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in CrimeMayor Adams’ unhappy capitulation to the crime-coddling Left
We get why Mayor Eric Adams’ new anti-shoplifting plan is so pathetically lame: It looks as if state lawmakers have left him with out no sticks accessible. So he’s resorting to limp carrots — the pabulum (early intervention, diversion companies, battle decision) that progressives maintain peddling. It’s time for some creativeness. Start with the one […] More
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in CrimeAlbany is doing the whole lot it might to shrivel New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul kicked off the 12 months vowing to maintain New Yorkers from fleeing the state — and Albany responded with a price range deal that’ll solely velocity up their flight. Yet Hochul was proper to fret: New data from Cornell University show the variety of infants born in New York fell from 241,000 […] More
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in CrimeLetters to the Editor — May 3, 2023
The Issue: The Legislature’s passage of a funds invoice that bans fuel hookups in new buildings. China is constructing as much as two coal-fired energy vegetation per week (“A Budget To Bust New York,” Editorial, May 3). New York state simply banned new fuel stoves and refuses to permit fracking within the very wealthy deposits […] More
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in CrimeHochul received judges a bit extra energy on bail—however will they use it?
Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned the state’s remaining spending plan will loosen limits on cash bail. Even if she really will get her approach, will judges — particularly in New York City — really use that discretion to lock up extra clear threats to public security? The gov’s “conceptual settlement” with the Legislature’s leaders will apparently […] More
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in CrimeMulvaney’s ‘Parody’ of Womanhood, Chicago’s actual tragedy and different commentary
From the left: Chicago’s Real Tragedy “Chicago’s mayoral election ought to stand as a warning to anybody who cares about the way forward for America’s cities,” argues Bloomberg’s Matthew Yglesias, “not a lot due to the end result however due to the selection it offered. Both candidates had been beholden to unions” — the lecturers […] More
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in CrimeAlbany’s hapless pot legalization retains producing contemporary disasters
Now the Empire State’s dazed-and-confused method to legalizing weed is producing one other crime wave — this one lethal. The first wave was the explosion of unlicensed pot shops, roughly 1,400 within the metropolis alone — all exploiting the way in which lawmakers decreased penalties with out making efficient plans for authorized outlets to open. […] More
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in Crime‘Discovery’ reforms allow drunk drivers — but no repair is on the desk
On prime of every part else, New York’s misbegotten criminal-justice “reforms” have proved a boon to . . . drunk drivers. Yet fixing it isn’t even on the desk in Albany. Almost half of all drinking-and-driving offenses in Manhattan got tossed last year, 5 occasions the speed earlier than the brand new “discovery” regulation kicked […] More
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in CrimeLatest crime insanity: Erase all juvenile information — even for homicide
It isn’t sufficient that Albany has insisted that every one 16- and 17-year-olds be tried in family court for almost every crime — now they need to be sure the general public and legislation enforcement by no means discover out about them. A brand new invoice (S. 3104) sponsored by state Sen. Jabari Brisport (D-Brooklyn) […] More
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in CrimeChange the bail legal guidelines to punish fentanyl killers — NOW
Fentanyl kills tens of hundreds of Americans yearly, with hundreds dead in New York alone. Hence Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney’s call to make extra drug-dealing offenses bail-eligible is past crucial. Tierney additionally desires a “dying by seller” legislation punishing sellers for overdoses. His concepts have gotten some bipartisan backing in the Legislature — […] More
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in CrimeNew York, lawmakers should cease blaming rise in crime on poverty
Being mayor of New York comes with numerous media consideration, however anybody who has held the job can inform you that the actual energy is in Albany, the state capital, the place the governor and Legislature maintain main sway over all the things from the subways to the general public faculties. Mayor Adams was again […] More
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in CrimeBlack Democrat DA tells the reality on crime, however progressives received’t pay attention
David Soares is district legal professional of Albany County, NY — the place politics is paramount, the place info seldom matter, and the place apostasy isn’t tolerated. No shock, then, that Democrat Soares — an eloquent contrarian — is on the outs in the Democrat-dominated capital city. Soares is black, which traditionally wasn’t an asset […] More
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in CrimeLetters to the Editor — Feb. 26, 2023
Medical fact Jay Bhattacharya was considered one of a handful of medical consultants prepared to talk out in opposition to the shortage of scientific assist for draconian and damaging measures compelled on the nation in the course of the pandemic and for years after the disaster handed (“Nation Still Needs Full COVID Truth,” Martin Kulldorff […] More
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