#Lawmakers express outrage over NYC’s ‘revolving door’ shoplift crisis that’s killing local businesses

#Lawmakers express outrage over NYC’s ‘revolving door’ shoplift crisis that’s killing local businesses

“Lawmakers express outrage over NYC’s ‘revolving door’ shoplift crisis that’s killing local businesses” Lawmakers expressed outrage Monday over the shoplifting crisis that’s killing local businesses — including by calling for the return of 1990s-style law enforcement in the wake of complaints from nearly 4,000 grocers. “It’s utterly ridiculous that a small subset of career criminals…

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#Speaker Heastie, seat Assemblyman Lester Chang

#Speaker Heastie, seat Assemblyman Lester Chang

“Speaker Heastie, seat Assemblyman Lester Chang” Democrats in the state Assembly appear poised to unseat Assemblyman Lester Chang, the Republican winner in Brooklyn’s 49th District. Why override the voters’ will, when Speaker Carl Heastie would still have a supermajority without expelling Chang? No one thinks Chang’s alleged residency issues are the real problem. This is…

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#Democrats set to bar Lester Chang taking NYC seat

#Democrats set to bar Lester Chang taking NYC seat

“Democrats set to bar Lester Chang taking NYC seat” Democrats in the state Assembly are set to block Republican Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang from being seated this week after leadership’s investigative report concluded he was only a “visitor” to the Brooklyn district from which he was elected. Democrats control the Assembly and will discuss the politically…

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#Albany lawmakers’ pay-raise chutzpah

#Albany lawmakers’ pay-raise chutzpah

“Albany lawmakers’ pay-raise chutzpah” For months, state lawmakers have refused to head back to Albany for a special session to address the well-documented flaws in recent criminal-justice reforms. But now, with elections safely over, they’re talking about rushing up for a “special” to … vote themselves a pay hike. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie even has…

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#Assembly Democrats’ plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters

#Assembly Democrats’ plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters

“Assembly Democrats’ plot to to undo will of Brooklyn voters” Word is the Assembly’s huge Democratic majority means to vote against seating Assemblyman-elect Lester Chang, the Republican winner in Brooklyn’s 49th District, unless he can satisfy their gripes about residency issues. They have the legal power, but it sure looks like disenfranchisement over sour grapes….

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#Andrea Stewart-Cousins won’t address 7 million Hochul ‘pay-to-play’ scandal

#Andrea Stewart-Cousins won’t address $637 million Hochul ‘pay-to-play’ scandal

“Andrea Stewart-Cousins won’t address $637 million Hochul ‘pay-to-play’ scandal” State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins repeatedly refused to weigh in Thursday on the $637 million “pay-to-play” scandal engulfing Gov. Kathy Hochul — saying she was satisfied with her fellow Democrat’s vague denial of wrongdoing. At an unrelated press conference in her district, Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) —…

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