#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike

#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike

“#De Blasio rebrands ThriveNYC again amid crime spike” Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray rolled out the third iteration of her much-maligned mental health plan ThriveNYC Wednesday — while downplaying the horrific attack of a man in a lower Manhattan ATM by a hatchet-wielding maniac. “We do have some really serious issues to…

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#A Big Apple to-do list for our new gov

#A Big Apple to-do list for our new gov

“#A Big Apple to-do list for our new gov” Kathy Hochul, unelected governor, has no mandate from voters. Nor does she have any experience in managing a large government, negotiating with a state legislature, crafting a budget or setting public-works policies.  And she still may be the best thing that’s happened to New York state…

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#Curtis Sliwa, NYC Republicans rally against COVID vax mandate

#Curtis Sliwa, NYC Republicans rally against COVID vax mandate

“#Curtis Sliwa, NYC Republicans rally against COVID vax mandate” GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa and some local Republican leaders were among 300 people at a Manhattan rally Sunday to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for city employees and indoor venues. “Let people have individual rights and freedom — and not the boot, crushing the…

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#So long to the at-odds, Cuomo-de Blasio couple: Goodwin

#So long to the at-odds, Cuomo-de Blasio couple: Goodwin

“#So long to the at-odds, Cuomo-de Blasio couple: Goodwin” Gov. Groper is almost gone and Mayor Putz is moving toward the exit. Who says there’s no good news?  Andrew Cuomo’s resignation and the term-limited end of Mayor de Blasio give New York state and city much-needed chances for fresh starts. While the slate isn’t wiped…

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#NYC’s population bloom offers promising signs

#NYC’s population bloom offers promising signs

“#NYC’s population bloom offers promising signs” Break out the egg creams and the Brooklyn ale! The Big Apple’s population grew by a humongous 629,057 souls — or 7 percent — from 2010-April 2021, according to the US census. Weren’t we told time and again that people were leaving town by the zillions? But even as…

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#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’

#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’

“#Special-needs settlement shows how little de Blasio cared about ‘equity’” For proof that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s talk of “equity” in education was always hollow, consider the city’s humiliating settlement this month resolving a 2017 lawsuit over the Department of Education’s failure to provide federally mandated services to special-needs Bronx kids. The class-action lawsuit exposed…

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#Several Dems thinking about swooping in if Cuomo steps down

#Several Dems thinking about swooping in if Cuomo steps down

“#Several Dems thinking about swooping in if Cuomo steps down” A gaggle of Democratic local politicians have flocked to gauge their standing if they chose to enter a potentially incumbent-free gubernatorial 2022 primary, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo fights for survival after the release of the attorney general’s damning sexual harassment investigation. Allies of Attorney General…

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