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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) attempted to shift the public conversation away from her controversial Miami Beach trip on Friday, suggesting that people instead focus on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who, she says, has…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during an event at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in New York City, November 10, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Three days after New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she…

The entrance to a public school in the Queens borough of New York, July 8, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) The organization Parents Defending Education announced on Wednesday that it filed a civil rights complaint against New York…

(Bjoern Kils/New York Media Boat/Reuters) New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.) on Friday declared a state of emergency to prepare for the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The emergency order, which will be in place until at least January 15,…

Malcolm X is shown with the dome of the Connecticut Capitol behind him in Hartford, Conn., June 4, 1963 (Bettmann/Getty Images) Two of the three men found guilty of killing Malcolm X had their convictions thrown out on Thursday…

Some days, early in the coronavirus pandemic, John Matland would break down in tears during his drive to work at Staten Island University Hospital in New York. New York City was the epicenter of the pandemic, and the days of frontline…

People gather at City Hall in Manhattan to protest the city’s vaccine mandate in New York, August 25, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) A Manhattan Supreme Court judge temporarily blocked the city government’s vaccine mandate for…

Alphonso David, then the Human Rights Campaign President, speaks at CNN town hall in 2019. (CNN/via YouTube) The president of the Human Rights Campaign was fired on Monday for aiding former Democratic New York Governor Cuomo in…

All eyes were on Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday after the disgraced New York governor shockingly announced his resignation. Corporate media waffled between aghast that their pandemic “hero” could be so inappropriate and hopeful that Cuomo would…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York City, May 10, 2021. (Mary Altaffer/Pool via Reuters) New York Attorney General Letitia James has released a damning 165-page report on the multiple women who…