Gov’s Empire State of mind A chef in his whites — minus the usual hat — served Kathy Hochul and me hot steak and iced wine. Dinner was on the terrace surrounding Albany’s executive live-in mansion. The third uninvited guest? A nosy squirrel who kept running through the bushes. It’s maybe consumed…
Gov. Hochul must use her emergency powers to temporarily waive the Big Apple’s controversial “sanctuary city” laws because of increased terror threats posed by the ongoing migrant crisis, a coalition of City Council members demanded this week. “New York City is a prime target for terrorism, and we cannot afford…
Gov. Hochul may have finally awoken to the state’s looming energy nightmare. Too bad she’s befuddled about how to prevent it. Her energy summit last week was meant to reckon with an inconvenient truth: All the pixie dust in the world won’t help New York meet its goals to abandon…
She’s not moo-ving on this. Gov. Kathy Hochul promised that the price of a glass of milk at the annual New York State Fair won’t budge as long as she’s in the governor’s mansion — outside cost pressures and inflation be darned. “It will never go up as long as…
Gov. Hochul’s latest congestion-pricing punt reveals New York’s real motive in pushing the program. It has nothing to do with cutting congestion, and everything to do with “pricing” — raising more money for the state. But higher “prices” in the form of this new tax aren’t for everyone, of course: Only the…
It’s the shot they needed. New York breweries and distilleries are cheersing a brand new bill that allows them to directly ship alcohol to consumers. The buzz-worthy measure — which was temporarily in place during the COVID-19 pandemic — removes a restriction that prevented small distillers, breweries and cideries from…
An overwhelming number of legal-pot-shop owners and licensees oppose loosening the buffer zone that bars cannabis stores from being located within 1,000 feet of each other, according to an industry poll. The survey, conducted by the 300-member New York Cannabis Retail Association, found that 94% of respondents objected to changing the…
Gov. Hochul’s plan to overhaul the fraud-ridden $9 billion Medicaid home care program — which allows New Yorkers to get paid to take care of elderly adults — is facing a legal challenge from the “middlemen” companies who work as a payroll agent between Medicaid and the caregivers. The governor…
What are they smoking? Gov. Kathy Hochul raved on Wednesday about a new crackdown on hundreds of illegal pot shops in the Empire State — but failed to mention how the boom in unlicensed weed dealers was a direct result of the New York’s failed roll out of legalized marijuana….
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday told pro-congestion pricing groups challenging her indefinite pause of the first-in-the-nation tolling program to “get in line.” Hochul, through a spokesperson, dismissed the two new lawsuits filed Thursday in an attempt to re-start the plan that would charge drivers $15 to enter Manhattan south of…
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