New York City
Goodbye, Big Apple?
The latest polling suggests that Zohran Mamdani is on his way to becoming the next Mayor of New York City: In the most likely three-way race, the Queens assemblyman trounces ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo by nearly 20 points, 46.7% to…
Former ESPN host says watching my daughter face a boy in girls’ basketball ‘is maddening’
Wed Oct 22, 2025 - 3:25 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) – Former ESPN personality Samantha Ponder is the latest figure from the mainstream sports world to speak out against the inclusion of gender-confused males in female athletics,…
Is Curtis Sliwa a spoiler in New York City’s mayoral race?
Covering third-party politics for a quarter-century accustoms one to the accusation that such-and-such marginal electoral candidate is a "spoiler," queering what would be the results of a one-on-one contest between…
Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Housing Plan Could Crash New York’s Rickety Rental Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbGulTc4TY Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and the likely next mayor of New York City, believes the solution to Gotham's perpetual housing crisis is stringent price controls and…
What I saw at today’s No Kings rally in New York City
I had no strong interest in attending the "No Kings" march in New York City on Saturday until I learned from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that "The Democrat Party's main constituency is…
From Mamdani to Minneapolis | Power Line
Today’s Wall Street Journal carries Jamie Kirchick’s long column on the Democratic Socialists of America. New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a member — the vile Zohran Mamdani. Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar…
NYC doubles down on minimum wage for delivery app workers
In 2023, New York City became the first city in America to pass a minimum wage rate for app-based restaurant delivery drivers. Several other progressive cities have followed suit, resulting in a range of issues from rising…
Is new housing popular?
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Fall is a lovely time of year, particularly here in D.C., where capital residents are blessed with the two weeks of pleasant weather we get each year. It's hard…
Eric Adams was the housing hero New York City deserved
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter includes stories on: New York City's plan to make housing more expensive by requiring that plumbers install your stove Los…
Will a shutdown finally shrink government?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss whether the impending government shutdown will actually rein in the federal bureaucracy. They consider whether there is anything…
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