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in CrimeAlbany isn’t in a Staten Island frame of mind on crime
Staten Island DA Michael McMahon is rightly blasting Albany for refusing to repair the state’s disastrous criminal-justice legal guidelines. Problem is, the Legislature’s been refusing to hearken to anybody in legislation enforcement — prosecutors, cops or criminal-justice specialists (except they lean onerous left) — ever because it began down the “criminal-justice reform” path. Progressives’ overriding […] More
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in CrimeJim Jordan’s listening to shined a wanted highlight on Gotham crime
Think what you’ll about House Judiciary chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and the hearing he held Monday on crime in New York, however make no mistake: The subject completely deserves consideration — and no quantity of Democratic pooh-poohing it could change that. Dems accuse Jordan of utilizing the occasion to “defend Donald Trump,” as Rep. Jerry […] More
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in CrimeWhole Foods, libs’ fave retailer, wrecked by libs’ fave insurance policies
Whole Foods is closing its flagship San Francisco location after slightly greater than a yr in enterprise on account of rising crime. Maybe now ‘Frisco’s wealthy, white progressives will lastly take note of the continued harm achieved by their favored insurance policies. True, they’ve ignored sky-high murders and violence. Yes, they’ve dismissed the huge human […] More
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in CrimeNew York progressives are anti-Asian throughout the board
It’s certain beginning to appear like New York’s progressives are merely anti-Asian. Their newest trigger célèbre, the “Good Cause Eviction” invoice, goals to successfully deliver some 2 million flats within the metropolis alone beneath a brand new statewide rent-control regime. On high of being a certain housing-killer, it’s gotten the town’s Asian group rightfully up […] More
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in CrimeEven (some) NYC Council progressives get the madness of ‘Defund the police’
The City Council’s progressive circus — er, caucus — has fallen apart. Last week, nearly half the members who had proudly called themselves progressives deserted. They now see the progs’ “Defund the police” stance as a political albatross, and they’re right. The council’s sobering up is also a reminder to the mayor: Any potent challenger in two […] More
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in CrimeNYC landlords — and residents — deserve background checks for would-be tenants
There is a rising development of treating criminals as a brand new protected class. Common-sense New Yorkers have to reject this concept earlier than it’s too late. At a City Council Hearing on Intro 0632, which might prohibit background checks by landlords on potential tenants, advocates and my fellow council members forged criminals — who’ve […] More
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in CrimeSorry, progressives — The Post isn’t any outlier in reporting the horrors your crime reforms have triggered
Progressives in Albany faux the reality on crime is difficult to find out; their denial can be laughable if it didn’t empower a lot unnecessary struggling. “I maintain studying in some newspapers,” huffed Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz (D-Bronx) at a listening to Monday “that rearrests are skyrocketing,” although knowledge introduced by Division of Criminal Justice Services […] More
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in CrimeEven as the rich flee NY, progressives push to punish them extra
A brand new metropolis evaluation exhibits that an enormous chunk of high-income earners fled in 2020. Yet progressives refuse to listen to the alarm bell: They’re pushing to “tax the wealthy” but once more as a substitute. The examine by the town’s Independent Budget Office exhibits a ten% plunge in taxpayers who remodeled $750,000, and […] More
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in CrimeWhy are progressives silent on violence towards girls? Because it hurts their pro-criminal agenda
The horrific rape and near-strangulation of a tourist jogger on Manhattan’s premier West Side pedestrian promenade Thursday ought to have shocked New York’s progressive faction. A lady should have the correct to train in a public house with out concern of grievous sexual assault. Instead, progressives have been silent — however it’s a part of a sample: […] More
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in CrimeNY progressives have spawned a bloody struggle on the streets — and innocents are paying the value
New York’s progressives have spawned an unsightly struggle that’s going down not simply on the ideological fronts however within the streets — and it’s claiming actual casualties. Yet what the progressives fail to confess is that these casualties aren’t simply numbers on a spreadsheet; they’re actual folks. On Aug. 13, New York added one […] More
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in CrimeElitist George Soros is making life worse for black Americans
There is a skinny line between philanthropy and malevolence. In latest years, that line has develop into purposefully smudged like a hand on a chalkboard. Often notable philanthropists marry themselves to their ideological framework and refuse to simply accept that their perception system hurts extra folks than serving to. Or, within the case of George […] More
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in CrimeBuild Back Better redux and extra commentary
DC beat: Build Back Better Redux “Build Back Better is again! (Well, kind of.),” reports Spectator World’s Oliver Wiseman. “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will submit a reconciliation invoice” Wednesday to “enable the federal authorities to barter prescription drug costs for Medicare.” It’s a well-liked coverage Democrats may use to say they’re “working to decrease […] More
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