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San Francisco.. stands as a profound example of the damage ultra-liberal policies can do. After 20 years of envelope-pushing changes to grow government and ease law enforcement, the once-shining City by the Bay has turned into a place where: Property crime runs amok. An online map is needed to track human feces on city streets. Discarded syringes are common sightings. Public urination is so widespread it has damaged subway elevators and escalators, building walls and power poles ... San Francisco has the dubious honor of being at or near the top of numerous national surveys tracking homelessness, the cost of...

The former Bronx student who got his teacher pregnant in 2012 has confessed to police that he killed the woman and their 4-year-old boy, police sources told The Post.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of photovoltaic cells and modules at a factory in Buffalo, New York. The two companies said they finalized an agreement calling for Tokyo-based Panasonic to pay capital costs for the manufacturing. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla made a "long-term purchase commitment" to Panasonic. Their statement gave no financial figures. The factory in Buffalo is under development by SolarCity Corp., a San Mateo, California-based solar panel company owned by Tesla. The PV cells and modules it produces will be used in solar...

Marcus Wallace, Sheridan Ogden, Michael Randelman and Phillip Lavigne Marcus Wallace was 20 when he first saw his birth certificate. It named a woman he never met as “mother.” Curious, he stepped into the New York Public Library to look for clues — and got the shock of his life. Marrcus Wallace’s first and only view of his mother was in this Bergen Record clipping. A library worker found a 1985 newspaper story on Dorothea Ballas, a 21-year-old student at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. Ballas had given birth in her dorm room, put the newborn in a trash...

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 38 UPSTATE NEW YORK COUNTIES WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $60 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 38 UPSTATE NEW YORK COUNTIES WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS  Funding Will Be Used to Help Non-Profits, Local Governments Relocate Homeless Individuals & Families, Promote Self-Sufficiency Programs U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $60,177,796 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 38 counties across Upstate NY that promote the goal of ending homelessness. The funding was allocated through HUD’s Continuum of...

BRIGHTON, N.Y. -- The "Bathroom Bill" situation in North Carolina prompted a Rochester area politician to call out a local company about doing business in North Carolina. Brighton Town Supervisor Bill Moehle tweeted about Wegmans' expansion plans into North Carolina and why the company should wait until North Carolina repeals HB2 and restores legal structure for its new governor. Wegmans replied, saying they have no plans to cancel their stores at this time.

Ivanka Trump Accosted by Passenger on JetBlue Flight 12/22/2016 7:40 AM Ivanka Trump just had a bumpy start to her Xmas holiday ... an out-of-control passenger on her flight began verbally berating her and "jeering" at her 3 kids. Ivanka was on a JetBlue flight leaving JFK Thursday morning with her family when a passenger started screaming, "Your father is ruining the country." The guy went on, "Why is she on our flight. She should be flying private." The guy had his kid in his arms as he went on the tirade.

Despite keeping their distance in public, the Hillary Clinton campaign reportedly kept in constant contact with the effort from some Democrats to convince members of the electoral college to ignore their state’s vote and decline to vote for Donald Trump. Politico reports that senior members of the Clinton team— including Jake Sullivan and Jennifer Palmieri— kept in touch with the organizers for weeks. They adopted something of a wait-and-see approach, “never fully endorsing the effort, but intentionally declining to stamp it out.” Sullivan was on a November 29 conference call with Colorado elector Micheal Baca, who aimed to flip Republican...

Comptroller Scott Stringer has told city politicos that he’s certain to run for mayor if Mayor de Blasio is indicted by the feds — but will likely stay put if hizzoner is not charged by corruption probers. “Scott is preparing to run, but part of that has to do with Scott’s feeling strongly the mayor’s going to get indicted,” one Democratic operative told The Post. “If the mayor gets indicted he’s going to run. If he doesn’t, he’s going to wait.” A city Councilman chuckled, “He’s been pretty open about it. In passing he’s said, ‘If the mayor goes down,...

Final tally shows Trump lost popular vote by 2.8 million – but he BEAT Clinton by 3 million votes outside of California and New York Clinton won California by 4.2 million votes and New York by 1.6 million, running up the score in places where she would have won no matter what Outside of those two liberal states, Trump was 3 million votes ahead California alone accounted for more than Clinton's national popular-vote edge Newt Gingrich mocked: 'This is football season. A team can have more yards and lose the game. What matters is how many points you put on...

