NYC airport named best in the US: new survey
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NYC airport named best in the US: new survey

ByNews Polite

Hold onto your luggage, folks!  NYC’s dramatically made-over LaGuardia Airport has been named best in the fifty states, according to the Forbes Travel Guide.  Yes, that’s the same LaGuardia that President Biden once infamously compared to “some third-world country.”  President Biden once infamously compared the hub to “some third-world country.”…

Without a clear mayoral upgrade, nobody has been able to deliver the KO to Eric Adams – yet
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Without a clear mayoral upgrade, nobody has been able to deliver the KO to Eric Adams – yet

ByNews Polite

The reports are full of drama, with tales of resignations, indictments and chatter about the next head to roll.  Or as New Yorkers say, it’s another day in the tenure of Mayor Adams.  Gothamites attuned to the messy history of local government realize we are living in a unique moment,…

Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chant ‘We’re gonna get you’ at Netanyahu
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Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chant ‘We’re gonna get you’ at Netanyahu

ByNews Polite

Anti-Israel protesters menacingly chanted “We’re gonna get you” outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Big Apple hotel Thursday night, a day before he’s expected to speak at the United Nations. The rowdy demonstrators swarmed the outside of the Loews Regency New York Hotel on Park Ave. and E. 62nd…

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito maintains he’s ‘upheld the highest ethical standards’ after report he gave alleged mistress K-per-month district office job
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Rep. Anthony D’Esposito maintains he’s ‘upheld the highest ethical standards’ after report he gave alleged mistress $2K-per-month district office job

ByNews Polite

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) maintained Monday that he has “upheld the highest ethical standards” after a report claimed the Long Island congressman hired an alleged mistress to work in his district office.  The New York Times reported that D’Esposito, 42, paid Devin Fass – the woman he was allegedly having…

Legal NY weed sellers want 1,000-foot buffer zone to stay, poll shows
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Legal NY weed sellers want 1,000-foot buffer zone to stay, poll shows

ByNews Polite

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…

Stefanik demands resignation of NY pol who likened shooting Trump to ‘putting down a rabid dog’
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Stefanik demands resignation of NY pol who likened shooting Trump to ‘putting down a rabid dog’

ByNews Polite

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik called for the resignation of a local New York official in her district who allegedly compared the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump to “putting down a rabid dog” in a since-deleted social media post. Stefanik (R-NY) called on Potsdam Town Council member…