Adam Brodsky
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Harris' alarming pro-Hamas stance would endanger Israel
She has dragged out the war in Gaza by impeding Israeli military progress, and is pushing a “cease-fire” that would set up another horrifying round of Hamas attacks on civilians.
Biden's loss of Jewish support could cost Dems the presidency — and more
For the past century, Jews have generally given Democrats running for president 70% of their votes or more — but Biden's post-Oct. 7 policies have made them rethink that historic...
Success charter school vows to start class on Monday despite UFT lawsuit
Eva Moskowitz said a Success school is beginning classes on Monday in a public building that the powerful teachers' union is trying to expel her from, adding officials would have...
Man sentenced 22 years-to-life for killing 92-year-old Queens 'cat lady'
A Queens judge Thursday sentenced a man to 22 years-to-life in prison for raping and murdering a 92-year-old "Cat Lady" over three years ago.
Albany's big splurgers are floating a budget stuffed with boondoggles
It’s the perfect storm of perfect storms: A pandemic socks the economy, erodes tax revenues and widens already gaping budget holes. Spend-happy Democrats win control of both houses of the...
Cuomo and Trump are political twins — but only one gets media heat
So it turns out Gov. Cuomo is more like former President Donald Trump than even . . . Trump. Remember how media routinely portrayed the then-prez as a bully? Last...
Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio justify the violence even as they condemn it
Political leaders of every stripe have been decrying the nationwide carnage sparked by a white Minneapolis cop’s fatal confrontation with a black man, George Floyd. Yet even as they do,...
The coverup behind Cuomo’s Superman shtick
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s . . . SuperGov! Or that’s how Gov. Andrew Cuomo would have us all think of him, anyway — and...
De Blasio's management of NYCHA wins him Landlord of the Year – and other news you won’t see in 2019
A roller-coaster stock market. Far-left Democrats on the rise. A federal government shutdown . . . Given all the turmoil of 2018, who can say what the new year will...
Why New York refuses to identify rotten teachers
The biggest irony of Albany’s push to delink student test scores from teacher evaluations — as a bill passed Thursday by the Senate Education Committee would do — isn’t that...
Clint Eastwood’s latest lesson on heroism
Reviews for Clint Eastwood’s latest tale of heroism, “The 15:17 to Paris,” have been unsparing. But that’s less a reflection on the movie’s quality than reviewers’ expectations — and their...
2018 predictions you can be sure won’t happen
Many events in 2017 couldn’t have been predicted, and that’ll certainly be the case in 2018. But you can be sure some things won’t happen next year. Here’s my annual...
Why New York pols thought they could honor a terrorist
What do you know? There’s hope for New York yet. Weeks after the Puerto Rican Day Parade announced it would fete terrorist Oscar López Rivera as a “national hero,” the...
The 'alternative facts' of Andrew Cuomo
President Trump is getting hammered for his “alternative facts” — a reference to adviser Kellyanne Conway’s clumsy spin — but is he really so different from other pols on that...
Count on these predictions not to come true in 2017
Even the best crystal balls couldn’t have predicted some of the bizarre events of 2016 — not least, that a crude, TV reality show host/real estate billionaire would win the...
Schneiderman's unlikely new love for free markets
Want to laugh? State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is now claiming to be a champion of free markets. It’s true: In announcing a settlement with the NFL on ticket-sale practices...
Trump's 'revolution' should be embraced by both parties
Whatever else you might say about Donald Trump, give him this much: He understands that America’s taxes are, as Jimmy McMillan said about New York rent, “too damn high.” It’s...
Honoring the New York architect of America's clipper fleet
It took 134 years, but a heroic New Yorker is finally getting some overdue recognition: On Saturday, the National Maritime Historical Society will unveil a headstone at the grave of...
The imploding cabal to criminalize climate dissent
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his fellow greenies are getting a lesson about the dangers of believing their own propaganda. These know-it-alls claim there’s a “consensus” on climate...
New Regents chancellor will be the latest sore for public schools
Since Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election, New Yorkers have feared a return to the “bad old days” of criminals, bums and squeegee men again ruling the streets. We haven’t hit...