#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

“#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem” Here’s the silver lining in the latest grand screwup by the city’s Board of Elections: By inadvertently including 135,000 test ballots in Tuesday’s preliminary report on results of the June 22 Democratic primary, the BOE all but ensured it won’t make that same mistake in…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 1, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 1, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 1, 2021” The Issue: The appointment of a man convicted of killing an officer in 1981 to a “police reform” board. Honestly, is it that hard not to have a cop-killer sitting on a panel that deals with police reform (“Cop-killer to ‘reform’ police,” March 30)? It’s like when…

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#How to start defusing NYC’s pension bomb

#How to start defusing NYC’s pension bomb

“#How to start defusing NYC’s pension bomb” Gotham’s public-health crisis risks becoming a financial crisis — including by ravaging the underfunded retirement systems promised to public workers. Four essential steps could avert catastrophe. Even before the crisis, the city had set aside just 2 percent of the savings needed to cover retiree health benefits for…

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#Democrats’ deadly strings on new COVID-19 aid

#Democrats’ deadly strings on new COVID-19 aid

“#Democrats’ deadly strings on new COVID-19 aid” Families and businesses are watching their bottom lines and stretching each dollar. But House Democrats are pushing a plan to prevent America’s schools from doing the same thing. The proposed HEROES Act, laying out their demands for the next federal COVID-19 relief package, pledges $175 billion to K-12…

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