The political fights that reach home.
October 17, 2026 2:39 AM / Staff Report Federal heating-assistance funding has been released to New York ahead of the state's winter aid application opening, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Friday. The state is expected to receive an estimated $356 million through the Low Income Home…
The Manhattan Dem grilled a SpaceX artificial intelligence policy leader about the company’s claim that it had installed protections to bar its Grok conversational AI model from generalized sexualized images of users. “Grok has strict controls in place to prevent…
City Council Speaker Julie Menin confronted Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI on Friday with a sexualized image of herself that she said Grok, the company’s chatbot, returned in less than 30 seconds — moments after a company representative insisted the chatbot has “strict controls…
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch showed off her sense of humor at Thursday night’s Al Smith Dinner — leaving New York’s great and good in stitches with a series of well-timed cracks about far-left demands that Mayor Zohran Mamdani remove her as…
Gov. Kathy Hochul got fired up Friday about suggestions that she’s dragging down fellow Democrats on next month’s ballot — after a congressional candidate was caught on video agreeing with her Republican opponent that the incumbent governor has “got to go.
They have buried the sickle! Rabble-rouser House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier gushed over frenemy Mayor Zohran Mamdani — claiming they just spoke and remain thick as socialist thieves — despite sparking a political firestorm last week with her calls for his police…
The Trump administration filed a bombshell lawsuit against California for failing to review a list of more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens in the state who allegedly registered to vote in next month’s midterm election. The suit filed Thursday came two days…
Students from two Goleta Valley high schools, San Marcos and Dos Pueblos high schools stormed out ahead of a district board meeting. The girls were disciplined, but students and parents claimed their conduct is part of a pattern at Santa…
Gov. Kathy Hochul believes Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a “smart decision” by rejecting calls to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch in the face of pressure from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Mamdani has faced consistent calls from his base…
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right call to stick by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite mounting pressure from Hizzoner’s socialist comrades. “I support his decision to confirm that she should remain,” Hochul told reporters.