Joe Biden (left) generated controversy by pardoning son Hunter who had pleaded guilty to tax evasion and was convicted for lying about being a drug addict on a federal gun application form. Hunter could have faced prison time. ( Photo: Joe Biden/Official Portrait; Hunter Biden/Government of India via Wikimedia Commons) Joe Biden Just Plain Lied to Us By Pardoning Hunter We are forever searching for heroes. It is the American way. It is part of our national religion. We celebrate those we think... Voices 13 Dec 2024 | 02:14
As NYPD’s top cop, Keechant Sewell has overseen a decline in crime incident reports in five of the seven major crime categories in the first half of 2023. Photo: NYPD As Keechant Sewell Steps Away as Top Cop, Could Her Next Move Be a Run for Mayor? This week we agree. Normally we don’t. How about Keechant Sewell for Mayor? Mayor Adams earned kudos for choosing Sewell... Voices 29 Jun 2023 | 11:24
Homeless Person on a bench outside a high end department store in Manhattan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Point: 06.01.23 By Hank Sheinkopf It gets very tiring to listen to the opinions of the highly dissatisfied as they work so very hard to change... News 25 May 2023 | 03:07
Give me... your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. But debate rages on who should pay to shelter the huddled masses. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Point and Counterpoint: Who Should Pay for the Estimated 50,000 Asylum seekers who have flooded into NYC? We always have done what Emma Lazarus asked us to do for the world’s “tired and poor yearning to breathe free.” The first... News 28 Apr 2023 | 08:02
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an interfaith clergy event at the House of the Lord Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, on Friday, June 12, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Point and Counterpoint on the Mayor’s Recent Rollout of Religion in Politics Representatives of liberal left New York, less worried about how many South Bronx residents might get shot on any day, had... News 17 Apr 2023 | 05:55
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a press conference at City Hall after an NYPD judge recommend firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo on Friday, August 2, 2019. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Democrats The Billy and Gilly Show When Mayor Bill de Blasio faced off with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand – and eight other Democratic presidential hopefuls – on... News 06 Aug 2019 | 10:21