Category: Elections & Campaigns
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Staten Island Mansion Money Fix
Eric Bischoff welcomed Staten Island’s political establishment to the privately owned Kreischer Mansion wearing a Victorian tuxedo while elected officials from both parties celebrated $475,000 in announced or allocated public…
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Mamdani’s Enemies-List Distraction
Zohran Mamdani’s million-name pied-à-terre tax rollout has produced exactly the spectacle New York’s political class understands: wealthy targets, celebrity addresses, socialist rhetoric and screaming tabloid headlines. Critics call it an…
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The Socialist Takeover of NYC
New York City’s Democrat old guard did not merely lose a few primaries. It watched the wall get breached. The Mamdani-backed sweep through key congressional races exposed a deeper power…
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Hanks’ Irish Problem
Kevin Barry Love had barely resurfaced at Snug Harbor before Kamillah Hanks stepped on Forest Avenue. The City Council Majority Whip is now facing backlash after Jody’s Club Forest, a…
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Flynn Freed After Felony Flop
Ryan Flynn is out of the Erie County Holding Center. He was released late Friday, June 19, 2026, after the grand jury reportedly failed to indict him on any felony…
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No Felony For Ryan Flynn
Ryan Flynn is headed to arraignment Tuesday, but not on the felony indictment Western New York prosecutors apparently wanted. According to confirmation received Monday, the grand jury did not return…
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Common Sense Democrats? More Like Crime Scene Democrats
Brian Laline wanted to explain Kamala Harris’s 2024 faceplant and sell Democrats a fantasy comeback under the label “Common Sense Democrats.” Richard Luthmann says the autopsy is already finished. Democrats…
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I’m William Peck – A Bobby Zahn Tribute
Robert J. “Bobby” Zahn, Jr. was not a polished political insider. He was better than that. He was a Staten Island original: a 9/11 responder, Tea Party warrior, proto-MAGA organizer,…
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Tonawanda Time Bomb
Former Erie County DA John Flynn wants the Tonawanda power chair. His jailed cousin Ryan Flynn says not so fast. Ryan claims the comeback is not public service, but political…
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Staten Island Spelling Bee Bloodbath
Staten Island’s Republican Party isn’t just fractured—it’s at war. What began as a routine Assembly primary challenge has detonated into a full-scale political brawl between insurgent John A. Tabacco and…
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Staten Island Amateur Hour?
Staten Island Republicans are no longer whispering—they’re warring. What started as a routine Assembly primary challenge has detonated into a full-scale MAGA insurgency against the borough’s GOP establishment. Cable news…
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Hanks Developer Shakedown Bombshell
Richard Luthmann just detonated a legal and political grenade in Manhattan Supreme Court. His latest Reply Affidavit doesn’t just seek a judge’s recusal—it alleges a developer shakedown tied to City…
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Sign of the Times: Blakeman Plants Flag in MAGA Stronghold
A single yard sign on Staten Island’s South Shore just turned into a political flare shot. On Hylan Boulevard, in the heart of New York City’s most pro-Trump territory, Bruce…
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Kamillah and Diane’s Hopes Dashed in NY-11 Gerrymander Fail
New York Democrats thought they had Staten Island sliced, diced, and ready to flip. Then the Supreme Court stepped in and blew the whole scheme to pieces. The failed NY-11…
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SCOTUS Saves NY-11 Seat
The United States Supreme Court just saved Staten Island from political dismemberment. In a 6–3 emergency stay, the Court halted a Manhattan judge’s order that would have redrawn New York’s…