Wednesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Crom Carmichael in studio to discuss the mind-boggling stupid mentality of Democrats and their failure as a one-party rule.
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New York City Has Lost 70K Residents, $34B in Personal Income
A net 70,000 New York City residents left the metropolitan region since COVID-19, resulting in roughly $34 billion in lost income, according to estimates released Tuesday from Unacast, a location analytics company.
Around 3.57 million people fled New York City between Jan. 1 and Dec. 7 this year — and they were replaced by some 3.5 million people earning lower average incomes, the findings from Unacast said.
Read MoreOutcome of Georgia U.S. Race Will Determine New York City’s Budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio Says
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said late last week that his city’s budget hinges on the results of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs. This, according to a transcript of a press conference that de Blasio held Thursday. The mayor’s staff published the transcript on The City of New York’s official website.
Read More300,000+ People Have Fled New York City Due to Coronavirus, Crime
More than 300,000 residents have fled New York City over the past eight months because of rising crime rates, school stress and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the New York Post.
Data obtained by The Post from the U.S. Postal Service under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, revealed residents filed 295,103 change of address requests from March 1 through Oct. 31.
Read MoreCommentary: America’s Cities as Bastions of Progressive Politics
by Edward Ring In 2016 the American presidential election was not so much blue state versus red state as blue urban centers versus everywhere else. That pattern repeated itself this year, as voting results in the deep blue cities of Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta spelled the difference…
Read MoreTrio of Cities Take Trump to Court Over ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions’ Designation
Seattle, Portland, and New York City are suing President Donald Trump and his administration over legal actions that have put future federal funds on the line.
The joint lawsuit is in response to a memo issued by the Trump administration last month requesting U.S. Attorney General William Barr review a list of cities that could be considered hotbeds for civil unrest.
Read MoreCommentary: The Slow Suicide of New York City
Is New York committing suicide?
That’s a fair question in the wake of the relentless pandemic choking major American cities. The Big Apple is plagued with joblessness, peaking with a 20% unemployment rate this summer, double the national rate.
Read MoreBreitbart Economic Reporter John Carney Talks the End of New York City and How the Coronavirus Guaranteed That You would Have a Recession Everywhere
Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed economic reporter for Breitbart News John Carney to the show to discuss the decline of New York City and the false narrative that Trump has caused an economic recession.
Read MoreNew York City Could Lose Half of All Bars, Restaurants
The Daily Caller reports, New York City could see up to half its restaurants and bars close permanently in the next six months because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new audit released Thursday from the New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
“New York City’s bars and restaurants are the lifeblood of our neighborhoods. The industry is challenging under the best of circumstances and many eateries operate on tight margins. Now they face an unprecedented upheaval that may cause many establishments to close forever,” DiNapoli said, according to an official statement.
Read MoreNew York City Says Outdoor Dining Will Become ‘Permanent and Year-Round’
New York City plans to make its flourishing outdoor dining economy a permanent fixture of the city’s landscape going forward, municipal officials said in a press release on Friday.
The city’s “Open Restaurants” program, which has enrolled thousands of establishments since it debuted in June, “will be extended year-round and made permanent,” the city announced in the press release.
Read MoreNew York City Has Worst Unemployment Rate as One in Three Workers Worry About Job Security
As Americans approach Labor Day, with roughly 10.2 percent unemployed, a new survey conducted by WalletHub found that one in three Americans worry about job security.
In its nationally representative Coronavirus & Labor Day Survey, WalletHub found that Americans want extended COVID-19 relief. Of those surveyed, 74 percent said Congress should continue to extend additional federal unemployment benefits until their respective states fully reopen.
Read MoreAmazon to Add Thousands of Tech, Corporate Jobs in Six American Cities
Amazon plans to create 3,500 new tech and corporate jobs in six cities nationwide, the company announced Tuesday.
Most of the company’s new hires will be located in Amazon’s New York office with the rest being added in Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Phoenix and San Diego, according to a press release. Amazon also announced plans to expand the six offices to accommodate the new hires.
Read MoreNational Retail Chains, Restaurants Flee New York
The New York Times reports that national retailers and restaurant chains such as J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus, Le Pain Quotidien, and Subway are permanently closing locations in New York City in response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s management of the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a “mass exodus” of residents and businesses.
Business leaders warn that the city is facing a crisis of “historic proportions,” according to the Times.
Read MoreDe Blasio Announces COVID-19 Checkpoints on Tunnels and Bridges to Enforce Quarantine Order
Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday COVID-19 checkpoints will be established on tunnels and bridges leading into the city in order to enforce Governor Cuomo’s quarantine order.
The mayor tweeted, “New Yorkers worked too hard to beat back COVID-19 — we cannot lose that progress. 35 states have dangerously high infection rates. We won’t let the virus spread here.”
