Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $77,386
95%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $374 to reach 96%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: newtork

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Mamdani wants to convince NYC's wealthy residents paying more taxes would better their quality of life

    09/08/2025 4:28:52 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 45 replies
    Fox News ^ | September 8, 2025 | Hanna Panreck
    New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, said Sunday he hoped to convince wealthy New York City residents that paying increased taxes would improve "even their quality of life." "How do you bring these wealthy residents to the table as mayor? Stop them from saying they’re leaving, going to Florida because we need that tax revenue to pay for some of the things you’re talking about. How do you pay for it if they’re gone?" MSNBC "PoliticsNation" host Rev. Al Sharpton asked Mamdani. Mamdani said the top 1% of earners in the city make about $1 million...
  • What happens in Disney stays in Disney: NYC educrats took own kids to Magic Kingdom on trips meant for homeless students

    09/15/2024 4:37:40 AM PDT · by AbolishCSEU · 57 replies
    nypost.com ^ | 9/15/24 | Susan Edelman
    Six Department of Education employees used “forged permission slips” to take their own kids and grandchildren to Disney World and on other city-funded trips meant for homeless students, investigators alleged. The secret perks robbed some of the city’s most disadvantaged kids of a chance to enjoy the Magic Kingdom — a trip that cost $66,000 for 50 or so adults and kids, a staffer said — and other multiple-day trips in 2016 to 2019 to Washington, D.C; New Orleans; Boston; upstate Rocking Horse Ranch Resort; and Frost Valley YMCA campground, according to a newly released report by the Special Commissioner...