NY’s championship drought hits sad milestone with Rangers loss
With their loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, the Rangers not only marked the end of more than 30 years since their last Stanley Cup win, but also the end of another winless season among the top eight New York-area professional teams. According to the Associated Press, the Rangers, Islanders, Knicks, Nets, Yankees, […]
NYS pushes to boot Boeing bigwigs, block executive raises using pension fund after series of company mishaps
New York state plans to use the weight of its pension fund to push for the firing and blocking of pay raises for three Boeing Co. executives following a series of corporate disasters. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who oversees the fund, voted against a shareholder proposal that argued Boeing’s corporate giant shouldn’t get raises because […]
Harvey Weinstein’s felony sex crime charges overturned by NY’s highest court
Harvey Weinstein’s new york rape conviction That ruling was overturned Thursday by the state Supreme Court, which ordered the disgraced Hollywood mogul to get a new trial. In a 4-3 decision, the New York State Court of Appeals found that a Manhattan judge “erroneously” allowed testimony from three women who made allegations unrelated to the […]
Critics furious over Hochul, Heastie plan to crack down on NY’s $8 billion home care Medicaid program
Critics are furious over a new plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to crack down on New York City’s $8 billion Medicaid home health program amid allegations of fraud. The governor and Sen. Heastie (D-Bronx) have agreed to overhaul the consumer-directed personal assistance program that allows New Yorkers to get […]
NYS Assembly passes stopgap spending plan ahead of eclipse day off as budget talks drag on
State lawmakers are expected to pass another temporary spending measure to keep the government running as budget talks enter a second week after politicians ignored an April 1 deadline. . The state Legislature returned to an unusual Sunday session and passed a bill extending state funding through Thursday. The House of Representatives is scheduled to […]
NY’s Hochul, Heastie ‘abused’ power to party in Buffalo Bills luxury suite: complaint
Gov. Kathy Hochul and other top New York Democrats are accused of turning a luxury suite at Buffalo Bills Stadium into a private party room during last year’s marquee game, The Post has learned. According to the complaint, Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Majority Leader Crystal People Stokes took over the VIP luxury suite […]
Hochul finally calls for overhaul of NY’s botched legalized pot program
Gov. Kathy Hochul has finally called for an overhaul of the state agency overseeing New York’s cannabis industry, after she herself acknowledged that the cannabis rollout had been a “disaster.” The move was boosted by an overhaul of the state’s cannabis regulator that began Monday, with key figures in New York state’s cannabis regulator accused […]
NY’s Elise Stefanik urges Republicans to push abortion issue
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is calling on her colleagues not to run away from the issue of abortion. The upstate Republican and chairman of the House Republican Conference told lawmakers facing a tough race to focus on deeply divisive issues. “I think it’s important for members of Congress to not get in the way of the […]
NYS won’t regain all jobs lost from pandemic until 2026: reports
The Empire State is not expected to recover all the jobs lost to the coronavirus pandemic until at least the second half of 2026, according to a new analysis. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s report cites projections from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office that New York state’s job recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been slower than […]
How NY’s $6 billion CDPAP Medicaid program has been abused, overused for years
New Yorkers with no medical experience will no longer be allowed to care for elderly or disabled relatives or friends under the $6 billion Medicaid program, which has been rife with fraud, abuse and abuse for years, officials said. The company is said to have the potential to earn more than $43,000 a year. The […]