#How to keep NYC from going bankrupt

#How to keep NYC from going bankrupt

“#How to keep NYC from going bankrupt” With the city’s tax base decimated by the pandemic and a high-income-earner exodus, will Mayor Bill de Blasio tighten the fiscal belt? The dire need for it is laid out in a new Manhattan Institute study. In it, New York City government vet Eric Kober looks at the…

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#Excessive mercy for cheatin’ Putin

#Excessive mercy for cheatin’ Putin

“#Excessive mercy for cheatin’ Putin” Last year, the World Anti-Doping Agency justly punished Russia for cheating by banning it from international sports for four years. But Moscow appealed, and Thursday the Court of Arbitration for Sport halved that punishment to two years. Too bad: WADA investigators had clear evidence that, as their report noted, “the…

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#Good Samaritan helps traffic agent clear snow in NYC

#Good Samaritan helps traffic agent clear snow in NYC

“#Good Samaritan helps traffic agent clear snow in NYC” A good Samaritan from Manhattan came to the aid of an NYPD traffic agent Thursday morning — with a shovel and some digging power, cops said. Police officer Andrew Dillon, of the Citywide Traffic Task Force, could not get the police vehicle to start at 29th…

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#Carter Rubin, 15, on defying bullies and winning ‘The Voice’

#Carter Rubin, 15, on defying bullies and winning ‘The Voice’

“#Carter Rubin, 15, on defying bullies and winning ‘The Voice’” Well, “America’s Got Talent” got it wrong. Before Long Island’s Carter Rubin won Season 19 of “The Voice” on Tuesday night — becoming, at 15, the youngest male champ of NBC’s singing-competition juggernaut — he was rejected when he auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” in…

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