Mamdani's crackdown on food delivery tips inspires ire

New York City's newest socialist experiment in mayoral form, comrade-jihadi Zohran Mamdani, is out here acting like he just invented tipping after taking credit for a reported $104 million bump in delivery worker tips that critics note was locked in by legislation that hit the books long before he ever set foot in City Hall and was failing as a rapper.

The anti-Zionist mayor declared at a press conference Wednesday and in a social media post, "We've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets," pointing to changes in the Uber Eats and DoorDash apps that made tipping pop up more obviously."This is only the beginning," Mamdani wrote.

Those app tweaks come straight from a city law the New York City Council approved BEFORE Mamdani became mayor. [The way he's going with the lies, it wouldn't surprise me if he took credit for the Oct, 7, 2023 attack on Israel.]

Former Mayor Eric Adams (D) neither signed nor vetoed the thing, so it became law after 30 days. The rules kicked in this past January under the Mamdani administration, which handled the implementation and enforcement. Before that law took effect, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection found that Uber Eats and DoorDash had hidden the tip buttons and set default tips under 10 percent, which helped cause a 79 percent drop in tips for delivery workers. 

The law forced the companies to make tipping more visible, and city officials claim those changes have generated an estimated $104 million in extra tips since. Mamdani's office brushed off the notion that the mayor was grabbing credit for work that wasn't his, much like Joe Biden did with the economy. Mamdani claimed that while the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection pushed the reforms earlier, the rules got implemented under his watch starting January 26.

"A law is only as good as its implementation," a spokesperson for Mamdani told Fox News Digital. "We have been intentional about enforcing the laws on the books so that we are putting money back into the pockets of working New Yorkers." 

Conservatives and political commentators on social media wasted no time calling out Mamdani over the already sky-high costs of everything in New York City, with more than a few accusing him of claiming ownership of legislation that predated his term.

"This guy is a fantastic lying politician," actor Michael Rapaport posted on X. "He had literally nothing to do with this. City Council passed the bill last August and 419 Eric Adams never signed it so after 30 days the bill became law. It went into effect when Mamdani was in office. He just taking the credit." [See meme below.]

"In other words you are trying to say that you forced Uber and Doordash to make it that New Yorkers pay more for their food deliveries by having the default tip amount be a lot higher," conservative influencer account Leftism posted on X."

Socialism 101 — have others pay for things and make as if it's your accomplishment. Coming soon — $50 avocado toast," Washington Free Beacon reporter Jon Levine posted on X.

"So you increased prices for your citizens?" National Review contributor Pradheep Shanker posted on X. "Congrats."

"Suckers"

"What really happened," finance podcaster Joseph Carlson posted on X. "They forced delivery drivers to be paid minimum wage of $22/hr. This wage is paid by higher fees passed on to DoorDash or Uber customer. Since the customer was already paying these higher fees, these apps made tipping optional. Then New York required them to also be tipped on top of the higher fees."

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So now New York (residents) get to enjoy paying both a high base pay and a tip on top of it. The customer is double-paying for delivery. All of this cost is passed onto the New Yorker resident. They’re paying more than the market demands for a product and service because of market manipulation."Leave it to a democratic socialist mayor to celebrate making your takeout order more expensive while pretending it's a personal victory for the working class. 

Classic.

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Mamdani's administration has its first serious scandal

A New York City employee says she was fired after she reported an anonymous complaint about her boss, Commissioner Sharun Goodwin, and the agency’s general counsel, Wayne McKenzie.

The story centers on Department of Probation investigator Ebony Huntley, who alleged that Goodwin had a “prior intimate relationship” with McKenzie that would “present a conflict of interest and impact impartial decision-making,” according to Politico.

Huntley also alleged that human resources director Zenia Melendez had a history of “verbal and physical violence” toward staff members. The whistleblower said she followed the required process when she submitted the complaint to the city’s Department of Investigation, which informed her that it was looking into the matter.

But the day after she submitted the complaint, she was called into a meeting with McKenzie, who said, “I cannot have a person like Ebony working for me. Effective immediately, you are terminated.”

But that wasn’t the end of the story. Huntley responded to her firing with a wrongful termination lawsuit. She told a reporter, “It’s sh*tty, because I did what I was supposed to do.”

This is the first major scandal to hit Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, even after he promised to bring a “new era” of clean and transparent government after years of corruption allegations under his predecessor, Eric Adams.

Mamdani said he takes “any allegation of misconduct incredibly seriously” but did not comment on the details while the investigation proceeds. “I’m not going to be weighing in on any ongoing investigation. However, New Yorkers should rest assured that there is an investigation.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Probation told Politico the agency is “committed to fostering a professional, respectful and accountable workplace for all employees” and that the “allegations in this lawsuit will be duly addressed as the legal process runs its course.”

Also, the department said Goodwin and McKenzie “will have no role or oversight to any potential investigation to avoid any conflict and to preserve independence.”

Other than the Huntley lawsuit, the Mamdani administration has faced other controversies in its first 100 days. These involve key appointees and policies. Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who the mayor appointed as director of appointments, resigned only a day after she was announced. It happened after antisemitic comments she made on social media ten years ago surfaced.

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Democratic Hochul aide under investigation over alleged migrant shelter bribes

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council-member and her sister, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, accepted bribes or kickbacks tied to city funding steered to a migrant shelter provider, according to a search warrant obtained by The Associated Press.

The March 19 warrant seeks evidence of possible criminal conduct involving Council-member Farah Louis, a Brooklyn Democrat, her sister, Debbie Louis, Hochul’s assistant secretary for New York City intergovernmental affairs, and Edu Hermelyn, husband of Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party.

