New York City
The socialist transit plan that could break NYC
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to make every city bus ride free. The democratic socialist assemblyman says the policy would cost about $700 million a year, which sounds like a lot until you compare it to…
Employers added just 22,000 new jobs in August
Employers added 22,000 new jobs in August. For those paying attention, this is substantially below what had been forecast. Employers added 22,000 jobs in August, with private sector payrolls up 38,000. The unemployment rate…
Majority surveyed say the American Dream is dead or never existed
The American dream is dead, people tell pollsters: "A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds that the share of people who say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living fell to 25%, a record low in…
On fighting crime with the National Guard, Trump says, he can do ‘anything I want to do’
Testifying in favor of the National Firearms Act in 1934, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings readily conceded that the federal government had "no inherent police powers to go into certain localities and deal with local…
What Curtis Sliwa brings to New York’s wild mayoral race
Long before Curtis Sliwa became the Republican nominee for mayor of New York, long before his multi-decade career as a talk radio host preaching law and order, long before he launched the beret-sporting volunteer crimewatch…
Brandon Johnson’s Chicago is a preview of Zohran Mamdani’s New York
Progressives were elated when Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani won an upset victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democrats' New York mayoral primary this past June. The 33-year-old self-described socialist's…
Photo: A Tiny Monument to Eminent Domain Resistance in New York City
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The Hess Triangle is the result of an eminent domain fight that began in 1910, when New York City seized and demolished a…
Defining deviancy down
The New York Post has dug up an old pro-crime socialist platform from 2021. They report, Democratic mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and his comrades at the Democratic Socialists of America want to wipe out the enforcement…
Diverse bribery | Power Line
Today’s New York Post cover story reports on the carnival of alleged corruption surrounding New York Mayor Eric Adams. The story is based on indictments secured by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in state court…
Gang related | Power Line
Even in these jaded times, the details are shocking. From Fox-5 New York, Brooklyn mass shooting: 14 injured, 2 gunmen dead, 2 suspects sought. The details, Police said several gunmen opened fire inside A Taste of the City…
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