- Poll: Rudy Giuliani More Popular with New Yorkers than Mayor Bill de Blasio
Rudy Giuliani is more popular with New Yorkers right now than New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), according to a recent Siena College poll. “The Republican former New York City mayor and current lawyer and adviser to President Trump came in a full 4 percentage points ahead of the embattled de Blasio — […]
- House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Demands Removal of ‘Treasonous’ Donald Trump
U.S. House Democratic chair Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday set out his plans to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office, saying the occupant of the White House is guilty of inciting sedition. Calling President Trump “treasonous” and “a clear and present danger,” Jeffries (D-NY) made his call on the steps of New York City Hall. […]
- NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Police Checks for UK Travellers, $1,000 Fines for Breaking Quarantine
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that travellers from the United Kingdom will face home visits from police officers to enforce a quarantine order against Britons. The left-wing Mayor said that the quarantine was in response to the supposedly new mutations of the Chinese coronavirus found in the UK. Those deemed […]
- NYC to Have Coronavirus Checkpoints, Sheriff Warns of ‘Consequences’ for Violating Quarantine
Law enforcement will be “out in-force” as the holidays approach, stopping vehicles at certain New York City checkpoints, and there will be “consequences” for violating quarantine requirements, Sheriff Joseph Fucito said on Tuesday. “Sheriff teams will be out in-force as the holidays approach. There will be vehicle checkpoints at key bridges and crossings throughout New York […]
- ‘Dangerous and divisive’: NY Officials slam Gov. Cuomo for singling out Jews in new COVID-19 orders
A group of four New York officials sent a letter Tuesday condemning the State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo for singling out the Orthodox Jewish community in his renewed lockdown orders amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. State Senator Simcha Felder, State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, City Councilman Kalman Yeger, and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch all signed onto […]
- Sen. Rick Scott: ‘We Should Not Have Florida Taxpayers Bailing Out New York’
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend” that President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan that would provide state and local governments with $350 billion in emergency funding bailout was “wrong.” Senator Chuck Schumer said New York could get $2 billion in FEMA emergency money in Biden’s bill. Scott said, “This is just […]
- Mayor Bill De Blasio: New York City to Vaccinate 1 Million People in January
New York City, once the U.S. epicenter of the Chinese coronavirus, plans to vaccinate one million people in January, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, who made the announcement on Thursday. “The most important New Year’s resolution I could possibly offer you in the month of January 2021, we will vaccinate one million New Yorkers,” […]
- De Blasio: NYC Will ‘Need a Shutdown,’ ‘The Sooner the Better’
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said the city is “going to need a shutdown, and I think the sooner the better.” Host Wolf Blitzer asked, “The numbers are already going, as we all know, in the wrong direction, so why wait until after people gather […]
- NYC Mayor warns public school shutdowns to begin Monday, what happens to our children?
November 13, 2020 Can you imagine what is happening to these children in our major urban centers, like New York City trying to remote learn on lockdowns? What about the children in poverty? What about children in low to middle class incomes with multiple siblings and only one computer? He urged all parents of the […]
- Gov. Cuomo to close schools in new NYC COVID-19 hotspots
<!– –> <!– –> Oct 5, 2020 Following recent outbreaks in various Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that schools in these ZIP codes will be closed for in-person learning starting on Tuesday, the New York Post reports. During the same Monday press conference, Cuomo said that the state government would […]
- New York City to sever ties With Trump Organization following Capitol riot
New York City is severing its contracts with the Trump Organization as a result of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday on MSNBC. De Blasio said he was ending the relationship because President Trump had incited violence. “Inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal […]
- Revelers Hit the Streets of Wuhan – the Once-Epicenter of the Coronavirus – as Times Square Remained Empty
Partiers hit the streets of Wuhan, China — the once-epicenter of the Chinese coronavirus, which brought the world to a virtual standstill in 2020 — to ring in the new year as the streets of Times Square remained nearly empty. Photos and videos show crowds forming in Wuhan with packed streets and balloons as merrymakers flocked to […]
- Forbes: Andrew Yang considering a run for NYC mayor
Manchester, N.H./USA — Jan. 8, 2020: Andrew Yang speaks in a craft brewery during the New Hampshire presidential primary. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is reportedly weighing a campaign for mayor of New York City, a close ally told Forbes on Monday. The unnamed ally, only referred to as a former aide of Yang’s, […]
- ‘Worst mayor ever!’: de Blasio gets heckled while waiting in line to vote
October 27, 2020 While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, were waiting in line to vote on Tuesday in their former neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, a few individuals lobbed some heckles at the unpopular mayor, the New York Post reported. “Get to work!” shouted a cyclist. And after […]
- NYC Seeks to Reinstate Virus Restrictions in Some Spots
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor said Sunday that he has asked the state for permission to close schools and reinstate restrictions on nonessential businesses in several neighborhoods because of a resurgence of the coronavirus. The action, if approved, would mark a disheartening retreat for a city that enjoyed a summer with less […]
- Bill de Blasio Will Explore Canceling New York City Contracts with Trump Organization
New York City will review whether it can legally end its contracts with the Trump Organization, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Tuesday. “Our legal team is assessing the options,” de Blasio said during a press briefing Tuesday morning, noting that all of the contracts with the Trump Organization are under review. The city’s decision […]
- WATCH: Bill de Blasio Dances in Times Square While Keeping New Yorkers Out
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio danced with his wife in Times Square before midnight on New Year’s Eve while keeping the rest of New York out of the famed plaza for the first time history as he enforced coronavirus restrictions. De Blasio had closed off Times Square to the hundreds of thousands who […]
- UPDATE: NYC Mayor de Blasio says he’ll reopen elementary schools Monday, reversing an earlier decision
UPDATE: New York City Mayor de Blasio announced he will be reopening the city’s elementary schools in a complete reversal from an earlier decision to close all schools in the country’s largest school district. JUST IN: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced elementary schools will be reopening in-person on Monday, Dec. 7, in […]
- Pollak: Bill de Blasio’s New York Was Supposed to Be a ‘Progressive’ Model. It Is
When “social democrat” Bill de Blasio was elected mayor in 2013, he was “anointed … as the standard-bearer for a new progressive movement,” the left-wing magazine The Nation recalled in 2016. New York under de Blasio was to provide a model for the rest of the nation about what “progressive” or “democratic socialist” governance could look like. […]
- de Blasio threatens New Yorkers with $1000 fine for forgoing masks
<!– –> <!– –> Sep 30, 2020 Listen to “Media manipulation and the presidential debate” on Spreaker. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened his residents Wednesday with $1000 fines if they choose to forgo masks in public. “We don’t want to fine people, but if we have to, we will,” de Blasio told […]