A spokesperson for Hochul said Debbie Louis was placed on leave last week after the governor became aware of the federal corruption probe. Someone answering a phone number associated with Louis ended the call when asked by the AP about the investigation, and the AP reported messages left for Farah Louis and Hermelyn were not returned.

New York City Council-member Farah Louis is reportedly under federal investigation for an alleged bribery scheme.  According to the warrant, investigators are examining whether the three received benefits in exchange for actions taken on behalf of BHRAGS Home Care Inc., a Brooklyn nonprofit that historically provided in-home care for sick and elderly clients.

As New York City’s migrant influx intensified in 2022, BHRAGS broadened its work to include emergency shelter operations for asylum seekers and other homeless services. Since then, public records show the group has been awarded more than a dozen contracts worth upward of $200 million from the city’s Department of Homeless Services.

"This is political persecution driven by the far-right, targeting immigrants and the leaders who stand with them," a political insider tied to Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn told the New York Post on Monday. "There are no charges at this time, and the facts will ultimately lead to this case being dropped on its merits."

An attorney for BHRAGS Executive Director Roberto Samedy declined to comment to the AP.The warrant also seeks records of money transfers and communications involving Edouardo St. Fort, a former New York Police Department sergeant who retired in 2023. That same year, records indicate his firm, Fort NYC Security, secured a $3 million contract from the Department of Homeless Services. AP calls and emails seeking comment from St. Fort were not returned.The warrant’s existence does not mean charges are imminent. It indicates only that federal investigators convinced a judge they had sufficient grounds to search for and seize potential evidence.

The probe lands amid broader scrutiny over how New York City awarded emergency shelter contracts during the migrant crisis, when the arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers strained the city’s shelter system and prompted officials under then-Mayor Eric Adams to rapidly expand housing capacity through outside providers.

Some of those arrangements have drawn criticism from watchdogs and political opponents, who questioned the speed, scale and oversight of the contracting process.

The figures named in the warrant are all connected to Brooklyn’s Democratic political establishment, which has been rocked by a series of ethics controversies in recent years. Hermelyn, who once served as a senior adviser to Adams, stepped down after questions were raised about whether his role as a Brooklyn district leader conflicted with rules barring certain dual government positions. He also went on to advise former Gov. Andrew Cuomo during Cuomo’s unsuccessful mayoral campaign.

The Trump administration, led by fraud investigation czar Vice President JD Vance, has prioritized federal law enforcement investigations nationwide.

Just this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's Treasury Department announced it is offering whistleblowers a major financial incentive to help expose fraud, directing would-be tipsters to the Treasury.gov website, telling Fox News on Monday that the administration has already received more than 700 leads.

The Treasury’s whistleblower page says eligible tipsters can receive between 10 percent and 30 percent of monetary sanctions collected for successful actions.

While Minnesota fraud among the state's Somali community has made headlines thus far thanks to independent journalist Nick Shirley's reporting, Bessent actually praised that state for having some level of transparency that is not permitted in California or New York.

"That's why that young man, Nick Shirley, was able to go to see the scams, because it was: This is the name of the facility, this is the address, this is how much money they got," Bessent said. "Oh look, it's an empty storefront. There's no one here. New York, California are hiding it."

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NYPD experienced cops see no reason to stay with Mamdani's threat to cut overtime

More than half of the NYPD's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) detectives can punch out right now with full pensions, and thousands of sergeants, lieutenants, and captains are in the same boat. That has officials sweating bullets over the future of terror prevention and crime fighting in New York City, The Post has learned.

Forty-five of the 82 JTTF detectives, or 55 percent, have racked up 20 years on the job, enough for a full pension, according to union data.

Out of 5,121 active detectives citywide, 1,193, or 23 percent, are eligible to retire with full benefits after two decades of service. And why wouldn't they?

The NYPD could lose 57 percent of its detectives because they've hit that 20-year mark and can walk away, officials said.

Another 698 lieutenants, about 42 percent of the 1,669 total, could retire immediately. Add in 518 captains, or 66 percent of the 780, and 954 sergeants, roughly 22 percent of the 4,300 total, who could bolt at any moment, per union figures.

Cops are worried that these thousands of veteran bosses and street-smart detectives will head for the exits if Mayor Comrade Zohran Mamdani slashes overtime, which would gut their pensions, union officials said. And he hates cops, based on his history.

Officers hired after 2000 get a pension based on half their pay in their final year.

Comrade Zohran Mamdani

If they believe anti-cop Mamdani is going to chop their future overtime earnings, it makes perfect sense for them to retire now, lock in their 2025 pay under cop-friendly Mayor Adams as the pension base, and get out while the getting is good.

"If they have a big overtime year, they have to go," said Detectives Endowment Association President Scott Munro, who has been pushing Albany hard for a three-year average instead.He said a perceived lack of mayoral support, and the public anti-cop vibe it fuels, is also driving officers away.

"What's happening is people are getting in our police officers' faces," Munro said. "They're harassing them out there in the street."

Unions are "losing control of people leaving," Lieutenants Benevolent Association President Lou Turco said.

"Once you hit 20 [years], the department loses control," he said. "If I have a really good year of overtime and the department decides it wants to cut overtime, I have to leave."

Detectives Endowment Association President Scott Munro has been lobbying Albany to get pension rules changed to keep cops from leaving.

At the start of the year, officers got word they needed to cut overtime by nine to 11 hours in February as part of a cost-cutting push, The Post reported.

