#Facebook, Twitter censor NYC GOP lawmakers: pols

#Facebook, Twitter censor NYC GOP lawmakers: pols

“Facebook, Twitter censor NYC GOP lawmakers: pols” Facebook and Twitter are waging war on the New York City Council’s GOP members, disabling or refusing to verify some of their accounts — including that of a Ukrainian native-turned-national figure, the pols claim. Brooklyn Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, who was born in Ukraine, says Twitter denied her…

Read More
#City Council’s massive budget ignores reality and inflation

#City Council’s massive budget ignores reality and inflation

“City Council’s massive budget ignores reality and inflation” Last month, Mayor Eric Adams proposed a $101 billion city budget for the fiscal year that starts in July, about 1% more than de Blasio’s final budget. Now the City Council is rewriting the document. The council’s massive proposed spending increase shows that if the mayor isn’t living fully…

Read More
#Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers

#Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers

“Pols, union lobbying Adams to build new complex on Rikers” Mayor Adams is feeling heat to drop ongoing plans to overhaul the Big Apple’s jail system in favor of building a new college-campus-like complex for inmates on Rikers Island. Adams had promised to deliver former Mayor de Blasio’s plan to shutter Rikers Island’s notorious jail…

Read More
#Ukrainian-born NYC GOP lawmaker meets with Donald Trump

#Ukrainian-born NYC GOP lawmaker meets with Donald Trump

“Ukrainian-born NYC GOP lawmaker meets with Donald Trump” A Ukrainian-born Republican city lawmaker who recently blasted Russian President Vladimir  Putin as a “terrorist” met with former President Donald Trump, she revealed Sunday. City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, one of five GOP members of the body, posted a picture of herself with the former commander in chief, saying he “expressed his solidarity”…

Read More
#I’m suing to block NYC’s racist foreign-citizen-voting bill

#I’m suing to block NYC’s racist foreign-citizen-voting bill

“#I’m suing to block NYC’s racist foreign-citizen-voting bill” I recently was delighted to sue New York City’s Board of Elections.  In conjunction with Public Interest Legal Foundation, co-plaintiffs Phyllis Coachman, Anthony Gilhuys, Katherine James and I filed suit in New York Supreme Court Feb. 2. We aim to overturn City Charter Chapter 46-A, which our litigation dubs the Foreign Citizen Voting Bill. Passed by the City Council Dec. 9, FCVB lets…

Read More