#Eric Adams makes plea for mayoral control of NYC schools

#Eric Adams makes plea for mayoral control of NYC schools

“Eric Adams makes plea for mayoral control of NYC schools” Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday urged state lawmakers on Sunday to pass legislation allowing him to continue managing New York City public schools. The public plea came after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed extension of mayoral control was left out of the state’s new $220 billion…

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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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#Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 10, 2022” Thomas’ HatersRich Lowry laid out the consistent, long-running attack on Justice Clarence Thomas from the left (“Doubting Thomases,” PostOpinion, April 2).Now Democrats are attacking him for the views of his wife. They will stoop to any low to get rid of him. What does this tell us?…

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#Albany must renew mayoral control of NYC schools

#Albany must renew mayoral control of NYC schools

“Albany must renew mayoral control of NYC schools” New York’s Legislature must now move quickly to renew mayoral control of the city’s schools, and with minimal changes, if it hopes to preserve a system that’s been a marked improvement over its predecessors for the past 20 years. Albany’s failure this week to renew it in…

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#Shame on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new COVID cowardice

#Shame on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new COVID cowardice

“Shame on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new COVID cowardice” Mayor Eric Adams has caved to the COVID alarmists by reversing himself on his previous decision to unmask under-5 kids in schools starting Monday.  This is cruel and anti-science — and to try to blame a minor uptick in case levels in NYC public schools, as…

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#Time to let go of COVID rules, for good

#Time to let go of COVID rules, for good

“Time to let go of COVID rules, for good” COVID alarmists are already looking forward to the next lockdown. We say: No freaking way. Yes, New York may well see another COVID surge, with Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant a likely candidate. But the threat just doesn’t justify major disruptions to fight it.  Look: It’s now clear…

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#Harvard cancels a black academic who debunked woke orthodoxy

#Harvard cancels a black academic who debunked woke orthodoxy

“Harvard cancels a black academic who debunked woke orthodoxy” Roland G. Fryer is a tenured professor of economics at Harvard — an anointed member of the elite by most definitions. He is also black, widely published and the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur “genius” grant for his work on the black “achievement gap”…

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