The reductions hit during the shortest and coldest month, when major events were scarce, a spokeswoman called it "management 101" at the time.

But cops "see the writing on the wall," said retired NYPD Detective Michael Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who put in three decades before retiring in 2019.

"I did 30 years because it was a good job, I was getting good overtime, and I was enjoying it," he said.

"But now these guys are not because they're backfilling patrol," he said of veteran supervisors forced back to the street to cover manpower shortages.

"Detectives and lieutenants are back on patrol," he said. "You know when you've got 20, 25 years you don't want to put the bag back on and get on foot post, which is what they're doing."Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch testified at a City Council budget hearing this week that 2025 retirements are tracking right along with projections, based on the big hiring wave two decades ago.

She noted the NYPD had its "largest hiring year on record, more than 4,000 officers" last year.The department "not only outpaced attrition in 2025, we essentially brought the NYPD back to its authorized uniformed headcount for the first time in three years," Tisch said. The agency wrapped 2025 with about 800 more officers than the average over the prior three years, officials said.

"We are not in a hiring crisis anymore," she told the City Council. "We ended 2025 at a headcount of 34,769, just 250 shy of our authorized headcount."

"It's the senior people we do not want to lose," Sergeants' Benevolent Association President Vincent Vallelong said.

There are 220 sergeants who serve as bosses in the detective bureau but don't get special assignment money, which is basically lieutenant pay, he said.

"If they gave them special assignment money, I promise right off the bat these guys wouldn't leave," the union boss said.

Part of the headache with veteran officers walking away is that there's no one ready to step up and replace them, Munro said.

"I have senior detectives telling their kids, 'Do not come on this job,'" said Munro, who has two police officer sons. "And that's not the way this job used to be."

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Mamdani makes big move to ruin NYC and create bigger, better homelessness

New York City is about to earn a shiny new nickname: Tent City, Filth City, or maybe Lepto City, courtesy of that charming bacterial souvenir from homeless encampments.

New York's socialistically new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has decided the NYPD should keep its hands off closing down these charming outdoor living rooms.

Ever since Mamdani teased this genius plan back in December, fresh encampments have been sprouting like weeds across neighborhoods. The fallout is a disaster for the folks actually living rough and for anyone trying to keep the city functional.

From Friday through Sunday night during that lovely bone-chilling winter storm, eight people turned up dead outdoors, likely homeless. Mamdani even admitted several were already known to the shelter system. Compassionate, right?

As these setups multiply, locals dial 311 in desperation, but the NYPD is now handcuffed. Even New York's Strongest, the sanitation crew, get orders to scoop up the trash and human waste but leave the mattresses, clothes, cardboard shanties, and all the rest exactly where they are. 

In other words, full maid service, zero actual cleanup of the hazardous junk pile.

City Councilwoman Joann Ariola watched this farce unfold along Jamaica Avenue, in Queens, and quipped, "What next, a city-funded turndown service?"

We should all be furious. Mamdani's serving up a twisted version of "compassion" for the homeless while flipping the bird to every resident and business owner stuck dealing with the fallout. These encampments drag in crime, garbage, and a general collapse of basic street decency.

They also invite lovely blasts from the past like leptospirosis, currently making the rounds in a Berkeley, California encampment. The bug hides in rat urine but spreads through tainted surfaces or puddles. The cold keeps it somewhat in check now, but come spring thaw, parents near these setups will be yelling at kids not to splash in puddles or paw random street junk.

Even fellow Democrats are losing it over Comrade Mamdani's refusal to act. Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer fumed, "You cannot have defecating, you cannot have food on the street, you cannot have all these boxes." 

But Mamdani's answer is apparently yes, you can.

His predecessor Eric Adams went hard the other way, clearing encampments and declaring, "We cannot tolerate these makeshift, unsafe houses on the side of highways, in trees, in front of schools, in parks. This is just not acceptable."

Mamdani's responded: "We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to housing."

Sure, that's one job, Comrade Mayor. But you're also supposed to keep the rest of the city safe, livable, and appealing to the tourists and businesses that keep the lights on. This policy basically tells them all to pound sand.

No city should have to put up with sprawling encampments. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that towns can clear them. Justice Neil Gorsuch nailed it: otherwise, "with encampments dotting neighborhood sidewalks, adults and children in these communities are sometimes forced to navigate around used needles, human waste, and other hazards to make their way to school, the grocery store, or work."

Sound familiar, New York?

Since that ruling, even Democratic heavyweights like failed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and various mayors out west have cracked down hard.

Mamdani is sprinting in reverse, dooming Gotham to more crime and disease outbreaks. Los Angeles Police data from 2018-2022 showed the homeless were 1 percent of the population but 11 to 15 percent of violent crime suspects.

Nationwide, 13 percent of those in encampments are registered sex offenders. In states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, it's a jaw-dropping 50 percent or higher, per the Cicero Institute. Yeah, that's exactly who you want your kids dodging on the walk to school or after dark.

Mamdani claims he's doing the right thing for the homeless, keeping their plight front and center to force housing solutions while they now freeze in their tents and cardboard boxes.

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In reality, he's turning them into political props and making their situation worse. Street life slashes life expectancy by about 27 years on average. Crime, disease, overdoses under cardboard or on piss-soaked mattresses; that's the compassion we're witnessing.

Adams put it perfectly, calling out the nonsense: "there is nothing compassionate or 'progressive' about leaving people to freeze in makeshift encampments. It ... dehumanizes the very people who need help."

But hey, virtue signaling over results, the classic move.

