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Mar 08 2024
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Hochul defends deploying National Guard in NYC subways after ‘war zone’ backlash
Gov. Kathy Hochul has offered a full-throated defense Friday of her controversial decision to deploy hundreds of National Guardsmen in New York City’s subway stations — arguing that they will act as a crime deterrent and calm commuters’ “anxiety.” The Democrat was responding to a furious backlash from lawmakers and law enforcement — including NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell who fumed that the
New York Post (News)Mar 24 2024
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Kathy Cargill takes aim at Park Point community concerned at her buying spree
Duluth's Park Point is on the right of this photo. Photo: Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kathy Cargill has finally broken her silence after months of backlash over her purchasing and leveling of homes on Park Point. What she said: "I think an expression that we all know—don't pee in your Cheerios—well, (Duluth Mayor Roger Reiner) kind of peed in his Cheerios right there, and
AxiosMar 23 2024
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Kathy Cargill finally reveals her plan for Park Point and the reason she’s scrapping it
After months of wondering, speculating — and writing letters to ask — why Kathy Cargill was buying up a dozen properties on Duluth's Park Point over the last 14 months, the city's mayor and community members may have an answer from the apparently peeved member of the billionaire Cargill family. She told the Wall Street Journal that she was planning to beautify and modernize the neighborhood,
Star TribuneMar 09 2024
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Hochul tears a page out of Cuomo’s book by sending National Guard into NYC subway (opinion)
Let’s militarize the subways. What could go wrong? That’s what Gov. Kathy Hochul has inexplicably chosen to do by sending 750 members of the National Guard, packing automatic weapons, into the New York City subway system to provide a reassuring presence to commuters and to check their bags. This sounds like it’s going to be more of an arduous process than having those cute dogs sniff your
Staten Island AdvanceMar 12 2024
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Duluth investigating options to protect Park Point as Kathy Cargill invests more
DULUTH - Mayor Roger Reinert expressed worry this week about billionaire Kathy Cargill's extensive Park Point property purchases, assuring residents the city intends to explore its options. "The plan for these properties is unknown, and that is concerning to many, including me," Reinert wrote in a social media post Tuesday. He said the city is "investigating zoning and other regulations that
Star TribuneJun 26 2023
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs law to protect doctors providing out-of-state telehealth abortion pill prescriptions
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law on Friday, almost exactly a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, that legally protects New York doctors who prescribe abortion pills to patients living in states where the procedure has been outlawed. The New York State Legislature passed the bill last week by a 99 to 45 margin; the bill cleared the state Senate last month by a vote of 39 to 22. "We
CBS News (Online)Mar 15 2024
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New Yorkers rail on losing battle against crime after Gov. Hochul dispatches National Guard
New York subway riders are weighing in after Gov. Kathy Hochul sent in the National Guard and state troopers to help the NYPD secure Big Apple subway stations amid fears of crime and chaos. Many support the move after recent mayhem included surveillance video showing a man at a Manhattan subway station hurling flaming cans at people through a turnstile. Random shoving attacks on the city's
Fox News (Online News)Mar 07 2024
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‘It terrifies me’: NYC subway riders react to Gov. Hochul’s National Guard deployment
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy the National Guard and state police to check bags on New York City’s subway system was immediately met with concerns that it was more rooted in politics than public safety. Then Hochul said as much on TV. “I'm also going to demonstrate that Democrats fight crime as well,” she said during an interview on MSNBC on Thursday. “This narrative that Republicans
GothamistMar 24 2024
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Sarasota activist, former city official Kathy Kelley Ohlrich files to run against Arroyo
A Sarasota activist and former city official announced she will challenge incumbent Eric Arroyo to represent District 3 on the Sarasota City Commission. Kathy Kelley Ohlrich has been involved in local politics both inside and outside of City Hall, serving on Sarasota’s Disability Advisory and Planning Boards, as well as the Glen Oaks Ridge representative for the Coalition of City Neighborhood
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