Clinton won California by 4.2 million and took New York by more than 1.6 million. The combined 5.8 million-vote advantage in just those two states was more than twice the size of her overall edge nationwide. When the dust settled, she lost the rest of the country by 3 million votes. BIG WIN: Donald Trump won the presidency with broad support of a majority of states in the all-important Electoral College that actually selects America's president and vice president SMALL COMFORT: Hillary Clinton collected more votes than Trump but did it by running up the score in California and New...

The borough is considered deep blue, but there are red zones too. Consider Dyker Heights. It is no secret that the vast majority of Brooklyn residents, 79% to be exact, voted for Hillary Clinton on November 8. It’s a large borough, though, and out past the rapidly gentrifying brownstone neighborhoods and downtown glass high-rises that have become Brooklyn’s national representation, things can look different. While they may be in the minority in the city, some neighborhoods at the southern and eastern edges of Brooklyn have quite a bit in common with Trump’s electorate.

Toll gates at the Big Apple’s bridges and tunnels will disappear next year as a cashless system is rolled out, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday. The new system will be set up beginning in January at the Queens-Midtown and Hugh Carey tunnels, and then throughout the year at the Rockaway, RFK, Verrazano-Narrows, Throgs Neck and Bronx-Whitestone bridges. The system will collect money from drivers using E-ZPass. Those without E-ZPass will get their license plates recorded and receive a bill within 30 days. They will have 30 days to pay. All license plates will be scanned and scofflaws will be ticketed immediately....

Given all the attention which liberal media outlets love to shower on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for his progressive agenda and “reforms” in the Big Apple, it’s amazing how little attention is given to the many scandals which have engulfed his administration.

Nearly Two Years Of Outreach With CSX Has Only Resulted In Dead-End Communication, The City’s Largest Redevelopment Project Since The 1980s Has Effectively Come To A HaltSenator Says The Parcel Of Land Is The Missing Key To Help Hudson Launch A Major Development ProjectSchumer To CSX: Get Project Rolling!U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged CSX to be a good neighbor and work with the City of Hudson as the local development corporation presses ahead in its proposal to acquire a CSX-owned parcel of land that could be the linchpin in its multi-million dollar redevelopment of the former KAZ warehouse...

GARDEN CITY, Long Island (WABC) -- Nassau Police arrested a man on Tuesday who's suspected of leaving swastika graffiti around a Long Island college. Police said Jasskirat Saini, 20, of Plainview, is responsible for drawing swastikas several different times at various locations on the campus of Nassau Community College. The incidents began Oct. 15 when three swastikas were found drawn inside a men's bathroom. In two more incidents later that month, graffiti was found in additional men's bathrooms. Swastikas were again found on a stair handrail and on a wall Dec. 7. On Dec. 16, multiple swastikas were found again...

A New York man’s legal defense for murdering a UPS driver is apparently to claim he thought he was brutally killing president-elect Donald Trump instead. Justin Barkley, a 38-year-old Ithaca man, is charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of William Schumacher in a Wal-Mart parking lot Dec. 8. But during Barkley’s arraignment hearing Monday, during which he attempted to enter a guilty plea, Barkley says the person he killed was Trump, not Schumacher. “I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly,” Barkley said at the hearing....When asked whether he could be convinced otherwise, Barkley replied...

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Bill Clinton among electors to meet in Albany Joseph Spector and Jon Campbell, Gannett Albany , WGRZ 11:17 AM. EST December 19, 2016 ALBANY -- Former President Bill Clinton will headline the 29 New York electors who will meet Monday at the state Capitol to vote on the state's pick for president. Clinton, who lives in Chappaqua, will join the electors, a slate of top state dignitaries, labor leaders and elected officials, in choosing Hillary Clinton as the state's chose for president. It won't matter, though, because Donald Trump won more states under the Electoral College on Nov. 8, making...

Two separate grand juries in Manhattan, one federal and one state, have reportedly started hearing testimonies relating to criminal investigations into Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign fundraising with possible pay-to-play violations. According to the New York Times, these grand jury actions represent “the strongest indication” yet that indictments could be forthcoming.