Category: New York

Michael Cohen Seeks to Revive Lawsuit Against Trump, Barr for Alleged Retaliation

Michael Cohen, a former attorney of former President Donald Trump, has asked an appeals court to revive an earlier lawsuit that sought damages from Trump and Trump administration officials, after claiming he was imprisoned in retaliation for publishing a book criticizing Trump. “The head of the executive branch wielded his power to have one of…


Nancy Dunn Runs for Port Jervis District School Board

A retired nurse and mother of three, Nancy Dunn said she is running for the Port Jervis District school board to contribute her ideas and give back to the community. Dunn moved to the City of Port Jervis from Middletown in the 1980s following her marriage to Henry Dunn, whose family had lived in the…


New York Proposes Ban on All Flavored Tobacco Products

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to introduce legislation to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products. This will apply to menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and cigarillos, and flavored smokeless tobacco. The proposed ban expands the State’s current ban on selling flavored vaping products. According to New York’s Health Department, if passed and…


Memorializing an ‘Iconic’ Appeal: NY Parade Spotlights Communist China’s War Against Faith

NEW YORK—Any other Sunday for college freshman Elsie He would have been a day of reading, studying for class, or doing meditation. But something else was weighing on her mind that cloudy April 25. Donning her usual outfit of a light single-layer cotton jacket, long dark pants, and sneakers, with her long black hair tied…


New York Parade Spotlights Communist China’s War Against Faith

NEW YORK—Twenty-four years ago thousands of Chinese citizens gathered outside of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party’s headquarters at the heart of Beijing. They were Falun Gong practitioners, and were there to peacefully call on the communist regime to end the harassment and suppression of their peers by local authorities. Less than three months later the…


Eric Adams Says ‘Migrant Crisis’ Has ‘Destroyed’ New York City

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that the illegal immigration crisis under the Biden administration has “destroyed” his city and made an an appeal for federal help to deal with the problem. Adams made the remarks during a panel discussion hosted by the African American Mayors Association in Washington, D.C., on April 21. “The…


Thefts Prompt 17 States to Urge Recall of Kia, Hyundai Cars

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Attorneys general in 17 states on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal, a response to a sharp increase in thefts fueled by a viral social media challenge. Some Kia and Hyundai cars sold in the United States over the last…


Deadly Fire Incidents in New York Spike Following E-Bike Adoption

Fire incidents triggered by lithium-ion batteries have spiked in New York City in recent years as more people adopt electric vehicles, especially e-bikes. Fires caused by batteries powering e-micromobility devices like e-bikes rose from 44 in 2020 to 220 in 2022 in NYC. Between 2021 and 2022, such fires resulted in 226 injuries and 10…


Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus Delivers Annual Address

During the April 19 State of the County address, Executive Steve Neuhaus presented a positive financial shape highlighted by booming sales taxes, reduced tax levy, and a growing fund balance.  If he was to name one financial woe, it is the policies and laws out of Albany that shift undue burdens to local taxpayers, Neuhaus said in…


Appeals Court Grants Bragg’s Request to Temporarily Freeze House Subpeona For Pomerantz

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals this morning issued a temporary administrative hold on the return date of the House Judiciary Committee’s congressional subpoena to Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. Pomerantz investigated former President Donald Trump’s finances before leaving Bragg’s office in February 2022 in protest of Bragg’s…