Too many male trees making spring allergy season hell in NYC
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Too many male trees making spring allergy season hell in NYC

ByNews Polite

When it comes to allergies, men are the “root” of the problem! An excess of obnoxious, pollen-spewing male trees are wreaking havoc on New Yorkers’ sinuses — worsening what experts predict will be a hellish spring allergy season this year. In a trend dubbed “botanical sexism,” urban planners planted more male…

Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians
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Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians

ByNews Polite

It’s sure starting to look like New York’s progressives are simply anti-Asian.  Their latest cause célèbre, the “Good Cause Eviction” bill, aims to effectively bring some 2 million apartments in the city alone under a new statewide rent-control regime. On top of being a sure housing-killer, it’s gotten the city’s…

NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers
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NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers

ByNews Polite

A group of city Department of Education administrators is being sued for $24,000 in unpaid rent by the owners of a Bronx house where teachers brought from the Dominican Republic were forced to live. ADASA, the Association of Dominican-American Supervisors and Administrators, leased a duplex at 1820 Pilgrim Ave., then required…

Man rents space on Times Square, Manhattan billboard to propose to longtime girlfriend
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Man rents space on Times Square, Manhattan billboard to propose to longtime girlfriend

ByNews Polite

In a sea of glimmering Broadway lights and advertisements in Times Square, one man had a special request for his girlfriend of six years. Jose Negron of Waterbury, Conn. wanted to give his long-term girlfriend Alicia Cartigila a marriage proposal that would be as large as his love for her — so…

Biden’s migrant mess costing New York City $5 million a day
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Biden’s migrant mess costing New York City $5 million a day

ByNews Polite

Nearly Five. Million. Dollars. Per Day. That obscene figure is how much some 30,000 illegal immigrants cost New York City, per Mayor Adams’ emergency management honcho Zach Iscol. The ultimate two-year tab is projected to exceed $4 billion. It already hit $500 million in mid-February. And there’s every reason to…

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…

Santa’s back in town with inflation, inclusion on his mind
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Santa’s back in town with inflation, inclusion on his mind

ByNews Polite

Don’t look for plastic partitions or faraway benches when visiting Santa Claus this year. The jolly old elf is back, pre-pandemic style, and he’s got some pressing issues on his mind. Santa booker HireSanta.com has logged a 30% increase in demand this Christmas season over last year, after losing about 15% of…