Is Hochul’s high court move a compromise — or a sellout?
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Is Hochul’s high court move a compromise — or a sellout?

ByNews Polite

Hmm: Gov. Kathy Hochul evidently hopes to sidestep the hard left’s drive to control New York’s top court with a compromise. Or maybe it’s a sellout. To recap: The state Senate’s lefty leadership orchestrated a humiliating rejection of her first nominee for state chief judge, Hector LaSalle — first stacking…

Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Cooney reverses bail stance after lefty criticism
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Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Cooney reverses bail stance after lefty criticism

ByNews Polite

Not exactly a profile in courage … State Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester) caved to pressure from the political left late Tuesday night — just hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul sang his praises for being “courageous” enough to back a key change to bail reform. “Our state law allows for those…

NYC brought itself back to life once before — but can it again?
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NYC brought itself back to life once before — but can it again?

ByNews Polite

Ideas matter, policies matter, leadership is essential.  That could be a list of bromides, but those ingredients actually produced one of the great examples of urban renewal in American history. Now there is a film that tells the whole story in compelling detail.  “Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New…

Gov. Hochul’s security detail under investigation
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Gov. Hochul’s security detail under investigation

ByNews Polite

State Police investigators are probing whether troopers in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s security detail have been cheating taxpayers by claiming they’re on the clock when they’re actually blowing off their shifts, The Post has learned. The probe is focused on members of the governor’s detail stationed in New York City — and…

Hochul’s ‘moderate’ budget plan still leaves New York on a path to fiscal doomsday
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Hochul’s ‘moderate’ budget plan still leaves New York on a path to fiscal doomsday

ByNews Polite

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new budget plan includes a record $227 billion in spending, plus at least $1.6 billion in tax hikes. The left wants a lot more, but that hardly makes her a fiscal conservative. She’d increase taxes on payrolls in the 12-county “MTA region” by $810 million and extend…

Kathy Hochul turns over turkey distribution to Democratic Party
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Kathy Hochul turns over turkey distribution to Democratic Party

ByNews Polite

Fowl play! Gov. Kathy Hochul has farmed out the task of distributing thousands of turkeys to the state Democratic Party after deciding that the Thanksgiving tradition violates new ethics rules. Last November, Hochul traveled across the state to personally participate in the annual turkey giveaway to the needy and noted…