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Since his campaign win in November, Rep. George Santos (R-New York) has been ensnared in a slew ofethics issues. According to Fellow New York Rep. Ritchie Torres (D), the potential ethics violations are not holding the first-year Representative from planning his reelection. “Breaking News: George Santos is telling advisors that he wishes to serve a 2nd term, despite previously promising that he wouldn’t run for reelection,” Torres wrote on Twitter. The tweet also includes an article published by CNN, reporting that sources close to Santos have been told he will seek re-election. Santos has bee...
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Rep. George Santos (R-New York) has been accused of stealing money from a 2016 fundraiser for a disabled veteran’s dog, but he denies the allegations. U.S. Navy veteran Richard Osthoff provided an interview to a local news site, Patch, claiming that in 2016, he found out that his dog had cancer so he sought out an animal charity Friends of Pets United. There, he was told that the man who headed the charity, Anthony Devolder, may be able to help him raise the $3000 needed for the surgery. A GoFundMe page was started and the money was raised, but Osthoff said that Devolder, which is a name that ...
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James appealed to prevent a federal judge’s ruling against a restrictive state gun law from taking effect. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby in Syracuse, New York, ruled last week that a law passed in July banning the use of firearms in “sensitive” places, including Times Square and public transportation. According to Suddaby, the law violates the right to bear arms granted by the Constitution. The Concealed Carry Improvement Act was enacted during an emergency session in the summer as a response to a major Supreme Court ruling in June overturned a centu...
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New York City is moving ahead with a plan to introduce a new toll system for drivers entering Manhattan. The costs could add up to $23 for some drivers traveling to the financial district and the midtown area. The new system, called “congestion pricing,” is predicted to pull in $1 billion more revenue for the city. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA), there are about eight million commuters that travel into and out of the area. The highest tolls will be for truckers, who will have to pay from about $12-$82 per trip. The MTA subways are expected to introduce new trains in ...
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Democrat Pat Ryan won the special election in New York’s 19th Congressional District on Tuesday, handing the Democrats a significant win in the swing district. Ryan defeated Republican Marc Molinaro with 51% of the vote in the district that President Joe Biden won by under two points in the 2020 election. The race was closely watched as many saw it to be a bellwether for November as the two candidates focused heavily on the topics that will dominate the political landscape in a few months. Ryan focused on abortion and the overturn of Roe v. Wade while Molinaro emphasized inflation. “Choice was...
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Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-New York), who is the GOP nominee for New York governor, was attacked in a stabbing attempt during a campaign stop in Perinton, New York, around 8 p.m. on Thursday night. Zeldin thanked his supporters and those who stepped in to stop the attacker. “Thank you to everyone who reached out following tonight’s attack in Fairport,” Zeldin tweeted. “Someone tried to stab me on stage during this evening’s rally, but fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop him for a few moments until others tackled him.” The attacker was 43-year-old David Jakubonis, who was reportedly an I...
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Carl Paladino, a Republican House candidate from New York, is facing controversy after remarks he made in 2021 surfaced. The uncovered audio shows the candidate remarking Hitler was “the kind of leader we need right now.” The audio was found by Media Matters for America, a liberal advocacy group. In the audio, Paladino spoke about Hitler’s populist appeal and the energy he would bring to crowds, praising Hitler as a great orator. “I was thinking the other day about somebody had mentioned on the radio Adolf Hitler and how he aroused the crowds. And he would get up there screaming these epithets...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is adamant about banning chocolate milk in his public schools. Adams, a vegan and health junkie, wants to give students options in terms of the nutrition available to them at school, but this is raising concern among New York dairy farmers. New York is one of the largest dairy producers in the U.S., and New York City schools are one of the largest customers of chocolate milk. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is sympathetic to the dairy farmers since she views school lunch programs as an agricultural issue. She even suggested that the lunch program in New York City be tr...
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On Monday, just 34 NYPD officers were suspended without pay after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine as required by the city after the police union threatened that 10,000 officers would defy the regulation. Hundreds of officers are awaiting appeals seeking a religious exemption. This comes after a Staten Island judge on Friday denied an NYPD union’s request to temporarily halt the implementation of the city-wide vaccine mandate. The Police Benevolent Association, New York City’s largest police union, argued in court that the mandate does not clearly articulate potential medical or religious ...
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New York City’s mayoral race is still being counted, with the ninth round of votes closing the gap between candidates Eric Adams and Kathryn Garcia, who is trailing behind by around 15,000 votes. Adams currently holds 51.1% of voes, and Garcia holds 48.9%. In response to Garcia’s rise in the count, Adams’ campaign said in a statement: “There are still absentee ballots to be counted that we believe favor Eric — and we are confident we will be the final choice of New Yorkers when every vote is tallied.” This update comes after yesterday’s electoral blunder in which 135,000 “tester” votes were of...
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