NYC’s most outspoken smokers’ rights activist keeps up fight by growing her own tobacco — and ignoring bans
she is very motivated — And still firing. The city’s most outspoken smoker’s rights activist has turned to “civil disobedience” and smokes homemade cigarettes to keep money out of the government’s hands now that tobacco control is the norm. . “Would I be better off doing something else with my time? Yes, but I have […]
Mayor Adams seeks to oust outspoken chairwoman of NYPD oversight board: sources
Mayor Eric Adams is seeking to fire the interim chairman of the Civilian Oversight Commission, which is tasked with investigating complaints against the NYPD, according to people familiar with the matter. At some point last week, Phillips Banks, an Adams aide, asked Arva Rice to resign as chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), […]
Outspoken pro-Israel Columbia professor denied entry into ‘liberated zone’ encampment
An assistant business professor at Columbia University and Israel native, Shai Davidai, was dumbfounded Monday morning after he was barred from entry into the campus’s “liberated zone.” Davidai and other pro-Israel demonstrators were outside the campus gate, hoping to enter, video footage posted to X showed. The encampment was set up at the university in […]