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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike LiPetri keeps calling Rep. Tom Suozzi a socialist. His evidence? Suozzi voted against a resolution condemning socialism. The catch? That same resolution called for passing Trump’s SAVE Act, which Suozzi has opposed every time: courierny.com/news/suozzi-...
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Tom Suozzi rejects SAVE Act poison pills
Tom Suozzi has repeatedly voted against the SAVE Act, even when Republicans packaged it with measures designed to put Democrats on the defensive.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rep. Lawler says colleagues who "knew" about Eric Swalwell's alleged misconduct should be "held accountable." He's applied no such standard to two Republican colleagues facing abuse allegations of their own, both of whom have given or received campaign cash from him: courierny.com/news/mike-la...
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Mike Lawler's double standard on GOP abuse allegations
Mike Lawler says Democrats must be held accountable for abuse allegations. He's defended and taken donations from GOP colleagues accused of the same.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jeanine Driscoll, the Republican challenging Rep. Laura Gillen in NY-04, has pledged to stand with President Trump "100% of the time," as his approval rating hits the lowest point of his presidency: courierny.com/news/jeanine...
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Did Jeanine Driscoll pledge 100% loyalty to Trump?
NY-04 Republican Jeanine Driscoll has pledged total loyalty to Trump, even as Voteview data ranks her Democratic opponent among the House’s most conservative.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rep. Pat Ryan says NY-18 families have paid $646 more for gas since Trump's Iran war began. Winter could hit even harder, with heating oil costs up 60%: courierny.com/news/pat-rya...
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Rep. Pat Ryan: Trump betrayed NY-18 voters with Iran war
Rep. Pat Ryan says Trump's Iran war has cost NY-18 families $646 in gas. New reporting shows heating oil prices could make winter even pricier.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Scoop: Rep. Mike Lawler took a campaign check from a man who once lobbied to keep 9/11 families out of court with Saudi Arabia, according to FEC and FARA filings: courierny.com/news/lawler-...
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NY-17: Lawler donor opposed 9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia
FEC and FARA filings show Lawler took a $500 donation from a former Saudi-registered lobbyist whose firm fought the law letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Seneca Nation is calling on President Trump to rescind his order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," saying it violates an 1794 treaty older than the U.S. itself: courierny.com/news/seneca-...
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Seneca Nation says Trump’s Lake America order breaks treaty
The Seneca Nation is calling on Trump to reverse his order renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," saying it violates a 225-year-old treaty.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
US Rep. Mike Lawler revived his 2024 blackface scandal this weekend, posting a new Michael Jackson costume photo weeks before early voting in his tight NY-17 race against Democrat Cait Conley: courierny.com/news/mike-la...
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Lawler revives blackface scandal with Michael Jackson post
Rep. Mike Lawler revived his 2024 blackface scandal with a new Michael Jackson costume post on X, weeks before early voting in his NY-17 race.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million. A board-commissioned review found Epstein delivered him up to $2 billion in value. Today, instead of explaining why, Black sued Congress: courierny.com/news/leon-bl...
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Leon Black sues Congress, defies Epstein subpoena
Leon Black is suing the House Oversight Committee and skipping his Epstein deposition, prompting contempt threats over withheld NDAs.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi wants the Democratic Party to distance itself from the Democratic Socialists of America as the DSA notches record primary wins from Michigan to Colorado to New York. It's exposing real fault lines in the party ahead of November. courierny.com/news/tom-suo...
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Tom Suozzi urges Democrats to fight the DSA wave
Rep. Tom Suozzi is leading a pledge to rebrand Democrats as capitalist, not socialist, as DSA-backed candidates keep knocking off Democratic incumbents in primaries across the country.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Amid a weeks-long streak of masked ICE raids across New York, a federal judge has ruled that agents can keep concealing their faces. The one restriction that survived: 12 local police agencies must cut all ties with ICE by Aug. 25. courierny.com/news/judge-b...
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Judge blocks NY ICE mask ban, keeps police ties ban
Twelve local police agencies, including Nassau County's, are now legally required to cut all ties with the agency. Two are defying the order instead.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Record floods are slamming NY-19 farms, washing out roads, collapsing a 300-year-old mill, and colliding with an ICE crackdown that's left growers scrambling for labor. Said farms are still reeling from a $30M spring freeze. courierny.com/news/ny-19-f...