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SHOCKING: Radical Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani's First Act – Guts Protections Against Antisemitism and Embraces BDS on Day One

In a brazen assault on Jewish safety and Israel's legitimacy, newly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist and fierce anti-Israel activist, wasted no time on his very first day in office to revoke key executive orders that protected Jews from surging antisemitism and barred city agencies from supporting the hateful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Jewish state.

Mamdani's Day 1 directives rescinded former Mayor Eric Adams' adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, the gold standard used worldwide to identify and combat Jew-hatred, including modern forms that demonize Israel. 

He also lifted the city's prohibition on boycotting or divesting from Israel, effectively green-lighting BDS efforts to isolate and delegitimize the world's only Jewish nation.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sounded the alarm, declaring: "We are deeply troubled that, on his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani weakened protections to fight antisemitism." 

In a joint statement with other pro-Jewish organizations, the ADL warned: "Revoking these executive orders removes key tools for addressing antisemitism, including BDS-driven efforts that seek to demonize, delegitimize and isolate the world’s only Jewish state."

Facing immediate backlash from the Jewish community and civil rights groups, Mamdani arrogantly dismissed concerns about the IHRA definition, claiming it doesn't truly protect Jews while ignoring warnings from leading Jewish organizations.

"When we speak about the IHRA definition that you asked about, you know, protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration, and I also know that a number, as you said, of leading Jewish organizations, have immense concerns around this definition," Mamdani said Friday in Brooklyn.

"What we will do is actually deliver on our commitment to protect Jewish New Yorkers in a manner that is able to actually fulfill that," he added.

Deflecting questions about the suspicious timing, signing these revocations mere hours after taking office, Mamdani evaded direct answers, instead justifying his sweeping purge of Adams-era orders.

"As the new mayor of a city, you have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them. And, so, what we did was sign an executive order that continued every executive order that predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted, a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public," Mamdani responded. "And what we will now do is showcase that new era to protect each and every New Yorker and to deliver for those same New Yorkers in a manner that they have not seen under prior administrations."

This outrageous move comes from a mayor with a long record of hostility toward Israel, now empowered to endanger New York's large Jewish community amid record-high antisemitic incidents. While Mamdani claims he'll "protect Jewish New Yorkers," his actions speak louder: siding with BDS radicals and scrapping proven tools against hate.

New Yorkers, especially Jews, deserve better than this dangerous capitulation to anti-Israel extremism and socialism on Day One. The fight against this betrayal has only begun.

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Memory Lane: Mamdani promised to "disband" key police unit that handles mass shootings

Picture the scene: New York City is still shaking after a psycho gunman, Shane Tamura, stormed a Midtown office building, unloading a hail of bullets that left four dead, including an NYPD cop, before shooting himself in the chest. Blood on the pavement, chaos in the streets, and now the city is staring down the barrel of a mayoral race where the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, is catching heat for some wild anti-cop promises that sound like they were cooked up in a thug's fever dream.

Mamdani, who is currently off in Uganda tying the knot while the city mourns, has been flapping his gums about gutting the NYPD's Strategic Response Group (SRG). This isn’t some desk-jockey unit, the SRG’s the heavy hitters, the ones who roll out when riots, shootings, or straight-up anarchy hit the streets. 

According to the NYPD's own site, these guys are "highly trained personnel" with "specialized equipment," tasked with handling "citywide mobilizations, civil disorders, and major events." They're the ones you call when the city's burning, or when crime spikes and you need boots on the ground to lock it down. They're also the crew that shows up for "shootings, bank robberies, missing persons, demonstrations, or other significant incidents." You know, the kind of stuff that just went down at 345 Park Ave, where Tamura turned a Monday into a slaughterhouse.

But Zohran Mamdani has a bone to pick. Back in December 2024, while already running for mayor, he took to X and swore he would "disband" the SRG. Why? He posted on X that they were out there to "harass + arrest striking @teamsters," and that they’ve "cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements + brutalized countless New Yorkers exercising their first amendment rights." 

Yeah, that’s his pitch: torch a unit that is literally built to stop the kind of chaos we just saw, all because this communist has a vendetta against cops. This is the same guy who’s been screaming "defund the police" for years, though he's tried to dial it back to a whisper now that he's got his eyes on City Hall. 

Fast-forward to Monday's carnage. Tamura, an apparent psychi with a grudge against the NFL, something about CTE and too many hits to the head which can only be diagnosed post mortem, walks into the tower at 345 Park Ave, home to big companies like Blackstone Inc. and the NFL. He opens fire, dropping NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, Blackstone exec Wesley LePatner, security guard Aland Etienne, and Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman. 

Four lives senselessly ended, and the city’s left picking up the pieces. 

Mamdani, from halfway across the globe, chimes in with the standard politician's lament: "I’m heartbroken to learn of the horrific shooting in midtown and I am holding the victims, their families, and the NYPD officer in critical condition in my thoughts." Oh, and suddenly he's "grateful for all of our first responders on the ground." This butt-munch will say anything for votes but when it comes to what he'll do if elected, New York will become the Wild, Wild East.

Real noble, Zohran, but maybe check your own playbook, you freaking promised to gut the unit those first responders rely on.

Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams, who's running for re-election as an independent and doesn't shy away from swinging back, isn't letting this slide. He's ordered all city flags to half-staff "as a mark of respect for the memory of NYPD Officer Didarul Islam who died in the line of duty and the multiple victims of the mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan at 345 Park Avenue yesterday." 

