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Chevron overturn is a SCOTUS victory for the little guy
People with little wealth or power have been forced to contend with overweening bureaucrats who invent their own authority and play by their own rules, but the Supreme Court is...
Supreme Court poised to end 'constitutional revolution' that's marred US governance for 40 years
When Justice John Paul Stephens issued his 1984 opinion in Chevron U.S.A. v. National Resources Defense Council, he started what legal scholar Gary Lawson later called “nothing less than a bloodless constitutional...
Letters to the Editor — July 10, 2022
New York Post readers weigh in on agencies’ waste, radicalized teens, why NYC’s ferry system should be applauded and Ben & Jerry’s in Israel.
Eric Adams announces new appointments ahead of NYE ball drop
Two of the appointees are holdovers from Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.
How one agent changed fashion by opening the modeling world
In 1985 Gail O’Neill was selling copiers for Xerox when a photographer spotted the 23-year-old beauty at JFK Airport and gave her the name of model agent Frances Grill. O’Neill...
Martin Sorrell gets to keep $27M retirement package
Ousted WPP founder Martin Sorrell got to keep his secrets — and his $27 million retirement package — after investor resentment at the ad giant’s annual meeting on Wednesday produced...
WPP shareholders push back over founder's exit package
The world’s biggest advertising agency, WPP, faced a shareholder revolt over its handling of the departure of former CEO Martin Sorrell after large votes against the chairman and the company...
The city still hasn't selected a 'nightlife mayor'
New Yorkers are still in the dark over who will become the city’s first “nightlife mayor.” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new post last fall at the uber-hip House...
City school agency broke law, lost money by not investing
It’s Investing 101. The city’s School Construction Authority stashed $104 million in a low-interest checking account for two years — losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars by not...
Councilman behind nightlife bill received contributions from bar owners
Councilman Rafael Espinal danced all the way to bank before he introduced his bills to repeal the cabaret-license law and create a city nightlife panel. Throughout the past year, as...
De Blasio's newest city agency: Office of Nightlife
The City That Never Sleeps meets the Government That Always Grows. Mayor de Blasio went to a funky Brooklyn nightclub Tuesday night to sign a bill creating a new city...
Building a mortgage meltdown for the rental market
Is the private sector allowed to do anything anymore? For nearly 80 years, Washington has subsidized homeownership — creating massive distortions both in house prices and in what neighborhoods look...
Commerce Department starting task force to try and make sense of the Census Bureau
The new head of the Commerce Department is putting a task force in place to figure out what the hell is going on at the Census Bureau. I’ve been writing...
The real answer to the democracy-killing 'administrative state'
From different directions, conservatives have begun to aim their guns at our “administrative state.” Most of the rules we live by aren’t laws passed by Congress or court decisions. Instead,...
Trump Organization bails on modelling biz
The Trump Organization is exiting the modelling business, according to a statement from the firm. The news comes on the heels of a Page Six report that suggested several models...
The post-9/11 agency that refuses to die
Spotify’s recent decision to lease the last big chunk of space at 4 World Trade Center is more evidence that, 15 years after 9/11, the area’s not just back —...
IMG wants you to grab these sexy bull riders by the horns
Bull riding is about to get a lot more sexy. WME-IMG, in an attempt to raise the profile of its Professional Bull Riders competition, has been working for several months...
Agency sues model for joining competitor
A model who’s walked the runway for Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen is facing a $450,000 lawsuit after walking out on her agency to join a competitor. Sarah Abney, a...
Outage leaves hundreds of state workers without phone and Internet service for a day
Hundreds of state workers lost a day of work on Sept. 21 when a Verizon outage cut phone and Internet service to their New York City offices. Staffers at the...
Pension-system head leaving amid probe into her hiring ex
The head of the city’s largest pension system is leaving her $219,771-a-year job amid an investigation into the hiring of her former live-in girlfriend. Diane D’Alessandro, executive director of the...