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NY-19 farms flooded weeks after $30M spring freeze losses
A record-shattering storm flooded fields, washed out roads, and collapsed a 300-year-old mill across the district, piling fresh damage onto farms still reeling from a ruinous spring freeze.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
ICE and Border Patrol agents are stalking immigrant workers at a tomato farm in upstate New York with unmarked cars showing up at their motel before dawn. They've arrested six people since June. courierny.com/news/ice-bor...
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ICE, Border Patrol stalk immigrant workers across upstate New York
From a Rochester-area greenhouse to a Syracuse-area factory, reports indicate immigration agents are tracking down immigrant labor.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"You are the gravediggers of public housing." Tenants confronted NYCHA's board Wednesday, saying its plan would demolish their homes and hand them to private management. It's part of a citywide push they call privatization, affecting 1,763 apartments. courierny.com/news/gravedi...
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‘Gravediggers of public housing’: Tenants disrupt NYCHA meeting
NYCHA’s board voted Wednesday to demolish, sell, or convert 1,763 apartments citywide, part of a shift away from traditional public housing that residents say amounts to displacement and privatization...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Temporary Protected Status expired Monday for Haitians and Syrians in New York. 40,000 people just lost the legal right to work here, exposed to ICE. Salvadorans could be next. courierny.com/news/legal-p...
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Legal protection expires for Haitians and Syrians, exposing thousands to ICE
Temporary Protected Status has ended for Haitians and Syrians in New York, and Salvadorans could be next.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A state-ordered review of New York's prisons confirms what watchdogs warned for years (a culture that punishes officers who don't use force and zero terminations upheld in arbitration in 2023 & 2024). It took killings of two incarcerated men to get here: courierny.com/news/report-...
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Report reveals New York’s prison system plagued by racialized abuse, cover-ups
A new 277-page review found racialized abuse reported at rates as high as 79% and a staged cover-up after guards killed Messiah Nantwi.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reversed his pledge to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the city never had the legal authority—as Secretary of State Marco Rubio moves to dismantle the ICC that issued the warrant. courierny.com/news/mamdani...
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Mamdani says NYC cannot arrest Netanyahu, reversing campaign pledge
The mayor called the Israeli prime minister a “war criminal,” but conceded the city lacks authority to enforce an ICC warrant. He is urging the federal government to act instead.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
For 14 years, Rep. Mike Lawler kept his drunk driving arrest a secret. Now, in the tightest race of his career, he's talking: courierny.com/news/mike-la...
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Mike Lawler kept 2012 drunk driving arrest quiet through three runs for office
The NY-17 congressman did not mention it in three prior campaigns. It surfaced as he faces the closest race of his career.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A man is in custody after igniting an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza, injuring two people. The building, home to ICE offices & an immigration court, has been a flashpoint over ICE detentions despite a judge's order barring courthouse arrests. courierny.com/news/man-in-...
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Man in custody after setting off incendiary device outside Manhattan Federal Plaza immigration court
Two people suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out at 26 Federal Plaza Monday morning. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Home care workers are staging a two-week sit-in outside NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin's home, demanding she pass the No More 24 Act as promised, instead of quietly carving union workers out of it. courierny.com/news/end-the...
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‘End the torture’: Home care workers stage sit-in outside Julie Menin’s home
Speaker Menin vowed to end the 24-hour shift for everyone. Workers say her rewrite excludes union members from that protection.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A Rochester, NY man has sued the Department of Homeland Security after agents tracked him down—including at a hotel where he was staying with his 7-year-old daughter—over an email he sent criticizing ICE's leadership in January. courierny.com/news/rochest...
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Rochester man sues DHS after agents tracked him for criticizing ICE
David Streever fired off an angry email in January comparing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s former leader to a Nazi official. Five months later, federal agents showed up at his home and foll...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, 450,000 low-income New Yorkers lose their Essential Plan health insurance because of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. By 2027, 1.5 million more could lose Medicaid. Here's what to do if you're affected: courierny.com/news/450000-...
