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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 […]