Adams didn’t mince words on X either: "Officer Didarul Islam died as he lived, a hero and protector of New York City. We will never forget you." That’s the kind of gut-punch clarity you get from a guy who's been in the trenches, not some ivory-tower type dreaming up ways to kneecap the NYPD.

So here’s the deal: NYC is bleeding, and Mamdani is out here playing revolutionary, vowing to dismantle the very units that keep the city from spiraling into a free-for-all. Does that sound like a guy ready to lead, or someone who’s gonna let the streets burn while he’s tweeting from a wedding in Uganda? 

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Kristi Noem Slams Sanctuary City Policies After Illegal Migrant Shoots CBP Officer in NYC Ambu

In a fiery press briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t hold back, pinning the blame squarely on New York City’s sanctuary policies for a brazen attack on an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer in Riverside Park. The officer was shot in the face and forearm during an attempted robbery over the weekend, and Noem is calling out the lunacy of letting criminals roam free under the guise of “progressive” governance.

"There's absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City," Noem declared, referring to Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a Dominican national nabbed by Border Patrol in April 2023. This thug, arrested four times in NYC, was repeatedly released thanks to Mayor Eric Adams’ sanctuary city nonsense. "He was arrested four different times in New York City, and because of the mayor’s policies and sanctuary city policies, was released back to do harm to people and to individuals living in this city," Noem said, her frustration palpable.

The second suspect, Christhian Aybar-Berroa, another illegal alien from the Dominican Republic who slipped into the U.S. in 2022 under Biden's watch, was also collared. Noem didn’t mince words: "He was arrested for reckless endangerment and larceny and was released before ICE could get him off the streets." She took to X to hammer the point home, noting that detainers were "ignored" because of Adams' policies. This guy had a final removal order from 2023, yet here he is, allegedly shooting up NYC. Unreal.

The CBP officer, ambushed while sitting by the water with a friend, showed incredible grit. According to Homeland Security, "A witness of the attack, believed to be an attempted robbery, states that she and the victim were sitting on the rocks by the water when 2 subjects on a scooter drove up to them and the passenger got off the back and approached them with a firearm drawn. The off-duty CBP officer responded by withdrawing his own firearm in self-defense." 

The officer took bullets to his right arm and left cheek but still managed to wound Nunez, who was later dropped off at a Bronx hospital with shots to the leg and groin. Talk about a hero.

Noem, after visiting the officer, said, "His quick action speaks to his tenacity and his excellence in training and skill. And because of that, one of the perpetrators was wounded in this interaction and was incarcerated when he came in to get medical treatment." She added, "I just want you all to know that we have our hearts and our prayers going out with our officer and with his family and his friends, and will be lifting him up in prayer for his quick recovery and healing from this terrible tragedy that has befallen him."

But Noem wasn’t done and unleashed a blistering critique of sanctuary city mayors across the country, from Adams to Boston's Michelle Wu, LA's Karen Bass, and Chicago's Brandon Johnson. "I’m calling on every single mayor and sanctuary city and sanctuary governor to change their policies and to change their tactics right now," she demanded. "When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies."

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott piled on, stating, "We should not be here today. The reason these two assailants are inside the United States today is because of failed border policies by the Biden administration." Border czar Tom Homan, visibly shaken after seeing the officer, added, "I visited the officer last night, of course, he was heavily sedated, so I didn’t have words with him. But I did talk to his family. They’re devastated. It's just a shock to the soul when you walk in and see that young man laying there." Homan's warning was clear: "Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. President Trump is not going to tolerate it."

Even President Trump weighed in, writing, "An incredible CBP Officer was shot in the face by an Illegal Alien Monster freed into the Country under Joe Biden. The CBP Officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous Skill and Courage."

Mayor Adams, trying to save face, admitted Nunez is a career criminal with "prior arrests for assault and violating an order protection," plus an active bench warrant and charges for robbery and stabbing. "He has inflicted violence in our city and once he is charged for last night’s crimes, we will be able to add attempted murder to his rap sheet," Adams said. 

Too little, too late. Noem's message is loud and clear: sanctuary policies are a magnet for chaos, and it’s time to stop coddling criminals. How many more lives need to be shattered before these mayors wake up?

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Antisemitic NYC mayoral candidate wants apartheid-inspired higher taxes against Whites

Don't let his smile fool you

Let's look to New York City, where the Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has unfurled a banner of socialist ambition that threatens to unravel the very fabric of the metropolis. 

This 33-year-old anti-Semite, who only deigned to become an American citizen in 2018, has proposed a scheme as audacious as it is divisive: to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.” 

Yes, you read that correctly, whiter neighborhoods. The phrase drips with the kind of racialized rhetoric that ought to raise eyebrows in any society that values fairness over tribalism.

Mamdani, a self-professed socialist with a penchant for radical posturing, has laid out his vision in a policy memo that accuses the city’s property tax system of favoring “wealthier homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods.” 

His remedy? To lighten the load on lower-income homeowners while, in his words, “raising the amount paid in the most expensive Brooklyn brownstones.” One might ask whether this is a policy rooted in equity or a thinly veiled exercise in class warfare, tinged with a troubling fixation on race.

Is it even constitutional? I doubt it.

But this is merely the tip of Mamdani’s ideological iceberg. His platform reads like a fever dream of far-left fantasies: city-owned grocery stores, defunding the police, and rent freezes. It is as though he has taken a leaf from the playbook of every failed utopian experiment and decided to test it on one of the world’s greatest cities. 

The backlash has been swift and deserved. Republicans and moderates alike have recoiled, with Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee leading the charge. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles called for Mamdani’s American citizenship to be stripped, citing the candidate’s alleged support for foreign terror organizations, a reference to Mamdani’s professed “love” for individuals convicted of funneling money to Hamas. 