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450,000 New Yorkers lost their health insurance today. Here’s what to know
President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act just eliminated health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers. Find out where to get care, how to find a new plan, and what comes nex...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
101 lawyers and judges just filed a complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York—because he’s Trump’s former personal attorney and is now controlling what gets released from the Epstein files: courierny.com/news/101-law...
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101 lawyers and judges file complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York
The coalition says Trump’s former personal attorney is illegally withholding Epstein files and running the DOJ to protect the president.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Trump administration is pushing NYC's biggest hospitals to abandon trans youth. This Pride month, families and ACT UP NY are fighting back: courierny.com/news/familie...
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Families demand accountability as Trump admin pushes NYC hospitals to abandon trans youth
NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian cut gender-affirming care for trans youth under federal pressure. When prosecutors subpoenaed patients' medical records, families and LGBTQ+ allies ...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The United Nations has declared NYC's 24-hour home care workday 'torture' and a violation of international human rights law. Gov. Hochul, NYC Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Menin have not responded in kind: courierny.com/news/united-...
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United Nations calls NYC’s 24-hour home care workday ‘torture’ as New York’s officials stall to act
Immigrant women home care workers say they've been exploited for decades. Now the United Nations agrees.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
AIPAC spent millions and Gov. Kathy Hochul campaigned hard. The @DemSocialists won in New York's primaries anyway: courierny.com/news/democra...
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Democratic socialist wave sweeps New York's primaries
From the 'Commie Corridor' to the Catskills, progressive and insurgent candidates swept New York's Democratic primaries Tuesday, delivering a string of victories for allies of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today is Election Day in New York. These five competitive House races, from Long Island to the Catskills, could shape the path to House control: courierny.com/news/five-ne...
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Five New York congressional races that could decide the House majority
From Long Island's South Shore to the Catskill Mountains, a handful of New York congressional districts could help decide whether Democrats win back the House majority in November.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Kingston tenants won the first rent reduction in U.S. history. Then their landlord struck an illegal deal with the mayor, rigged a vacancy study, and started evicting people who paid their legal rent. Meet the Hudson Valley Tenants Union: courierny.com/news/hudson-...
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Hudson Valley Tenants Union launches with rent stabilization in Kingston on the line
Kingston tenants won the first rent reduction ever secured through a rent stabilization process in US history. After years of sham nonprofit deals, manipulated vacancy data, and retaliatory evictions,...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New York's comptroller race is the most competitive it's been in nearly 20 years: a 20-year incumbent, a housing nonprofit CEO, and a Kansas lawmaker fighting over $300 billion in public pension money. I talked to all three. courierny.com/news/inside-...
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Inside the contested race for New York’s next comptroller
For the first time in nearly two decades, Tom DiNapoli is facing a real fight for New York’s comptroller seat, as two challengers force reckoning over what the state’s most powerful overlooked office ...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A new investigation by @juddlegum.bsky.social has found that "Progressive Champions PAC," a group spending $1.5 million to attack Democrat @caitfornewyork.bsky.social in NY-17, is a Republican front tied directly to Speaker Mike Johnson. courierny.com/news/fake-pr...
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Fake progressive PAC tied to GOP targets NY-17 Democrat Cait Conley
A PAC calling itself “Progressive Champions” has poured $1.5 million into ads targeting the congressional candidate ahead of the June 23 primary. According to a new Popular Information investigation, the group is a front for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF).
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@demsocialists.bsky.social is running 10 candidates in the Jun. 23 primary—the largest socialist legislative slate in US history. Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, under federal subpoena for delivering medicine to Cuba, flew to NYC Thursday to rally for them anyway. courierny.com/news/after-m...
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After Mamdani won NYC, the Democratic Socialists of America eyes Albany and Washington
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker joined DSA candidates at a rally on Thursday night to fire up canvassers ahead of the June 23 primary—the biggest test yet of whether the left can turn Mamdani's win into a...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NY-10 congressional candidate @bradlander.bsky.social has been acquitted of a federal charge from his ICE protest arrest at 26 Federal Plaza. Early voting in his NY-10 primary challenge against Rep. @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co starts Saturday. courierny.com/news/brad-la...