Read MorePolice Budgets Nationwide In Crisis After Covid, Activism Cut Funding in Half: Study
Police Departments across the country are in crisis as calls to defund the police, rioting, and the Covid Crisis threaten to sap existing resources.
A new study by the Police Executive Research Forum showed that almost half of the 258 departments surveyed are facing budget cuts. Portland City council approved a $15,000,000 dollar budget cut last month as the city struggled with riots. The Portland Police Department was forced to pay over $5,000,000 in overtime to deal with the unrest.
Read MoreNew York City Has 39,200 Criminal Cases Backlogged Amid COVID Outbreak
The New York City legal system has more than 39,000 pending criminal cases after trials were postponed in February, the city confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Trials by jury were postponed, prosecutions decreased as officials aimed to decrease the incarcerated population and various hearings were held virtually, The New York Times reported.
Read MoreCommentary: Anarchy, Seattle, and All That CHAZ
Three cities, all supremely liberal, represent an American descent into anarchy against which no one is standing.
After New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he wanted to slash the police budget, the New York City Council is going about cutting $1 billion from that budget, about 16%. That will inevitably cause a reduction of police presence around the city and, with equal inevitability, result in an increase in crime.
Read MoreRudy Giuliani Says Mayor Frey, Other ‘Progressive Democrats’ Should Resign for Handling of Riots
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to resign for failing to protect his citizens from a week of riots that left portions of his city in ruins.
In a Friday interview with Fox News, Giuliani said “progressive Democrats are incapable of keeping their people safe because they have criminal-friendly policies that are pathetic.”
Read MoreNew York Funeral Home Directors Claim COVID-19 Is Put on Death Certificates Without Confirmed Results
A new undercover video released by Project Veritas features numerous funeral home directors expressing doubt over the official number of deaths attributed to COVID-19.
Read MoreGranddaughter of Slaying Victim, 92, Backs Trump’s Fight Against Illegal-Immigrant ‘Sanctuaries’
Daria Ortiz’s voice cracked when speaking at a White House event Friday, as she described how New York City’s “sanctuary city” status let her family—and the rest of the city’s residents—down.
Read MoreNYPD Union to Mayor Bill De Blasio: ‘We Do Not Respect You’
After a gunman on Sunday attacked a New York Police Department station, an NYPD union is blaming violence against law enforcement on Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Read MoreSix Drug Ring Members Released by NYC, Three of Whom Are Illegal Aliens
Six suspects in a Fentanyl drug ring operation were recently released by New York City authorities, with three of those suspects being revealed as illegal aliens, according to a Breitbart exclusive report.
Read MoreICE Escalates Fight with NYC’s Sanctuary Laws, Slaps City with Subpoenas
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subpoenaed New York City for information on several illegal aliens, ratcheting up its fight with the city’s sanctuary policies.
Read MoreICE Chief Pleads With NYC to End Sanctuary Policies Following Grisly Murder of 92-Year-Old
Matthew Albence, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), held a press conference in New York City to “plead” with city leaders to end their sanctuary policies.
Read MoreNYC Police Commissioner Resigns as the State Preps to Free Hundreds of Inmates
New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill is stepping down, he said during a press conference Monday.
Read MoreNew York Threatens to Punish Those Who Say ‘Illegal Alien’ With $250K Fine
Those who use the term “illegal alien” in New York City will be hit with a fine as high as $250,000, the city’s human rights panel has determined.
Read MoreNew York City Loses 277 Residents Every Day, Leading to Expectation the State Will Lose House Seats After 2020 Census
Where, oh where, did New York City’s population go?
Read MoreBill de Blasio Enters Race for the White House
by Evie Fordham Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he is entering the crowded 2020 field for president. “Doesn’t matter if you live in a city or a rural area, a big state, small state. Doesn’t matter what your ethnicity is. People in every…
Read MoreCommentary: What’s the Goal of New York’s Muslim Community Patrol?
by CHQ Staff Just in case you still believe that the Muslim threat to American civilization and constitutional liberty is a conspiracy theory we have a report from New York to share with you. Sounding quite benign, Brooklyn’s “Muslim patrol” says it hopes to work with police to help…
Read MoreMan Charged with Attempted Arson After He Walked Into a New York City Cathedral With Gasoline
A 37-year-old man was charged Thursday with attempted arson, reckless endangerment and trespassing after he walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Wednesday with two full gasoline cans, lighter fluid and lighters, police said. The incident occurred two days after a massive fire severely damaged the Notre…
Read MoreHow Measles Is Making a Return in New York and Elsewhere
New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday and ordered mandatory vaccinations for measles in a part of Brooklyn that is home to a large Orthodox Jewish community. The city took the unusual step amid a surge of 285 measles cases in the city since September, most in one…
Read MoreMarc Gomez Charged in Vicious New York City Subway Attack on 78-Year-Old Woman Caught on Camera
by Neetu Chandak A man was charged with assault Saturday after allegedly kicking a 78-year-old woman in the face on a New York City subway as others watched on in early March. Marc Gomez, 36, was arrested Saturday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said to The Daily Caller…
Read MoreCommentary: How Do You Solve a Problem like AOC?
