New York state is about to start charging drivers a new $9 toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. Gov. Kathy Hochul moved to restart the contentious congestion pricing plan, arguing it will help fund MTA upgrades and ease crowding and pollution on city streets. Hochul had abruptly paused the program just before it was set to … Read more
Rep. Josh Gottheimer blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for being “insane” with reviving the congestion pricing plan. James Keivom A New Jersey Democratic congressman announcing a bid Friday to become the Garden State’s next governor blasted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as “insane” Thursday for reviving the reviled congestion toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. “It’s utterly absurd … Read more
Congestion pricing leaves a bad taste in his mouth. The owner of a New York City diner name-dropped by Gov. Kathy Hochul said she never comes by anymore — but he’s afraid her controversial $9 congestion toll can put him out of business. Hochul repeatedly insisted Thursday she talks to regular folks at diners who … Read more
Autism children and parents enjoy a Halloween-style fall festival Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Carrie Fitts Real Estate in Tuscaloosa. Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / Two weeks ago, a team of American researchers published a major report documenting an astonishing rise in the diagnosis of autism. In just over ten years, between 2011 and 2022, … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Celeb-spotters at the nation’s airports have been disappointed this past week. A whole cast of celebrities swore that they would leave the country if Trump won this month’s election. … Read more
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. REUTERS With President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, radical and discriminatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs could be — finally — on the way out. DEI has captured almost every level of education and government. Our … Read more
It’s going to take a toll. Many working-class New Yorkers aren’t buying Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pitch for her revamped congestion pricing plan. The governor’s office cast the $9 daytime base toll — down from $15 as originally — as “putting commuters first,” but Midtown workers who spoke to The Post Thursday said it would still … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump revealed plans Thursday to replace the prosecutor whose office is targeting NYC Mayor Eric Adams, announcing he will tap his former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton as the US attorney for the Southern District of New York. That post is currently held by Damian Williams, a Democrat, who has gone after Adams and a number of other high-profile targets such as former Sen. … Read more
The co-founder of the conservative The Federalist news site, Benjamin Domenech, lit into Rep. Matt Gaetz Thursday, calling him a “sex trafficking, drug addicted piece of s—t” — and warning senators that they’ll have to live with themselves if they confirm him as attorney general. In his newsletter The Transom, Domenech slammed the embattled Florida … Read more
A four-month old baby boy who died in the Bronx over the summer had cocaine in his system, the city medical examiner has said — and now, his death has been ruled a homicide. Cops found little Ariel Gonzalez unconscious and unresponsive at an Eagle Avenue residence at about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 10, after … Read more
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