Ogles did not mince words: “Zohran ‘little muhammad’ Mamdani is an anti-Semitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,” he declared, adding, “He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings.”

The outrage is not confined to political circles. New York billionaire Bill Ackman, a man not known for sitting idly by, has thrown his considerable weight behind efforts to thwart Mamdani’s ascent. “There are hundreds of millions of dollars of capital available to back a competitor to Mamdani that can be put together overnight,” Ackman declared, signaling a financial bulwark against this socialist insurgency.

Mamdani’s improbable rise, having bested former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, now pits him against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent in November’s general election. The stage is set for a clash not just of personalities but of visions along with sanity vs. insanity: one tethered to the realities of governance, the other soaring into the ether of ideological purity. 

New Yorkers, one suspects, will have much to ponder as they decide whether to entrust their city to a man whose policies seem less about progress than about settling scores.

Hasn't the West been suicidal long enough? It's time to think about the implications of electing this guy.

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NYC sending 'heavy weapons teams' to Jewish sites after double murder in DC

Although there are presently no known threats to Jewish institutions in New York City after the cold-blooded murders of Yaron Lishinsky, 30, and his then soon-to-be fiancee, Sarah Milgram, 26, the NYPD isn't taking any chances as they are “surging counterterrorism officers in critical response commands out of an overabundance of caution,” Mayor Eric Adams said.

Lower Manhattan’s Center for Jewish History was heavy with grief Thursday afternoon. City officials and faith leaders stood shoulder to shoulder at an interfaith vigil, mourning Yaron and Sarah, Israeli embassy staffers gunned down after an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. Wednesday night. The air was thick with sorrow, and the weight of a rising tide of hate.

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t hold back. “This violence is exactly what they mean when you hear the words, ‘globalize the intifada,’” he said. “It is the actual plan out of these comments. Violence is something that is unacceptable and not tolerated, and that is what we mean when we say anti-Semitic propaganda is masquerading as activism. Let’s call this what it is, a depraved act of terrorism.”

While there are no specific threats, Adams isn’t taking chances. “We’re surging counterterrorism officers in critical response commands out of an overabundance of caution,” he said. Heavy weapons teams are rolling out to Jewish cultural spots, synagogues, and Israeli diplomatic sites—something the city’s done on and off since Hamas’s October 7 bloodbath in southern Israel. 

“The last year and a half, we watched hate bleed out onto our streets, onto our college campuses, and now, at our cultural events,” Adams said, his words slicing through the room. “People have glorified terrorists and organizations have called for violence against Jews, and have called for death to America, to Israel and to the people of Israel.”

Al Sharpton[gue], the race-baiting activist who’s carried the weight of his own past in stoking the 1991 Crown Heights riots, stepped up. In 2019, he half-owned that mess, and now he’s calling for Black leaders to stand loud against the Jew-hatred spiking across the country. “If there had been an attack at the Schomburg Library,” he said, invoking the city’s beacon of Black culture, “and it was two young Blacks, I would have expected to see Jewish leadership stand with us. It happened at the site of a Jewish Museum in Washington. Two people, innocent people, lost their lives. They should expect that we’ll be here.”

One has to wonder if Sharpton was biting his tongue as he spoke.

Sharpton’s voice rose, preacher-like. “You can’t be a civil rights activist or leader if you’re only for your own civil rights, and you cannot be a faith leader if you only stand up for people in your own faith.”

Hindy Poupko, a top voice at UJA-Federation of New York, laid it bare. The attack wasn’t a bolt from the blue, it’s the grim fruit of months of venom aimed at Jews. “As the mayor said, after 19 months of violence and hateful rhetoric directed at Jews and the State of Israel, violence was inevitable,” she told the crowd, her voice steady but aching. “Our heart breaks for them, their lives lost, their futures lost and our hearts break for their families.” Still, she stood tall. “In Washington, in New York and wherever Jews gather, we remain resolute in our commitment to living our lives as proud Jews.”

Mohammad Razvi, head of a coalition of over 70 Muslim groups, said, “[I]n the Quran, it’s written that if you take one innocent life, it’s as if you have taken the life of all mankind,” he said, echoing a truth the Talmud shares. Of course, this doesn't explain the parts of the Quran that prescribes the opposite at times. [See for example, Quran 2:191 that says "Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them. This is merely one of many examples. Read the Quran for more and if you really want some insight into Islam, read Reliance of the Traveller.]

Razvi went on: “This is true to all Muslims, and this heinous act has really hurt so much.” His condolences to the victims’ families carried weight. “Hate is something that is perpetuated and taught,” he said. “A child is not born to hate. That’s something you pick up at a dinner table.” His call to action was simple but fierce: “Any time this happens, we have to stand together, and we have to show others that this is what New York is about.”

It's good to hear Muslim leaders make the right call.

The vigil was a raw moment of unity in a city that’s seen too much division. Two young, beautiful lives snuffed out. A community reeling. But in that room, faith and resolve burned brighter than the hate outside.

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DoJ begins criminal investigation into NYC migrant shelters

NEW YORK CITY — The feds are sniffing around two Manhattan hotels turned migrant crash pads, and they’ve got a criminal investigation on their hands. Word on the street, via FOX5 NY, is the Justice Department’s digging into some shady federal immigration law violation tied to the whole mess.

