Tom DiNapoli flags Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget abuses
State comptroller Tom DiNapoli is warning that Gov. Hochul is up to her old tricks: keeping billions in state outlays out of the main budgeting process and protected from vital…
Trump’s $355M fine won’t hurt NY businesses that follow the law, Gov. Hochul says
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday insisted that the massive $355 million fraud fine slapped against Donald Trump won’t scare away or hurt New York businesses — because most local merchants…
Why Hochul’s 10 percent plan for SUNY makes sense
As part of her 2024 State of the State address on Jan. 9, Gov. Hochul announced a plan to offer the top 10% of New York high-school seniors direct admission…
Cuomo subjected at least 13 women to sexually hostile environment: DOJ
Andrew Cuomo leaves Il Postino restaurant in Manhattan, New York City on Monday, December 19, 2022. Gardiner Anderson | New York Daily News | Getty Images Former New York Gov.…
Gov. Kathy Hochul will slam congestion toll cheats, why not farebeaters?
Gov. Kathy Hochul has finally found a group of scofflaws she’s willing to stand up to: congestion-pricing cheaters. In her state budget plan, the gov included harsh penalties for people…
Here’s what could actually help NYC’s housing crisis
With the new year comes an event that New York housing advocates should face with dread: the annual session of the state legislature. Dread, of course, because the legislature’s Democratic…
The killing of Richard Henderson is a nightmare shared by every New Yorker
The senseless killing of Richard Henderson on a Brooklyn subway train last weekend is a painful sign that the city has a long road ahead in the fight against crime…
Hochul’s lame plan to reduce NYC farebeating won’t change a thing
Let’s be honest. Gov. Hochul’s proposal to reduce farebeating will do next to nothing. First, let’s look at the scope of the problem. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it loses…
Governor Hochul’s only idea to solve New York’s budget problem is to spend more
In her presentation of the $232.7 billion state budget for the upcoming 2025 fiscal year, which starts in April, Gov. Hochul channeled St. Augustine: She wants New York to be…
Gov. Hochul’s plan to end shoplifting is a rip-off
New York City survived 9/11, the Wall Street crash, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID-19. Our citizens soldiered on despite the calamities of life or death and economic hardship. But locked-up toothpaste…