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Queens Council Candidate Splurges on Meals and Gas, on Public Dime
A Queens City Council candidate participating in the city’s public matching funds program has spent $12,000 in campaign funds at restaurants and more than $2,500 on gas in his second bid to unseat an incumbent. Bernard Chow says the expenses are necessary because he does not have a campaign office in his effort to oust […]
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Taxi Drivers Hail Chelsea Rest Station
Inside the Taxi Clubhouse in Chelsea, cabbies and drivers for the ride-hailing apps can lounge on a row of massage chairs, kneel in ritual prayer, pound a punching bag in a basement gym or hit the gas on a “Ridge Racer” video game. But for many Taxi & Limousine Commission-licensed motorists, a visit to the […]
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Tish James Indictment Reverberates in Cuomo-Mamdani Fray
Less than a day after an indictment against Attorney General Letitia James ordered by the president, her case has widened a fault line through the race for mayor — with Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo both claiming the other is not equipped to stand up to President Donald Trump as he sets aim at New York. […]
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Check’s in the Mail: A New Yorker’s Guide to Inflation Refunds
Across New York City, 3.53 million residents are set to receive inflation refund checks of up to $400. Have you gotten yours yet? If not, keep reading. The checks are part of a statewide initiative spearheaded by Gov. Kathy Hochul to give mostly middle-class New Yorkers a boost against what she called a pandemic-driven increase […]
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Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory
Nearly a year ago, Lisa Fields Lewis rallied in Pennsylvania for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. But on a recent Friday evening, Lewis, a mother of two and staunch Israel advocate, was in front of Bloomingdale’s stumping for Andrew Cuomo with more than a dozen other volunteers on the Upper East Side. The neighborhood came out […]
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