This organization, run by black lawmakers in New York, is intended to give scholarships to underprivileged youth. They spent money on food and limos instead.
The Daily Caller reports:
Black Lawmakers’ Charity Didn’t Give Out a Single Scholarship, Top Pols Hide Financials
The caucus of black New York state lawmakers runs a charity whose...
Cuomo has already given New York a “free” college program, but as you know, it’s never enough.
The New York Post reports:
Students protest Cuomo vetoing bill for more public college funding
He’s Gov. Scrooge to a group of CUNY student activists.
About 20 state-university students gathered outside Gov. Cuomo’s Midtown office Monday to protest...
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is apparently exploring a run for president in 2020. She made that clear during an appearance on “The View” on Monday.
This may come as a surprise to New York voters, who were told by the senator herself just two weeks ago that she intended to...
What would happen if students submitted a paper with only the word “male” or “female” on it?
The College Fix reports:
NYU class has students write a ‘gender autobiography’
A sociology class at New York University requires students to write a “gender autobiography,” a paper in which the students will show “how [their] life...
I cannot believe these guys are going to be lawyers. Students at the Brooklyn, NYU, and Cardozo law schools walked out of their classes on Wednesday to protest the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. From The Wash...
Republican Representative Chris Collins announced Monday he will stay on the ballot for the upcoming election.
Collins suspended his campaign a month ago after he was indicted on allegations of insider trading.
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Isn’t it strange how so many young people are embracing socialism? What could be causing it?
Campus Reform reports:
New York students will read Marx in ‘Capitalism Versus Nature’ course
The New School for Social Research, a graduate school in Lower Manhattan, will offer a course next semester to explore how feminist and Marxist...
The debate between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon last night made for entertaining political theater but probably won’t do much to move the needle. According to the Real Clear Politics average of polls, Cuomo has a 33.5 point lead.
On Fox and Friends Monday morning, the Harvard Law professor emeritus explained that while Trump has constitutional defenses in the federal investigation conducted by Mueller, that’s not the case in investigation currently underway at the behest of New York’s Southern District.
Free college programs never seem to work out the way their advocates say they will.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Andrew Cuomo’s...
No, Governor Cuomo. Just…no.
At an event Wednesday, New York Governor Cuomo attempted to mock Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan.
Cuomo led by saying, “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.”
Earlier this week, Mary blogged about Representative Christopher Collins (R-NY) being indicted on allegations of insider trading. Today, Collins has announced that he is suspending his reelection campaign. It’s not yet clear who will replace him, but it seems unlikely that the GOP will lose this safe seat.
Federal prosecutors announced an indictment (pdf.) against Rep. Christopher Collins (R-NY) on insider trading charges and lying to the FBI along with his son Cameron Collins and Stephen Zarsky, the father of Cameron’s fiancee.
The charges stem from...
Very few people seem to understand the guidelines and rules for this program.
The Daily Caller reports:
Financial Aid Officers Fed Up Regarding Confusion Over New York’s Free College Program
State University of New York (SUNY) financial aid officers are fed up over the confusion and lack of clarity from the government surrounding the...
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez caused one of the biggest upsets a few weeks ago when she defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary.
Everything seemed fine and dandy, but now Ocasio-Cortez has accused the veteran politician of mounting a third party challenge.
Cynthia Nixon’s quixotic campaign for governor of New York is beginning to show signs of desperation. Cuomo’s lead in the polls is holding, and Nixon is responding with transparent appeals to the far left.
A 75-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to kill President Trump supporters, including those of GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
The man, Martin Astrof, showed up at Zeldin’s campaign headquarters in Long Island and threatened to kill a volunteer there as well as other supporters of Trump and Zeldin before nearly...