by Michael Walsh I first noticed something was up in the New York City backwater called the 14th Congressional District when a friend across the aisle, a well-respected political columnist, tweeted out the news of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “upset” victory against the incumbent Democrat, Joe Crowley, just minutes after it…
Read MoreNew York City Experienced Worst Decline in Restaurant Jobs Since 9/11 After $15 Minimum Wage Win
by Jon Miltimore The Big Apple’s fast-food industry, The New York Times recently reported, has long served as a laboratory for progressive politicians and the nation’s labor machine. But new economic research suggests their latest experiment is not going as planned. Data show that following the labor movement’s “Fight…
Read MoreGone in a New York Minute: How the Amazon Deal Fell Apart
In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax incentives and lighting the Empire State Building in Amazon orange.…
Read MoreCommentary: Amazon’s New York Reversal Shows Exactly Why Crony Capitalism Fails
by Rachel Greszler Just months after announcing it would locate one of its headquarters in New York City, Amazon has announced that it’s pulling the plug on the Big Apple. Based on Amazon’s public statement, it seems the company couldn’t rely on the deals it had cut or the…
Read MoreAmazon Pulls Plug on New York Headquarters, Promises to Continue With Nashville, Virginia Sites
The Big Apple has taken a big bite out of big tech, with the world’s largest e-commerce site announcing Thursday it would not build its second headquarters in New York City. The massive retailer/cloud computing firm faced a battle from some politicians and others in New York over nearly $3…
Read MoreCommentary: Amazon’s New York Reversal Shows Exactly Why Crony Capitalism Fails
by Rachel Greszler Just months after announcing it would locate one of its headquarters in New York City, Amazon has announced that it’s pulling the plug on the Big Apple. Based on Amazon’s public statement, it seems the company couldn’t rely on the deals it had cut or the…
Read MoreAmazon May Bail on New York Headquarters After Locals Rail Against It
by Tim Pearce Amazon is reportedly rethinking its promise to build a headquarters in New York City after receiving pushback from local officials and residents, sources told The Washington Post. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, are pushing for the Amazon…
Read MoreSupreme Court Takes Up First Gun Rights Case in a Decade
by Kevin Daley The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear its first gun rights case in almost a decade. The justices will decide whether a New York City ordinance which strictly regulates the possession and transportation of handguns outside the home is constitutional. Tuesday’s grant marks the first time…
Read MoreNew York Rings in New Year by Offering Gender Neutral Birth Certificates
by Grace Carr New York City residents may now change their birth certificates to reflect a neutral gender identity after an October bill took effect after the new year. The New York City Council first passed the bill in September allowing any adult living in the city to change…
Read MoreNew York City Teachers Reportedly Abused Taxpayer Money at Nashville Gaylord Opryland Resort
Teachers from New York City came to Nashville last year and spent nearly $3,000 of their own local taxpayer money without documenting how it got spent, according to a new report on Patch.com The teachers spent this money at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort, according to the story. The story did…
Read MoreNew York City Just Sent Its Transportation Industry Back to the 1930s
by Jason Snead At 5 o’clock on Aug. 14, New York City turned its clocks back to the 1930s. The Taxi and Limousine Commission officially stopped issuing licenses to most for-hire vehicles, effectively declaring war on Uber and Lyft in an effort to protect taxis from competition. This is the…
Read MoreFormer NYPD Commissioner: NYC Attack ‘ISIS Inspired’
An explosion targeting the Port Authority bus station in downtown Manhattan Monday was allegedly carried out by an Islamic State-inspired Bangladeshi immigrant, former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNBC. Update: Bill Bratton is on @MSNBC’s #MorningJoe confirming that this was a terrorist attack in the name of ISIS near the…
Read MoreBREAKING: 8 Dead in New York City Terror Attack, Suspect Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
UPDATE: CNN reported at 5:35 p.m. ET that the death toll in today’s terror attack in New York City has risen to eight: The suspect in the Manhattan truck attack, a 29-year-old man, crashed his truck and then was shot by police in the abdomen, New York Police Commissioner…
Read MoreThe Practice of Female Genital Mutilation Continues in the U.S. Though It Has Been Illegal Here Since 1996
As Adama tells me her story, the motivation for her fight, she pounds on her chest proudly. She has an enormous smile and a stylish shock of short hair. Adama is 23, originally from The Gambia. When she was a little kid there, her mother told her: “You’re going to…
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