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Brad Lander found not guilty in ICE protest case days before NY-10 primary
The former NYC comptroller and congressional candidate was acquitted of a misdemeanor charge stemming from a September protest at a Manhattan ICE facility, with early voting two days away.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New York just pumped the brakes on Big Tech’s AI buildout, with the state legislature passing a one-year moratorium on new data center construction. Now it’s up to @governor.ny.gov courierny.com/news/new-yor...
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New York lawmakers pass nation-leading halt on data center construction
The bill targets the warehouse-sized facilities powering the AI boom. Now it heads to the governor’s desk.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Why is Argentina in economic freefall? Why did Puerto Rico's schools close? A 20-year-old NY loophole lets hedge funds sue struggling nations for profit, and the Assembly has until Friday to close it. courierny.com/news/how-a-l...
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How a loophole helping New York hedge funds exploit the Global South might finally close
The New York State Senate has passed the Champerty Fix Act, a bill to close a 20-year-old loophole that lets vulture funds sue the world's poorest countries for profit in New York courts. Now it heads...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I sat down with @alexbores.nyc, the only congressional candidate in the country that a $140 million Silicon Valley super PAC is actively opposing. His take on Palantir, Anthropic, and what's at stake for AI regulation: courierny.com/news/they-vi...
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‘They view me as the biggest obstacle:’ How Alex Bores became AI’s public enemy no. 1
Silicon Valley is pouring millions into NY-12 to stop the assemblymember who co-authored the country's strongest AI safety law from ever reaching Congress.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New York's $268.5 billion budget just passed eight weeks late, bringing a slate of policy changes with it. Among them: new limits on ICE, a weakened climate law, and a pension boost for 500,000+ public workers. Here's what made the cut (and what didn't): courierny.com/news/5-thing...
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5 things in New York's new state budget—and 2 things that aren't
New York finally has a budget. Here's what made the cut, and what didn't.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani just unveiled the most ambitious housing plan in the city's modern history. 200,000 new affordable homes. $5.6 billion for NYCHA. A new campaign to go after the city's worst landlords. Here's what it means for renters: courierny.com/news/mayor-m...
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Mayor Mamdani’s housing plan for NYC, explained
From 200,000 new affordable homes to a $5.6 billion NYCHA overhaul, here’s what it means for renters.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler just conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall, where 300 detainees are on hunger strike over squalid conditions. New Yorkers are among those detained inside — including a Brooklyn father of two his family can’t reach. courierny.com/news/new-yor...
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New York lawmakers, organizers visit NJ ICE facility as hunger strike continues
US Reps. Dan Goldman) and Jerry Nadler conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Wednesday, where roughly 300 detainees have refused food and work for five days over squalid conditions inside the f...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Trump campaigned with Rep. Mike Lawler in Rockland on Friday, pitching "lower costs for working families." Hudson Valley small business owners I spoke with say the tariffs Lawler keeps voting to protect are doing the opposite: courierny.com/news/as-trum...
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As Trump campaigns with Lawler, his district pays the price for tariffs
Small business owners across the Hudson Valley describe vanishing inventory, decreasing margins, and a congressman who keeps voting to keep the president’s tariff chaos going.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NEW: @couriernewsroom.bsky.social New York leaked audio from a private utility industry conference where officials joked about cutting power to seniors and secretly coordinated to weaken heat wave shutoff protections before state regulators. 🔊 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkPA...
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LEAKED AUDIO: NY utility officials joke about cutting power to seniors and disabled customers
YouTube video by Courier New York
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
ICE defied a federal judge's order banning courthouse arrests in Manhattan — detaining a 21-year-old Honduran man the very next day. Before the arrest, an agent told a volunteer: "We don't care." courierny.com/news/ice-ign...
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ICE ignores federal judge’s ban on immigrant courthouse arrests in NY -
A federal judge banned ICE from arresting immigrants at Manhattan courthouses. The agency ignored it within 24 hours. ICE defied a federal judge's order banning immigrant arrests at Manhattan courthou...
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 20/05/2026
LIVE AT 11 AM ET— @sjdemas.bsky.social sits down with @couriernewsroom.bsky.social New York's lead political correspondent @audreygkemp.bsky.social on First Draft! open.substack.com/live-stream/209534
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
LIRR workers got their deal after three days on the picket line. The catch? A federal board recommended the same terms seven months ago — and the MTA said no. courierny.com/news/lirr-wo...
