it.
Leaving monsters like Jamel McGriff free to kill is what 'parole reform' now means
Now the courts aren't letting Jamel McGriff walk free — far too late for Maureen and Frank Thomas Olton, the elderly Queens couple he allegedly tortured to death.
NYC could become a tourism hotspot - for sex - if socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor, critics warn
As far back as when he was running for state Assembly in 2020, Mamdani has cheered that hookers should be able to turn tricks with impunity.
New York state's headed deep into the red — but Albany will 'rely' on denial
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just sounded a blaring alarm about the state’s cash shortfall — but don’t expect lawmakers to take heed.
OF COURSE New York's bungled weed legalization fueled a wave of addiction
An explosive Post exclusive revealing that legal weed is fueling a wave of addiction is fresh proof of Albany's feckless legalization.
NYC rehab centers overwhelmed as legal weed fueling higher wave of addiction
"It's a gateway drug. Eventually it won't get you high any more, and you're going to look for something greater. It tears families apart. I can testify to that,'' said...
Blame Albany Dems — not Washington — for New York's latest budget crisis
The state spending deal reached in May by Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative Democrats hiked outlays by 9.3%, three times faster than inflation.
Zohran Mamdani's campaign persona called into question by vote to give himself raise: critics
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani voted to drastically raise his state Assembly salary on the taxpayers' dime days before Christmas 2022 -- a move critics are citing as clashing with...
NY's legal guardrails no match for Mamdani's socialist harms
The safety measures limiting what an irresponsible New York City mayor can do are more myth than reality in a one-party, increasingly leftist state.
Albany mayor and progressives owe ex-DA Soares an apology
After yet another epic weekend of teen gun crime in Albany, local Democrats are implicitly admitting that longtime District Attorney David Soares was right after all.
Bally's clears hurdle to bid on casino license at former Trump golf course site
Bally's cleared a major hurdle to bid on obtaining a gaming license to open a casino next to its golf course at Ferry Point in The Bronx, formerly operated by...
Soaking the rich — as Mamdani and other lefties want —won't pay for a supersized NYC gov't
Mamdani’s platform — free child care, more public housing and an end to bus fares or CUNY tuition, just to name a few — wouldn’t come cheap.
NY politicians cravenly aim to deny me the justice I'm owed for my son's murder
I have a question for every New York lawmaker pushing the Earned Time Act, Fair and Timely Parole Act, Elder Parole and Second Look Act: Does our pain mean anything to you?
Nassau DA warns of Albany push to approve early parole for violent convicts
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly is warning that the Democratic-run state Legislature could rush through a series of bills to give convicts early parole and prevent law enforcement from...