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Ridgewood NJ, In a surprising turn of events, CNN host Fareed Zakaria—often viewed as a moderate-to-liberal voice—spent a segment this Sunday delivering a scathing critique of the current state of America’s most prominent “blue” cities.
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New York NY, For nearly a century, the relationship between New York City’s City Hall and the Archdiocese of New York was a pillar of civic stability. Through wars, financial crises, and political shifts, every mayor since 1939 has made a point to show up for the installation of a new archbishop.
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New York NY, New York City is grappling with a disturbing paradox. While the NYPD celebrates its “safest January on record” for gun violence, the city’s Jewish community is facing a historic surge in targeted violence.
According to new data released by the NYPD, antisemitic hate crimes surged 182% in January 2026—the very first month of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration.
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New York NY, in one of the most unexpected political turnarounds of the year, President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) emerged from a White House meeting with mutual praise and a surprising sense of camaraderie. The cordial meeting in the Oval Office stood in stark contrast to the months of bitter rhetoric that preceded it—rhetoric that saw Trump repeatedly deride the democratic socialist as a “communist lunatic” and Mamdani label the President a “despot.”
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New York NY, nearly 900 rabbis from across America—specifically 880 as of 10 a.m. on October 23rd—have publicly signed an open letter titled “A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future,” condemning what they term the “political normalization of anti-Zionism.”
The letter, published by JewishMajority.org, was issued in direct response to comments made by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, during a Fox News interview where he appeared to dodge questions regarding Hamas.
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New York NY, the gloves are officially off in the heated New York mayoral race. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, has launched a blistering attack against socialist assemblyman and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, calling him a “hypocrite” for owning valuable foreign property while campaigning on a platform to abolish private property rights.
