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His name is Brian Doherty, he’s an ex-cop, and he’s running as a Republican against Democratic incumbent Dov Hikind for the 48th Assembly District seat. Opposing Hikind in Borough Park
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A defense lawyer aggressively cross-examined a government informer in federal court on Monday about scores of conversations he had with James Cromitie, charged with conspiring to bomb synagogues and shoot
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vowed yesterday to slash income taxes to revive the state’s economy and make it more competitive with its neighbors. “We’ve got to do that,” the
Hundreds of transit cameras went live Monday inside the New York City Police Department’s Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center. It’s part of a new security initiative made possible by a
One of the worlds most despised leaders was quite possibly the safest man in New York City on Monday night. The city is going to great lengths to protect Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reports CBS 2?s Rob Morrison. The fact that this much security is out in plain sight pales in comparison to the hidden […]
A new poll by Rasmussen finds a 16-point lead for Democrat Andrew Cuomo in his gubernatorial race against Carl Paladino, the Buffalo real-estate developer who won the Republican nomination last week. The poll, which surveyed likely voters, found 54% supporting Cuomo to Paladinos 38%. The polls margin of error is 4.5 percentage points. As WSJs […]
Rabbi Yehuda Levin Injected himself into the Carl Paladino-Andrew Cuomo gubernatorial race this morning and promptly raised an old political bugaboo that has long hounded both Andrew and his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. The NY Daily News reports: Its the Vote For Cuomo, Not the Homo smear allegedly used during the 1977 mayoral runoff […]
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