Mayor Adams’ NYC is a blunderful life – and getting worse
To judge from the happy talk coming from City Hall and Albany, these are Gotham’s golden days. The pols point to sky-high budgets — investments, they call them — as…
NYC burns pizzerias with new rule cutting smoky pollutants by 75%
New York City has quietly approved a controversial green plan to require pizzerias and matzah bakeries using decades-old wood- and coal-fired stoves to cut their smoky pollutants by 75%. Mayor…
Tom DiNapoli, CBC are right to warn NYC of ‘fiscal cliff’ — but can Eric Adams limit the pain?
When normally reserved state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Citizens Budget Commission head Andrew Rein jointly roll out the A-word — “alarming” — to describe city finances, you can bet New…
Union boss Weingarten thinks you’re a racist if you want good schools for your kids
Want to have some ability to choose where your child goes to school? Well, then you’re a racist. So says Randi Weingarten, leader of the American Federation of Teachers. Words…
New York Democrats used COVID to waste millions of your dollars
New York Dems have their own ugly take on Rahm Emanuel’s infamous dictum “You never let a serious crisis go to waste”: They seize on crises to get away with…
A ‘sanctuary city’ shoudn’t protect criminal kingpins
Here’s a fine idea for New York City: San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey — an ex-cop and recovering addict — just proposed legislation to “withdraw sanctuary protections” for any undocumented…
One small fix for NYC’s cruel lottery for kindergarten assignments
New York City parents of pre-K students will apply for kindergarten seats in less than a month — and that means crossing your fingers that your kid gets assigned a…
NYC moves away from de Blasio’s unfair high-school-admission scheme — but not far enough
Kudos to Schools Chancellor David Banks for telling kids and parents: “We do believe in high standards.” Good grades and hard work will matter again under the city’s new high…
Eric Adams must focus on promise of cracking down on crime, not migrants
Eric Adams is no Bill de Blasio, and for that all New Yorkers can be grateful. Where the Putz was a late sleeper, chronically absent and disdainful of the city…
New Yorkers who care about their city and state need to nix all four proposals
City voters may not realize it, but the ghost of Mayor Bill de Blasio will haunt their ballots this November — in the form of three stunningly odious measures to…