New York State Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of a statewide public awareness effort to ensure that New Yorkers earning minimum wage receive the state’s historic minimum wage increase when it takes effect next year. On January 1, per an agreement between Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature, New York’s minimum…
Why is a U.S.-funded news outlet working overtime to sabotage Washington’s foreign policy? One might assume the Voice of America (VOA) would aim to support the very diplomacy that funds it, but in a stroke of what can only be described as bureaucratic brilliance, VOA has once again used American tax dollars to put a…
Summary: On Aug. 24, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Ukraine on its 34th Independence Day and said the U.S. remains committed to Ukraine’s future as a free, independent nation. He backed a negotiated peace that respects Ukraine’s sovereignty and secures its long-term safety. Rubio said the U.S. will keep strengthening economic and security…
Mayor Eric Adams Thank you so much. You know, this has always been our North Star, and I’m sure people could almost do the entire quote, the prerequisite to prosperity is public safety, and nothing personifies our public safety more than removing guns off the street. And from day one, we talked about that. And even…
Bronx street was renamed after a hero soldier who died saving four people’s lives in a Bronx fire that killed 12 in 2017. Family, friends, and clergy gathered at the intersection of East 187th St. and Prospect Avenue to honor Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, a 28-year-old immigrant from Ghana and a member of the Army National Guard,…
Upon taking office in 2021, President Biden and his Administration immediately got to work addressing the shocks that were roiling global supply chains and moved swiftly to secure key industries for America’s economy and national security. Everything in our lives—the food we eat, the medicines in our hospitals, the energy that powers our homes, the…