Grant Cardone has been very vocal about the ruling against former President Donald Trump, in which has was ordered to pay $355 million in penalties plus interest. Cardone told his team to “immediately discontinue all underwriting on New York City real estate” in the days following the judge’s decision, since the risks outweigh the opportunity […]
ALBANY, New York — The wait for a downstate casino is not ending anytime soon. The state Gaming Commission indicated last week that it likely won’t start accepting applications in the high-stakes casino bidding war until the City Council approves a land use change necessary to build a casino in the five boroughs. The state […]
Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial aircraft, has been making a rare journey – floating down New York’s Hudson River. The British Airways Concorde, one of only 20 of the supersonic aircraft to ever fly, has been en route back to NYC’s Intrepid Museum after being sanded and recoated during several months of restoration. The delta-wing […]
ALBANY, New York — Democrats who dominate the state Legislature have introduced the new congressional maps that they plan to pass this week. Their proposal was introduced seven hours after Democrats rejected plans drawn by the state’s redistricting commission. Despite the rejection, the maps are not dramatically different from the lines the commission drew. Outside […]
As some Republicans were agonizing over the party’s disappointing 2022 midterm election performance – and occasionally laying the blame at the feet of former President Donald Trump – New York Rep. Elise Stefanik tripled down. Shortly after Election Day, Stefanik, now the fourth-ranking House Republican and a top GOP fundraiser, endorsed Trump’s reelection bid – […]
SPRING VALLEY — The sight of heavy smoke pouring from a neighboring apartment building spurred Jean Donald Mathieu to action. He climbed a tree, scaled a fence and ran up a fire escape to the third-floor apartment Feb. 3 to help save an 8-month-old girl and two women from a fire. On Sunday, the Spring […]
Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi won Tuesday night’s special election in New York. As a result, Trump took to Truth Social to insult the GOP’s losing candidate, Mazi Pilip. “She would have easily WON if she understood anything about MODERN DAY politics in America.” Former President Donald Trump railed against the GOP’s losing candidate in […]
WOODBURY, N.Y. — A decisive victory Tuesday for Tom Suozzi flipped a bellwether New York House district into the Democratic column, thinning an already small House GOP majority and potentially offering a preview of the campaign tactics in 2024 battleground races nationally. Suozzi, a Democratic former congressman, defeated Republican Mazi Pilip in the special election […]
An unusual special election in New York City’s suburbs on Tuesday could be a bellwether in the fight for control of Congress. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, faces off with Republican Mazi Pilip, a county lawmaker, in a race for a House seat that became vacant when George Santos was expelled from Congress. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A video showing a group of migrants brawling with police in Times Square has touched off a political furor and renewed debate over a long-standing New York City policy that limits cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. The surveillance footage, recorded Jan. 27 outside a Manhattan homeless shelter, shows […]
It is no secret that it’s become harder for working-class families to stay and live in New York. Political inaction to address the affordability crisis has resulted in skyrocketing housing and utility costs, astronomically expensive care for our children and elders, and has exposed people to deadly climate catastrophes. The fixes to these critical issues […]
The flipping of the calendar into 2024 will usher in some new laws in New York State. Minimum wages and highway tolls will rise, health care coverage for new mothers will expand and New Yorkers seeking public assistance will be able to select “X” as their gender identity. Here’s a look at some of the […]