They’re shaking down the Roosevelt Hotel and Stewart Hotel with subpoenas, demanding names, IDs, and who’s footing the bill for the migrants bunking there, per CBS News. And then there’s the Hotel Chandler—subpoenaed too, even though it’s slumming it as a homeless joint, not a migrant flophouse. Southern District of New York’s pulling the strings on this one, reports say.

The Roosevelt’s been Midtown’s migrant HQ for three years—biggest shelter and intake spot in the city. Back in February, whispers started it’s winding down. Mayor Eric Adams bragged about wrestling the migrant flood—232,000 rolled in over three years, but now it’s just 350 stragglers a week, down from a chaotic 4,000.

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Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy told Patch there’s no “official last day” for the Roosevelt gig. But THE CITY’s got the scoop—it’s lights out by June’s end.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams teams up with Tom Homan after corruption case is dropped

Democratic Mayor of New York City Eric Adams appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" Friday morning along with Trump's border czar Tom Homan. This comes after a corruption case brought forth by the Department of Justice was dropped earlier in the week.

During a recent interview, Adams discussed working with the Trump administration regarding a plan for mass deportations and addressed the decision by the DOJ to drop federal charges against him. Adams faced accusations that the charges were dropped in exchange for his cooperation on deporting undocumented immigrants in New York City. Last September, Adams was charged with bribery for accepting expensive overseas trips paid for by wealthy Turkish nationals, but he pleaded not guilty. The charges were later dropped.

Adams called claims of a deal with the Trump DOJ “silly,” explaining that he has been pushing for stronger immigration enforcement in New York City since 2022, long before the bribery charges were filed by the Biden administration and then dropped by the Trump administration.

On Friday, Homan promised to hold Adams accountable for his commitment to Trump’s immigration policies. Homan said, “If he doesn’t come through, I’ll be back in New York City, and we won’t be sitting on the couch – I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying, ‘Where the hell is the agreement we came to?’” Adams and Homan appeared together on “Fox & Friends” to discuss how they are working together to address the city's migrant crisis,  with Adams saying, “We are fighting together to get it done.”

However, many Democrats and New York officials, including far-left lunatic Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Comatose, have called for Adams to resign or be removed from office after the charges were dropped. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, another far-left Democrat who has the authority to remove Adams, called the allegations “extremely concerning and serious” in an interview with MSNBC. She added, “But I cannot, as the governor of this state, have a knee-jerk, politically motivated reaction.” 

Hochul also criticized the DOJ, saying, “This is unbelievably unprecedented for the Department of Justice in Washington to interfere in this way,” and accused the Trump administration’s DOJ of being “corrupt.”

The acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned after refusing to drop the case against Adams. Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove criticized her, saying, “The Justice Department will not tolerate the insubordination and apparent misconduct reflected in the approach that you and your office have taken in this matter.” 

During his “Fox & Friends” appearance, Adams said he asked the New York City Council to change existing sanctuary city laws to allow more cooperation between local police and ICE. He explained, “What I asked the City Council to do is change the bill that was already in place and modify it … if you are committing a crime, then we should be able to collaborate with ICE — even on civil enforcement if you have committed a crime.”

While Adams supports deporting violent undocumented immigrants, he is still a Democratic virtue signaler at heart and believes in sanctuary city laws to protect non-violent immigrants. He said, “Everyday people who are here, they’re moving to be documented, if they are going to school, working, paying taxes, then they should be able to provide police services, hospital services, children should go to school.” 

Homan disagreed, stating, “I’m strictly against sanctuary city status because I think sanctuaries are for criminals.” Adams responded, “But the beauty here is that we’re allowed to disagree. But we do agree on the fundamental that no matter who you are, it should be safe.”

And screw all those legal immigrants who went through the process, waited for their turn, learned about the US laws, and watched the illegal aliens jump the line.

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U.S. Attorney for Southern District of NY resigns after forced to drop Mayor Adams corruption charges

Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned on Thursday, following a directive from the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. This decision came just days after she was ordered to dismiss the case, highlighting a significant clash between the Trump administration and its appointed officials.

Sassoon, who had a rapid rise in the Southern District of New York and was known for her role in high-profile cases including the prosecution of Sam Bankman-Fried, resisted the order, citing concerns about setting a "dangerous precedent" by dismissing charges based on what she described as a rushed and superficial process. Her resignation letter emphasized her belief in the integrity of the case against Adams, accusing his defense of a quid pro quo related to immigration policy assistance in exchange for dropping the case.

You can read her resignation letter here.

The resignation has sparked a wave of reactions, with some praising Sassoon for her integrity and others viewing the situation as indicative of broader issues within the Justice Department under the current administration. The case against Adams was to be dismissed "without prejudice," meaning it could potentially be reopened, which critics argue gives the Trump administration leverage over New York City's governance.

Following Sassoon's departure, there is uncertainty regarding who will take over the case and how quickly it might be dropped, leaving the future of the corruption investigation into Mayor Adams in limbo. This event has also led to discussions on social media and in political circles about the influence of political directives on legal proceedings and the independence of the Department of Justice.

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Illegal alien charged with setting sleeping woman on fire, pleads not guilty

El Scumbaggio

It happened on the F train in Brooklyn's Coney Island Stillwell Avenue station, on a train this writer has taken thousands of times. 

Sebastion Zapeta, 33, an illegal alien from Guatemala, allegedly [he is seen on video] lit a sleeping woman on fire, fanned the flames with his coat, and watched as she burned to death. He pleaded not guilty to murder and arson charges Tuesday.

The illegal alien was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, and arson. Prosecutors said that he fanned the flames before sitting down to watch her burn as police and a subway worker tried to put out the fire.

