New York City
New York City’s budget gap is forcing Zohran Mamdani into a tax fight
Budget blues. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have agreed to push back the May 1 deadline by which the mayor must issue an executive budget proposal, while the two figure out how to…
Quote of the day | Power Line
James Meigs is one of my favorite writers. He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of MI’s City Journal. I met Mr. Meigs at Manhattan Institute dinner in 2024. He is a learned and delightful…
To the moon!
From CNBC, S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records, boosted by Intel, as investors hope for a restart to U.S.-Iran talks. The S&P 5oo index closed at a new record high of 7,165, just below the new record intra-day high of…
Electing Communists | Power Line
I’m so old, I can remember when it would have been unthinkable to run for office as a Communist or a socialist. Were those the good old days, or what? Exhibit A is Karen Bass, the Mayor of Los Angeles. I always took her for a…
Catholic conversion SURGE among young men: Meet Wade Searle
Catholic conversions are rising worldwide but especially among young men in particular. In America, this trend is especially concentrated in cities of influence such as Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago, as young…
Pittsburgh spent $19 million on the NFL Draft. The payoff is questionable.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Don't worry if you end up in a tough spot this week, everything will be alright. If hosting the NFL draft or getting drafted seems like a great deal to you, I'm…
New York Refuses to Give Alleged Mass Murdering Arsonist to ICE
New York is so committed to nullifying immigration law that it refuses to relinquish an alleged arsonist accused of killing four people in New York City. That was reported by the New York Post and Fox News on Thursday.…
Both parties’ policies make food more expensive
Affordability has become the latest go-to buzzword for politicians across the ideological spectrum. Food has received special focus, with everyone from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to President Donald Trump pledging to make…
Mamdani’s Marxist Marts
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani intends to keep one of his most controversial campaign promises: city-owned grocery stores. In his 100-day address on Sunday, he announced the city’s first socialist supermarket will be up…
Tax the Rich!
Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City on a socialist platform. He made it clear that he wanted to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers–sometimes he said white New Yorkers, which is problematic–so we had…
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