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LIRR workers reach deal after three-day strike -
A tentative agreement was reached Monday evening, ending a strike that stranded 270,000 daily commuters. But workers say the MTA could have avoided the whole thing. LIRR workers reach a tentative deal...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NYC's first city-run grocery store is coming to the Bronx on the site of a juvenile detention center notorious for abuse and neglect. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that NYC Grocery will open in 2027. It's the first of five planned stores. courierny.com/news/mamdani...
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Mamdani announces site of NYC’s first publicly-operated grocery store -
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that the location of the city's first publicly operated grocery chain, NYC Grocery, will open at The Peninsula in Hunts Point—on the former site of a notorious ju...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
LIRR workers are striking for the first time in 30 years — and Monday's commute is already chaos. 3,500 workers. 5 unions. 270,000 commuters stranded. I was on the ground: courierny.com/news/3500-lo...
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3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers strike, bringing the region’s transit system to a halt -
Five unions walked off the job Saturday for the first time in over 30 years, halting service for 270,000 daily commuters. Now on day three, the National Mediation Board has summoned both sides back to the table. LIRR workers are on strike for the first time in 30 years, halting service for 270,000 daily commuters as five unions demand fair wages.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Data centers are spreading across New York, from wetlands in Genesee County to a Rockland County expansion that got $77M in tax breaks. On Wednesday, lawmakers and advocates rallied at the Capitol to stop the boom before it's too late. #ai #datacenters #newyork #albany courierny.com/news/ny-demo...
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NY Democrats, advocates rally for moratorium on data centers -
State lawmakers, environmentalists, and community members gathered in Albany to push for a three-year moratorium on new hyperscale data center construction as the legislative session nears its end. Ne...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani inherited a $12b deficit from Eric Adams. Here's how he plans to close the gap without raising your property taxes or cutting services (spoiler alert: it's taxing the rich): courierny.com/news/mamdani...
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Mamdani’s budget plan: tax the rich, fix Adams’ mess -
NYC Mayor Mamdani unveils $124.7B budget to close Adams-era deficit by taxing the rich.NYC inherited a $12 billion hole. Here’s how NYC’s mayor plans to fill it—without raising taxes.
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congressional candidate Brad Lander was arrested by ICE last fall. He's on trial for demanding to see their detention facility. His court date is weeks before the primary. On the morning his trial was postponed, he went back to 26 Federal Plaza anyway to court-watch: courierny.com/news/brad-la...
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Brad Lander resumes court-watching to protect immigrants from ICE -
The former NYC comptroller spent Monday morning at 26 Federal Plaza—the same building where he was arrested last September—after his federal trial was pushed to June. Brad Lander court-watches at 26 F...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
NY Attorney General Tish James came to the Bronx today to push for legislation banning surveillance pricing, the practice of charging you more because an algorithm knows you have no other option. courierny.com/news/new-yor...
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New York AG Tish James escalates fight against ‘predatory’ surveillance pricing -
James and allies are pushing legislation to make New York the first state to ban surveillance pricing, arguing that algorithms are exploiting the people who can least afford it. NY AG Tish James ralli...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NY Gov Kathy Hochul says New York has a budget deal. Carl Heastie, says "There’s no budget deal.” Five weeks late, 50 items unresolved, and the climate law is being rewritten behind closed doors. Here’s what’s in it, and what’s missing: courierny.com/news/gov-hoc...
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Gov. Hochul says New York has a budget deal. The legislature isn’t so sure -
Five weeks late and still not done: the governor’s $268 billion budget announcement was immediately downplayed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and advocates say it doesn’t do enough to help working ...
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audrey kemp @audreygkemp.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
NYC just hit two Bronx slumlords with a $31 million penalty — the largest in city history. Tenants went years without heat, hot water, and working elevators. Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the impunity is over: courierny.com/news/nyc-may...
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hits Bronx slumlords with record $31 million penalty -
The judgment against the owners of Robert Fulton Terrace and Fordham Towers is the largest ever secured by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announce...
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