Albany budgeted $4M for the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (NYIRC) to do its job. In January 2022, it failed. Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister appointed a “neutral expert” on April 18, 2022. Dr. Jonathan Cervas was hired at a cost not to exceed $90,000 (for Congressional lines). Per his schedule, maps were to … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams is expected to continue his “control” of NYC schools once John Liu’s (S16) and Robert Jackson’s (S31) S09459 and Manny De Los Santos (A72) and Deborah Glick (A66) A10498 are passed June 2, 2022. Senator Liu added a new “District Council 75” and more appointments, while Assemblyman De Los Santos wants class … Read more
Daniel Enriquez Leon, 48, born in New York, left the City in the 1980s due to crime, got killed at 11:42 am on May 22, 2022 while riding the Q train. Obituary, Visitation, Service and Interment. Update: May 31, 2022 at The Transfiguration R C Church. Should Andrew Abdullah, the shooter, have attended?
NYS Education Department needs to explain which questions were problematic, and why must the entire test be redone! Who is in control of our children’s education when the Governor of New York does not even know?
Frank James, 62, who wounded 29 people included 10 who were shot on the N train at 36 Street station before 8:30 am on April 12, was arrested by NYPD at least 12 times. Probe of the camera failure was launched. It was only September last year that MTA announced 100% camera coverage. The MTA … Read more
The GOOD: Supreme Court Justice Patrick F. McAllister; John Faso; Appellate Justices Stephen K. Lindley, Centra, and Curran; Court of Appeals Chief Justice DiFiore and Judges Garcia, Singas and Cannataro. The BAD: Governor Kathy Hochul; Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; Speaker Carl E. Heastie; Court of Appeals Judges Troutman, Wilson and Rivera; Appellate Court, 4th Department Whalen, … Read more
If the job is done, STOP! Remaining fund should be returned to the state. Update (April 29). Job posted after Court of Appeals voided Albany’s maps. Web Programmer/Analyst Independent State Agency – Albany, NY WEB PROGRAMMER/ANALYST *(Independent NY State Agency/Equal Opportunity Employer). SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION*. Easily apply Apr 28 Update (May 11): … Read more
New York is one of nine states where primaries are closed to enrolled party members. Should we open it up so those of a different party or any voter can vote in a primary?
Ali Najmi and The City’s expose on Brooklyn’s Democrat County Committee primaries has been going on in every election cycle, even when there is no challenger. Other parties do it including Republican. Requiring all County Committee members to sign a Certificate of Acceptance would weed out this fraud.
State Senate introduced bill S8949 on April 29 that would allow a candidate on the ballot be removed who has either been arrested OR charged OR convicted. The American jurisprudence of “innocent until proven guilty” has been watered down. If a candidate got “arrested” or “charged” during protest or domestic violence, he or she could … Read more