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Congressional negotiators reach government funding deal ahead of Friday deadline
The news came hours after the House began moving a stopgap spending bill to avoid a partial shutdown that would otherwise begin on Friday,
Letters to the Editor — Dec. 1, 2022
Post readers sound off on the White House’s lukewarm support of Chinese citizens protesting “Zero COVID” lockdowns and Sen. Chris Murphy’s suggestion that federal funds be withheld from cities that...
Mayor Adams needs to quit being patient with Biden, Hochul as NYC migrant crisis grows
They know this open-border policy is hugely unpopular and don’t want to talk about it, certainly not before the November midterms.
NYPD's failure to submit crime data to feds could cost NYC millions
The NYPD has yet to comply with the FBI's voluntary crime reporting system after years of warning — and now has a hard deadline of June to make the grade.
Just 1 in 5 migrants in NYC are from Texas Gov. Abbott, despite Adams' blame
Only one in five of the more than 13,000 migrants who've flooded into the Big Apple since the spring were sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Letters to the Editor — Sept. 27, 2022
Post readers share their thoughts on Mayor Eric Adams asking for federal funds to cover the cost of migrants flooding NYC.
Adams asks feds for $500M over border crisis — in NYC — but won't tell Biden to end surge
City Hall privately asked the White House for the emergency cash midway through the summer, saying it would cover one year's worth of spending on the migrants.
Nadler backed 'defund' calls before facing reelection — now favors fed funds to NYPD
Rep. Jerry Nadler said he supports allocating more funding to the police during a PIX-11 debate Tuesday night -- reversing course from claims he made two years ago that he...
Brad Lander wants to spend cash on nonexistent students, yet he calls himself city comptroller
What do you call a “fiscal watchdog” who calls for spending taxpayer money on nonexistent students, just because the city happens to have the cash?
NYC schools still have $4.4 billion in COVID aid to spend by 2024-25
"Preparing for the future means both fully funding our schools to help our kids recover from the pandemic and getting our fiscal house in order for the possibility of a recession."
Hysteria and greed make for expensive energy policies that won't save the planet
Those pushing for more actions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions sound a lot like Dr. Smith from “Lost in Space”: “We’re doomed, doomed I say!”
Improving subway safety is key to increasing MTA ridership, revenues
“Personal safety and security” topped the list of what New Yorkers say is keeping them off the subway in the MTA’s June survey.
One-third of NYC straphangers may not return to subways post-COVID
New projections found that a third of NYC commuters may never return to full-time subway commuting after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
White House says it will start paying interns this fall
The White House is following the lead of some of the biggest names in the private sector and will begin paying its interns, the Biden administration announced Thursday. Participants in...
Biden marks COVID's 'tragic milestone' with demand for more congressional spending
President Biden marked what he called the “tragic milestone” of one million US deaths from COVID-19 Thursday by insisting that Congress approve billions of dollars in new spending.
NY says no 'public dollars' going to Penn Station skyscrapers — but tax breaks likely
No taxpayer money is going to the private developers slated to helm proposed skyscrapers around Penn Station, state officials claimed in a letter obtained by The Post.
Hochul, NY pols nearing record $220B budget – including funds for Bills stadium
State lawmakers are poised to strike a budget deal that will add about $4 billion in additional spending to Gov. Kathy Hochul's record $216 billion proposal, sources told The Post on...
Biden budget proposal includes $400M for Second Avenue subway project
The funding in Biden's budget proposal would go toward engineering and planning for the next phase of the Second Avenue subway.
NY gets $26M in first tranche of funds for electric car charging stations
The initial batch of funds for fiscal 2022 are part of a $7.5 billion charging station allocation in President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill, which he signed in November.