Request Seeks Federal Financial Relief for Local Governments and New Yorkers—Once Approved, Declaration Would Deliver Individual and Public Assistance to New Yorkers Recovering from Damage of Hurricane Ida New Yorkers Who Have Been Displaced, Including Uninsured Families, Would be Eligible for Funds for Housing Assistance, As Well As Crisis Counseling, Unemployment Assistance, Home Repairs, and Legal Services Governor Hochul Launches …
Defund the Police? Why Not Defund Politicians
By Michael Letts
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA —September 4, 2021 — Law enforcement officers across the country don uniforms and equipment to face another shift, it’s difficult to imagine their heightened sense of defensiveness. Each day, American law enforcement officers assume the duties of protecting us against violent offenders. Yet as a group, law enforcement officers are collectively castigated in the absurd rallying cry of the …
By Michael Letts
Governor Hochul Announces New Measures to Combat COVID-19 Delta Variant
Announces Plan for New Statewide Weekly Testing Requirement for Unvaccinated School Staff Decentralizes Booster Shot Distribution to Local Health Departments, Announces $65 Million Available to Local Health Departments to Support These Efforts State Exploring Vaccine Mandate for All Staff in All State Regulated Facilities New Measures Build on Governor’s Comprehensive Plan to Help Ensure a Safe, Productive Return to Schools …
The Importance of the U.S. Dollar for Foreign Exchange (Forex) Trading
By Hezi Aris
DESCRIPTION: Widely perceived as one of the most prominent currencies in the world, the U.S. Dollar (USD) plays a crucial role in the economies of many countries across the globe. USD and Forex Trading: An Overview WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — August 24, 2021 — Forex trading, defined as the buying and selling of currencies on the global market with the …
By Hezi Aris
Where Are the Gays?
By Bruce Bawer
AUGUST 18, 2021 — While the Taliban prepares to execute gays, Western gay-rights groups focus on “gender-reassignment surgery.” In the last couple of days, as the Taliban consolidated its position in the Afghan capital, I had to go all the way to New Zealand to find an English-language gay news website which acknowledged that this lightning reconquista wasn’t exactly a great …
By Bruce Bawer
Biden Sends Another 1,000 Troops to Secure Afghanistan Evacuation as Taliban Advance
By Tara Copp
Rerouted 82nd Airborne Battalion Will Bring Total U.S. Force There to 5,000. WASHINGTON, DC — AUGUST 14, 2021 — President Joe Biden is sending an additional 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to Kabul as Taliban victories across Afghanistan have added urgency to efforts to get thousands of Americans and Afghan citizens out of the country’s capital. The extra battalion …
By Tara Copp
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland
WASHINGTON, DC — August 14, 2021 — The Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States on August 13, 2021. The Homeland continues to face a diverse and challenging threat environment leading up to and following the 20th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 …
AARP and PULP Applaud Public Service Commission for Expanding the Low-Income Energy Affordability Program
Benefits will reach nearly 100,000 new low-income households before heating season begins ALBANY— AARP New York and the Public Utility Law Project (“PULP”) today applauded the New York Public Service Commission (“PSC”) for expanding the State’s historic low-income energy bill discount program administered by the major electric and gas utilities. The order follows an emergency petition filed by AARP and …
“I Am Prepared” Advised Lieutenant Governor Hochul Upon Delivering Her Address to New Yorkers on the Transition and the State’s Future
Lieutenant Governor Hochul: “The promise I make to all New Yorkers, right here and right now, I will fight like hell for you every single day, like I’ve always done and always will.” Hochul: “I will travel the state to meet New Yorkers, to listen to them, to assure them that I’ve got their backs.” Hochul: “People will soon learn that …
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Resigns
By Hezi Aris
YONKERS, NY — August 10, 2021 — The deadline of August 13, 2021 set by the New York State Assembly after reading the Articles of Impeachment that were based on the investigative findings of sexual harassment by as many as 11 women was undertaken and revealed by NYS Attorney General Leticia James. It has been the catalyst by which Governor …
By Hezi Aris