#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022” The Issue: Dropping approval for Mayor Adams in the midst of ongoing criticism over his handling of crime. Mayor Adams is clearly failing in his first months in office (“Apple is souring on Adams,” May 6). Yes, he’s trying, but he’s fighting a blue-state political system totally…

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#New York is #1 . . . in anti-Jewish hate crimes

#New York is #1 . . . in anti-Jewish hate crimes

“New York is #1 . . . in anti-Jewish hate crimes” New York has hit another ugly milestone: The Anti-Defamation League reports that the state led the nation in anti-Semitic incidents in 2021, with a 24% jump over 2020.  And like clockwork, just ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, our legislative masterminds have derailed a bill…

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#Gov. Kathy Hochul’s insane, impossible carbon-free plan

#Gov. Kathy Hochul’s insane, impossible carbon-free plan

“Gov. Kathy Hochul’s insane, impossible carbon-free plan” Gov. Kathy Hochul has fully embraced one of the very worst obsessions of her disgraced predecessor: a war on carbon emissions. The centerpiece is the Climate Leadership and Climate Protection Act that then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo got passed in 2019 in a blatant bid to boost his chances of…

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#Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?

#Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?

“Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?” The state Appellate Division just got it half-right on the Legislature’s gerrymander, correctly blasting the US House-seat maps as drawn expressly “to discourage competition and favor Democrats” and thus violating New York’s Constitution.  But the court so far has the state Senate maps intact, though…

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#Brian Benjamin reaches for the ‘de Blasio’ defense

#Brian Benjamin reaches for the ‘de Blasio’ defense

“Brian Benjamin reaches for the ‘de Blasio’ defense” It looks like disgraced ex-Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin’s defense will resort to the “get out of jail free” card that worked for then-Mayor Bill de Blasio: a claim that it’s not bribery if the pol doesn’t personally profit. Back in 2017, recall, Acting US Attorney Joon Kim…

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