#New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigns after arrest in campaign finance scheme

#New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigns after arrest in campaign finance scheme

“New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigns after arrest in campaign finance scheme” Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday evening just hours after he was indicted by federal prosecutors in Manhattan on a five corruption charges that alleged he attempted to trade a state grant for campaign contributions. “I have accepted Brian Benjamin’s resignation effective…

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#Albany hates our kids but loves casinos

#Albany hates our kids but loves casinos

“Albany hates our kids but loves casinos” “It’s disappointing that Albany chose to lift the cap on casinos, but not charter schools,” Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz noted of the new state budget. Spot-on. It couldn’t be clearer. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate chief Andrea Stewart-Cousins care about special interests and…

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#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in 0B budget

#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget

“Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget” Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed runaway costs to taxpayers and overtime abuse, The Post has learned. The rollbacks were tucked into the record-breaking $220 billion election-year state…

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#Judge Stephen Lindley gets it (mostly) wrong

#Judge Stephen Lindley gets it (mostly) wrong

“Judge Stephen Lindley gets it (mostly) wrong” Half a cheer for the Hon. Stephen Lindley: On Friday the state appellate judge ruled that Patrick McAllister, the judge who tossed out New York’s blatantly unconstitutional Dem-drawn legislative maps, can appoint a special master to create a new map for House districts if the Legislature refuses to…

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#Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack

#Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack

“Millionaires fleeing south from New York tax smack” New York elected officials are scrambling to spin their disastrous population losses as something that can easily be reversed with just a few tweaks to the business environment, more federal aid and more spending from Albany and City Hall. Sorry, the municipal-bond market appears to disagree. For…

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#Great talk, but NYC needs results

#Great talk, but NYC needs results

“Great talk, but NYC needs results” Sunday marks Mayor Eric Adams’ 100th day in office. The man who wants to give New York back its swagger is saying (and in some cases doing) most of the right things. On crime, in particular, he’s hit back at Albany’s inadequate fixes in the state budget as leaving…

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