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Opinion: Why should taxpayers balance the Democrats’ books?

August 16, 2020

Taxpayers around the country should not have to bail out Democrat-led state and local governments, including New York, for their failed policies. Yet, this was the main priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and what caused the stalemate over another round of coronavirus relief legislation in Congress last week. Think about it — why should taxpayers from around the country be forced to balance the books of those areas that have enacted fiscally irresponsible policies for years, and pay for the ongoing repairs caused by rioters allowed to inflict their chaos by Democratic mayors and governors?  Until these officials implement some fiscal sanity and allow law enforcement to do their …

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Opinion: Vito Bruno knows we can’t go back to the ‘bad old days’

July 5, 2020

Last week, Curtis Sliwa, popular New York City radio host and founder of the legendary civilian crime fighting group the Guardian Angels, stood in front of the 95th street station in Bay Ridge to endorse Republican Vito Bruno for the 22nd State Senate District, which covers a large area of southern Brooklyn. This seat was previously held by Republican Marty Golden from 2003 until 2018, when Democratic State Senator Andrew Gounardes won by a narrow victory. Significantly, Sliwa, who currently leads the NYC Urban Reform GOP Coalition, supported Gounardes in the last election …

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Opinion: Releasing inmates during a time of crisis is a terrible idea

April 5, 2020

When all five of the city’s district attorneys, who are all fellow Democrats, say that the mayor’s initiative of releasing inmates from Rikers Island is dangerous, we should listen to them. This week, the top prosecutors in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx united to strongly condemn Mayor de Blasio on this matter. They said, “We want to make clear that the categories of those proposed for release have, in some instances, included individuals who pose a high risk to public safety.” They concluded with this zinger: “We should not have to make release decisions that we know will put communities at risk.” As the quintessential example of …

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