According to court documents, Zapeta later told detectives he was in a drunken blackout during the attack. It's as if alcohol kills people just like guns do, and forks make people fat. 

"I am very sorry. I didn't mean to. But I really don't know, I don't know what happened, but I'm very sorry for that woman," he allegedly told detectives, according to a transcript from his interrogation translated from Spanish to English.

How did he not mean to burn her alive? He even fanned the damn flames.

Zapeta listened through an interpreter but remained silent during the 4-minute hearing. His lawyer, at the end, said his client needed medical attention, but additional details were not immediately available. It's possible that he got burned standing too close to his victim while fanning the flames. Poor guy.

The judge ordered him held without bail.

Zapeta entered the U.S. illegally in 2018 and was deported. Like so many Democratic hopeful voters, he returned to the U.S. at an unknown time and slithered to New York City. On December 22, he allegedly lit the sleeping Debrina Kawam, 57, on fire. She was from Toms River, New Jersey.

She was so badly burned it took over a week to identify her remains.

Zapeta told detectives he was drunk at the time of the slaying and often blacked out between his home and the subway platform or vice versa, trying to use that as an excuse for his actions.

"Sometimes, when I drink and erase the memory, and I don't known right?" he said, according to the transcript. "When I wake up, I'm already in the house, already sleeping. I wake up when I'm already at home. Or there are times when I wake up, and I'm already at the train station…or on the train…"

He's using the "Wolfman Excuse" it seems, but it doesn't excuse what he did.

You can read the transcript of Zapeta's interview with detectives:

Mayor Eric Adams (D) said surveillance video of the attack was so twisted he couldn't finish watching it.

According to the transcript, detectives played the clip for Zapeta and he claimed that he didn't remember any of it. He did, however, allegedly admit it showed him on the screen.

It seems like the guy's cognition to use a cigarette lighter to immolate the poor lady, and then fan the flames to ensure it would engulf her, demonstrates that he was sentient enough to know what he was doing and his blackout story is garbage, in my opinion.

"As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim," New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news briefing. "The suspect used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds."

Then the man walked out of the car to a nearby waiting bench, sat down, and watched as help arrived, albeit too late.

 Responding officers were already in the station, and a transit worker grabbed a fire extinguisher. The suspect even appeared on body-cam video, Tisch said.

The suspect was arrested after three teenagers riding another subway train recognized him from a wanted poster and called 911. He was taken into custody at the next stop.

Zapeta faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole if convicted. Too bad for him that by the time his court date rolls around, Biden will be out of office and will not be able to pardon him. Maybe Biden can do it preemptively.

The suspect is due back in court on March 12.

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BREAKING: Nabbed! CEO murder suspect caught in Altoona, PA

The man who is suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The suspect is identified as Luigi Mangione and he was found with a 'ghost gun' on his person when captured. Apparently, he was identified by a McDonald's restaurant staff member who, if Mangione is successfully prosecuted, stands to make $50,000 and an additional $10,000 in reward money.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a presser Monday and said the suspect that “He matches the description of the identification we've been looking for” and that he is “in possession of several items that we believe will connect him to this incident.”

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, "The suspect was in a McDonalds and was recognized by an employee who then called local police.

"Responding officers questioned the suspect, who was acting suspiciously and was carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport. Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on his person as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder," Tisch added.

"They also recovered clothing, including a mask consistent with those worn by our wanted individual. Also recovered was a fraudulent new Jersey ID matching the ID our suspect used to check into his New York City hostel before the shooting incident," she said. "Additionally, officers recovered a handwritten document that speaks to both his motivation and mindset."

This is a developing incident.

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NYC Democrat wants firings after violent criminal takes advantage of liberal policy slashing three New Yorkers

Democrat New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, stepped into the New York State Executive Mansion when then Governor Andrew Cuomo left office in shame. Due to the fact that she is on the left, she was voted into office and has since made the state a joke when it comes to illegal aliens.

U.S. Representative Richie Torres from the Bronx, a Democrat, criticized New York's leaders this past weekend for their criminal justice reforms, which he believes allowed for "a homicidal rampage" in broad daylight last week. This resulted in the tragic deaths of three innocent people, killed by a violent man with mental health issues who was let out of jail too soon.

"The bureaucrat in DOC [Department of Correction] who authorized the early release of Ramon should be fired," Torres wrote in an intense letter to Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, both Democrats. "Those who cannot be entrusted with public safety should no longer be employed by the people of New York."

He went on to say that "layers upon layers of government failure" made it possible for Ramon Rivera, a repeat offender with eight prior crimes, to be free. His most recent time in jail included a move to the psychiatric unit at Bellevue Hospital, where he assaulted a corrections officer.

Last week, police arrested the 51-year-old homeless man for allegedly stabbing three people to death in separate incidents in Manhattan on November 18.

Torres criticized the city's Department of Correction, calling it "the worst offender" in Rivera's case. Rivera was let out of jail four months early for "good behavior," even though he had attacked someone at Bellevue and faced no consequences for it, according to Torres.

In the letter, Torres points out that these crimes committed by illegal aliens is "preventable," but the city and state don't have the will to prevent them. He said that the state refuses to allow the mayor the legal authority to prevent the illegal aliens that commit crimes from roaming the streets. He also mentioned, as an example, the homeless illegal alien who went on a stabbing spree.

Torres also blamed Hochul for the stabbing spree, and called on the governor to give New York City police greater power to "institutionalize people," as violent recidivism, homelessness, and mental illness run rampant in NY City. 

Just another example of how the leaders the people vote into office, get what they voted for, good and hard.

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