New York City Erects Checkpoints to Warn Travelers to Self-Quarantine or Face $10,000 fines
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. New York City has established checkpoints and begun stopping non-residents to warn them they must self-quarantine for 14 days of facing fines of…
Federal judge Strikes Down NY Capacity Cap on Religious Services
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe ruled New York state authorities could not enforce a 25 percent capacity cap on indoor religious services…
New York Repeals Police Secrecy Law
Article from Reason by C.J. Ciaramella. New York lawmakers passed a bill today rolling back a notorious police secrecy law that has hidden misconduct records from the public for decades….
Nursing Homes and Care Facilities Were Sitting Ducks for Coronavirus
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The scandalous state orders mandating that nursing homes accept discharged coronavirus patients from hospitals is making plenty of headlines – as it should. …
Cuomo Threatens Health Care Heroes With a Tax Bill
Article from For Liberty by Norn Leahy. New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said that unless the federal government sends a new round of aid to states, then he will have…
Rhode Island Sends National Guard on Hunt for New Yorkers
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A sign of the times: Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) has dragooned the National Guard and state law enforcement to go door-to-door…
Cuomo Denies Small Business Request for Delay in Sales Tax Payments
Article from The Daily Wire by Amanda Prestigiacomo. Small businesses hurting over coronavirus precautions in New York state are pleading with Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) to delay or waive sales…
Andrew Cuomo fights ‘Price Gouging’ With Prison Labor
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is tackling what he sees as price gouging in the hand sanitizer market, introducing a line of state-manufactured…
New York Exhonerates Man After Wrongfully Serving 25 Years
Article from The Hill by Rebecca Klar. A judge formally cleared a New York man of rape charges on Tuesday after DNA tests showed he wasn’t a match for the rape that…
AOC Accidentally Makes Case for School of Choice
Article from Reason by Christian Barnard. At a Bernie Sanders campaign rally last weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) inadvertently made a powerful case for educational freedom. The young congresswoman shared a childhood…