Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of people with a gun that did not fall into that politically defined category.
Once a champion of school choice, New York’s mayor has caved to union pressure—leaving tens of thousands of students stuck on waitlists.
Financial historian and attorney Richard E. Farley explains how political games, union power, and creative accounting tanked New York City in 1975—and why it could happen again.
A federal court concluded the official was entitled to qualified immunity in a case that united two unlikely allies.
Despite record seizures and restrictive laws, New York City has struggled to stem the tide of untraceable firearms.
The Trump administration's lawsuit against New York City challenges decades of sanctuary policies and local independence.
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the New York State Police have been fighting for years over misconduct records that the state legislature made public in 2020.
If Zohran Mamdani turns socialist rhetoric into policy, New York’s financial giants may not stick around to see how that plays out.
One immigration judge referred to an ICE attorney as merely “Department” during a hearing.
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How did Zohran Mamdani’s rise happen, and what does it tell us about the future of the Democratic Party?
To the socialist mind, families are not forces for good; they’re competitors to the state.
Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for state-run supermarkets exposes the inefficiencies of state-run education.
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Mamdani's socialism is unacceptable, but the former governor is himself unacceptable.
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Allegedly sane, centrist opponents of New York City's socialist mayoral candidate are all too happy to regulate rental housing into the ground.
Hochul's plan for the government to lead in building a new nuclear power plant is a surprising one, given New York's history of using top-down policies to shut down the energy source.
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But now his case against the government can move forward.
Daredevil's nemesis Kingpin runs up against local government bureaucracy.
The former congressman, who died this week, transformed from a zealous prohibitionist into a drug policy reformer.
Two decades after Granholm v. Heald was supposed to end protectionist shipping laws, states and lower courts continue to undermine the decision.
A proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulations is a necessary step toward a unified strategy that protects innovation and equity alike.
Plus: Yetis, The Seat, and a political letter that will make your eyes roll.
Lawmakers passed the largest spending plan in state history, pushing costs higher without delivering results.
The lawsuit challenges a Day 1 executive order signed by the president to halt federal leasing for offshore wind energy projects.
Scenes from a trade war.
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Northeastern states import massive amounts of electricity from Canada while strangling domestic energy production with regulations.
A New York law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the year 2000. Other Democrat-controlled states plan to follow suit.
How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda
We're hemorrhaging our child population for a reason.
It's also a reminder of the disarray that ensues from strikes put on by state employees, who hold monopolies on public goods.
New York's proposed ban on nicotine pouches ignores science, consumer choice, and the lessons of prohibition.
Federal transportation officials said that because New York's congestion tolls were really about raising money for mass transit, they didn't qualify for an exemption from the federal tolling ban.
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Prosecutors claim the case is about coercion. So why isn’t that the charge they are bringing?
"I know they are guilty," otherwise "they would not be in front of me," said town justice Richard Snyder, who resigned in December.
"I can't make sense of it. I couldn't even finish watching the video," said the girl's mother. "That's not how you handle children."
Aside from a felony record that may yet be erased on appeal, the president-elect will face no punishment for trying to conceal his hush payment to Stormy Daniels.
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