#NY Green New Deal will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions

#NY Green New Deal will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions

“NY Green New Deal will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions” Public Service Commissioner John Howard recently warned that the state’s climate-action scheme will cost New Yorkers “hundreds of billions of dollars” — which Albany politicians “totally obfuscated” to push the plan through and refused to fund through taxes. For speaking this clear truth, he was…

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#NYC pols are about to display their housing ignorance

#NYC pols are about to display their housing ignorance

“NYC pols are about to display their housing ignorance” City Council members just put off a show hearing set for Tuesday on two housing issues that the state controls in a bid to win progressive cred. Wise move: It could only expose their gross ignorance (or cynicism) instead. The issues themselves remain alive: One is…

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#NY electric bills expected to jump 12% this summer

#NY electric bills expected to jump 12% this summer

“NY electric bills expected to jump 12% this summer” New Yorkers preparing to install air conditioners for the hot summer months are going to get burned with higher electricity costs — a projected 12 percent hike over last summer’s monthly bills, utility officials warned Thursday. The summer sticker shock comes on top of the big hikes in…

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#Adams must do more than complain about criminal coddling

#Adams must do more than complain about criminal coddling

“Adams must do more than complain about criminal coddling” Another day, another dreary tale of near catastrophe on the streets of New York City. Police Officer Dennis Vargas was recovering Wednesday from a line-of-duty gunshot wound suffered in the early-morning hours during a Bronx shoot-out. Not so fortunate was 25-year-old Rameek Smith, fatally wounded after…

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#This progressive bête noire is a boon to New York City

#This progressive bête noire is a boon to New York City

“This progressive bête noire is a boon to New York City” Progressives are hot to see the 421-a tax abatement, which encourages developers to build more affordable housing by reducing their property-tax liability, die when it expires next month. But if the Legislature doesn’t pass a replacement, it’s a clear loss for New York City….

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#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2022” The Issue: Dropping approval for Mayor Adams in the midst of ongoing criticism over his handling of crime. Mayor Adams is clearly failing in his first months in office (“Apple is souring on Adams,” May 6). Yes, he’s trying, but he’s fighting a blue-state political system totally…

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#Dirty rotten Albany scoundrels block nursing-home probe

#Dirty rotten Albany scoundrels block nursing-home probe

“Dirty rotten Albany scoundrels block nursing-home probe” The coverup of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s deadly nursing-home pandemic policies continues as Albany’s legislative leaders are quashing a bipartisan measure to probe the scandal more fully. Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) and Sen. Jim Tedisco (R-Schenectady) accuse the Democrats who control both chambers of the Legislature of stalling their…

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