NY Dem leader Jay Jacobs opposes higher taxes on rich — but backs controversial congestion pricing toll on everyday New Yorkers

New York State Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs backed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s controversial $9 congestion toll as a “good idea.”  Jacobs defended the new fee on New Yorkers and other commuters driving into Manhattan below 60th Street — all while saying he opposed raising taxes on wealthy residents because they’ll flee the state. “Friends of mine. People I know with …

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Rarely seen dam in Central Park Reservoir exposed amid drought

Anyone up for a walk across the Central Park Reservoir? A rarely-seen divider that stretches across the center of the Manhattan watering hole was exposed this week as the city grapples with a historic rain shortage and drought. Dozens of birds were seen resting across the stone wall Thursday afternoon, taking advantage of a weir that is typically submerged beneath …

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Tom Homan chokes up over Laken Riley murder

President-elect Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan became visibly emotional Wednesday night as he talked about the heart-breaking evidence of Laken Riley’s final moments and the desperate attempts to revive her after she was brutally murdered by an illegal Venezuelan migrant earlier this year. “This young lady is dead and I want every mayor, every governor of a sanctuary jurisdiction …

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Adorable pup in wild, ‘rigged’ NYC dog mayor election bros dies suddenly after crypto bros hijacked canine campaign

Now he’s fetching crypto sales from the great doghouse in the sky. An adorable puppy influencer that prompted a bizarre cryptocurrency-fueled rigged New York City dog mayor election died suddenly in his sleep “without clear explanation,” his heartbroken owner said Wednesday. “He was an absolute hero of happiness,” Kathy Grayson wrote in an Instagram tribute to her Pomeranian, Bertie,  who died …

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NYC motorist killed, 4 hurt — including 9-year-old girl — in three-vehicle collision on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

An elderly man was killed and four others hurt — including a 9-year-old girl — in a three-car smash-up near the Kosciuszko Bridge in Queens Thursday, cops said. Three vehicles collided around 10:50 a.m. on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, just before the entrance to the span leading to north Brooklyn. Five people were hurt in the crash — including a 75-year-old …

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Florida parents caught on bodycam attacking middle school deputy who booked their son for battery

An irate Florida couple have been arrested after they were caught on camera allegedly attacking and punching a middle school resource officer who had disciplined their son for shoving a classmate. Jorge Rivera, 46, and his wife, Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino, 45, were both slapped with assault charges after their meeting with the Deltona Middle School officer descended into chaos on Tuesday, …

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Dems rip Mayorkas, Wray for skipping hearing on threats facing the American homeland in a ‘shocking departure’ from tradition

WASHINGTON — Even lawmakers on the left are furious with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray after the two skipped an important annual Homeland Security Committee hearing in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Chairman Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) lashed out at the two Biden administration officials for refusing to appear for the committee’s “Threats to the Homeland” hearing, …

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Georgia Gov Brian Kemp says it’s ‘outrageous’ Laken Riley’s killer may have taken free migrant flight

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office says it’s “outrageous” that the illegal migrant convicted of killing Laken Riley may have taken a free Biden administration flight from the Big Apple before he committed the heinous murder. The furious reaction came as Jose Ibarra, 26, was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for killing the 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia, in a case …

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NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant

Cheryl Mehrkar was an “adrenaline junkie” who relished being a scuba divemaster and riding her 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster in North Carolina, Maine, and near her home in Dutchess County. She had also achieved a fourth-degree karate black belt and dabbled in skydiving and bungee jumping. Now, Mehrkar has a new feat for her unusual résumé — she’s the world’s first …

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