Columbia president Minouche Shafik’s resignation reacted by Mike Johnson, other pols
Republican politicians praised the sudden resignation on Wednesday of embattled Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, but some blame the scholar for allowing anti-Semitism to flourish on the Ivy League campus. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Shafik’s resignation was “long overdue,” four months after he urged him to step down. “President Shafik’s refusal to protect […]
NYC pols from all boroughs urge NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to keep rule limiting pot shops
City council members from each ward are calling on Governor Kathy Hawkle to block the state’s Cannabis Control Commission’s efforts to allow more licensed marijuana stores to open in New York City neighborhoods. Nine members of the council’s “Common Sense” Caucus sent a letter to Hochle on Monday slamming what critics call a half-baked proposal […]
NYC pols got $700K from union pushing bill to reshape hotel industry
Records show that powerful labor unions have donated more than $700,000 in campaign contributions to City Council members who backed controversial legislation that critics say would inflate hotel rates and destroy New York’s hospitality industry. Since 2021, the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council has donated $711,428 to support the political campaigns of 15 of the […]
Staten Island pols urge Hochul yank MTA board member
Seven Staten Island politicians are pressuring Governor Hoffle to fire the MTA board member who recommended removing promised new rail cars from the forgotten borough. In their letter to the governor, the representatives blasted non-voting MTA board member Norman Brown for displaying “clearly hostile bias and callousness” during a June committee meeting about the now-suspended […]
Johnson warns pols they could be arrested for disrupting Netanyahu’s speech
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced Tuesday that he would implement a “zero tolerance policy” toward the unrest that followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. Capitol, warning lawmakers that they could be arrested if they violated the order. “Due to the high profile nature of the Prime Minister’s speech, there will […]
West Side pols oppose Hudson Yards casino they fear would ‘alter’ the High Line ‘experience’
Two state Assembly members representing Manhattan’s west side are opposed to Related Companies/Wynn’s plan to build a luxury casino at Hudson Yards near the High Line. “I’ve been very clear: I’m philosophically opposed to a casino on the West Side of Manhattan. The local residents are opposed to it, and until that changes, I’m opposed,” […]
Illinois pols speak on lowering ‘the political temperature’ after attempted Trump assassination
As politics continue in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, both campaigns in Illinois are assessing the heated nature of the rhetoric this election cycle. Minutes after former President Trump spoke to a crowd in a field in Pennsylvania on Saturday, a would-be assassin opened fire, killing a rally attendee […]
Pols fuming over migrants being dumped on one NYC borough
Queens politicians are outraged that their borough is being overrun with unruly immigrants and are calling for other New York boroughs to take in the same number of refugees. “It’s been a really tough one,” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said Sunday. “Just because you have a loud voice and you have a lot of […]
James Carville now urging Democratic donors not to give to pols who still support Biden
Democratic Senator James Carville took the drastic step of telling major party donors to stop giving to politicians who still support President Biden after his poor performance in last week’s debate. Carville, a veteran strategist who helped Bill Clinton win the 1992 presidential election, mentioned Biden’s plummeting approval ratings during a conference call with dozens […]
Pols cheer Jamaal Bowman’s double-digit loss as ‘karma’
Politicians from both parties celebrated the crushing primary defeat of Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of the Progressive Squad, to moderate Democrat Rep. George Latimer as a stunning indictment of the far left. “Just because someone is a little to the left is not a reason to run against someone. It just means they’re taking […]