#De Blasio and McCray’s pathetic NYPD meddling

#De Blasio and McCray’s pathetic NYPD meddling

“De Blasio and McCray’s pathetic NYPD meddling” In 2014, The Post reported that then-First Lady Chirlane McCray had meddled with NYPD hiring — and threw a tantrum when her purported pick for commissioner, Phillip Banks III, resigned under Commissioner Bill Bratton.  McCray then took to the pages of The Daily News to denounce us as…

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#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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#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’

“#The Bill de Blasio-Corey Johnson ‘vanity budget’” Call it $98.7 billion in proof that lame ducks only care about themselves, as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson finalized a record city budget that serves their needs at New York’s long-term expense. The so-called “Recovery Budget” will leave a mind-boggling $12 billion gap through…

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#Budget deal adds 5M in spending by former ThriveNYC

#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC

“#Budget deal adds $115M in spending by former ThriveNYC” The city budget deal struck Wednesday includes $115 million in added spending by the new city agency that grew out of first lady Chirlane McCray’s controversial, $1.25 billion mental-health initiative. The boost gives the Office of Community Mental Health — which Mayor Bill de Blasio created…

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#James Patterson has a new hit book with Bill Clinton

#James Patterson has a new hit book with Bill Clinton

“#James Patterson has a new hit book with Bill Clinton” He’s feeling presidential Not even the Bible outsells James Patterson. His latest, No. 1 on the best seller list, is — with Bill Clinton — “The President’s Daughter.” “I wrote my first book at age 25. I had no money. I moved to New York, stayed in a hotel…

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#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift

“#Street menaces are Mayor Bill de Blasio’s parting gift” Some classic New York traditions are best left in the past. Any Gothamite of a certain age well remembers the bad old days of aggressive squeegee men demanding payment for unwanted services, or aggrieved panhandlers following and threatening subway commuters. As Bill de Blasio wraps up…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021” The Issue: A Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the company’s ban on former President Donald Trump. The decision by Facebook to continue banning former President Donald Trump from the platform should scare every American (“FaceBlocked,” May 6). Censorship by social-media entities is the stuff of socialist…

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