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Funeral home to the stars celebrating 125 years protecting high-profile clients
May 18, 2024 | 1:38pmFuneral home to the stars Frank E. Campbell allows the families of celebrities to bring in their famous loved ones' own makeup artists, hairdressers and stylists to make A-Listers look...
Dunkin' bagels spark outrage over size of gaping holes: 'It's a Dunkin' bracelet!'
March 14, 2024 | 3:42pmIt's a hole lotta drama.
New York City may be down — but no one should count it out
December 29, 2023 | 2:25pm“I’ve just found a room in my house I didn’t even know existed.”
Former assistant says SlimFast founder sexually assaulted her: lawsuit
December 9, 2023 | 4:56pmBeth Sugerman claims that S. Daniel Abraham, the founder of the SlimFast diet program, "sexually harass[ed] and assault[ed]" her over the course of three years when she worked for him.
Biden should worry about angering Eric Adams: Look at the Carter-Koch feud
May 19, 2023 | 5:00pmPresident Joe Biden and Mayor Eric Adams’ growing feud reflects significant differences in the political realities facing them.
Biden threatens to finish what he's started, but hasn't he done enough?
February 8, 2023 | 1:36amIt’s a line cooked up for a re-election campaign, and we’re certain to hear it endlessly if the president follows his plan to seek a second term.
The mayor's right: de Blasio left him a 'mess' and he has to clean it up
January 5, 2023 | 7:04pmTeam de Blasio "just left! They left the house in total disarray,” thundered Mayor Eric Adams to the press Wednesday, slamming the “mess” his predecessor left for him to clean...
Gifts to ex-mayors up for auction including sneakers signed by hip-hop stars, Giuliani's Yankees' clock
November 21, 2022 | 6:40pmInterested buyers can pick up rare items, such as a Louis Vuitton soccer ball given to Giuliani in 1988 in honor of the World Cup.
The Times' smarmy, self-righteous outing of Ed Koch
May 10, 2022 | 5:43pm“Outing” someone’s sexuality is a violation of privacy, it’s rude and it can even be dangerous. LGBTQ groups have argued this for years.
Hypo-bridge-ical: Pols who want Ed Koch name stripped from bridge spent years praising him
May 7, 2022 | 4:33pmThe push to remove Koch's name from the Queensboro Bridge comes from the Jim Owles LGBT Democratic Club.
'Woke' Democrats, including AOC, want to strip former Mayor Koch's name from 59th Street Bridge
April 29, 2022 | 7:10pmA slew of prominent “woke” Democratic politicians including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to remove the name of the late ex-Mayor Ed Koch from the 59th Street Bridge.
Adams insists 'no reluctance' on tax returns -- despite refusal to release them
April 25, 2022 | 10:54amMayor Eric Adams insisted in a new interview that he has expressed "no reluctance" about releasing his tax returns — despite recently replying “no” when asked if he would disclose them.
3 reasons NYC is stuck with de Blasio's unbelievable incompetence: Goodwin
September 22, 2020 | 10:04pmWith his refusal to crack down on crime and inability to get schools and restaurants fully opened, Mayor Bill de Blasio has reached new depths of incompetence at exactly the...
Dems, please work with this guy!
August 6, 2019 | 10:50pmOver nearly two decades, several Israeli leaders offered peace terms that included a Palestinian state. The offers were rejected, a rain of Arab rockets and terror attacks followed and across...
Today's Democrats should model themselves after Ed Koch's principled bipartisanship
July 9, 2019 | 9:43pmHe would put party aside and do what was best for New York. That was how Mayor Ed Koch, a lifelong Democrat, defended his decision to invite two Republican candidates...
Andrew Cuomo has been playing dirty in politics for years
September 11, 2018 | 10:53pmFormer Mayor Ed Koch took to his grave the belief that Andrew Cuomo was behind the scurrilous posters that appeared in Queens during the 1977 mayoral race between Koch and...
Activist likens smear of Nixon to gay slurs against Koch
September 10, 2018 | 1:18pmIt's "Cuomo, not the Homo" redux. A longtime gay rights activist and close ally of liberal icon Mario Cuomo took Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the woodshed Monday, blasting the incumbent's...
Scandal-plagued de Blasio catches break Ed Koch never did
October 17, 2017 | 9:49pmIt is a tale of two scandals. And how one crooked City Hall was rocked by prosecutions and another got a free pass. With Mayor de Blasio apparently coasting to...
The secret of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy
September 11, 2017 | 7:59pmWhat does Son of Sam have to do with New York public education? More than you’d expect — and I swear this isn’t a joke about unfireable teachers in rubber...
Ed Koch raked in $4.2 million betting on NY
January 14, 2016 | 2:19amEd Koch bet on New York and did very well, as it turns out — amassing $4.2 million through local government bonds before he died. The amount makes up the...