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Charles Fain Lehman

Charles Fain Lehman

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Jessica Tisch remaining in place as NYPD’s top cop is a relief — but it may be brief

Jessica Tisch remaining in place as NYPD’s top cop is a relief — but it may be brief

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s acceptance of the job is the beginning, not the end, of her potential conflicts with incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

Trump’s ‘hemp ban’ shut down backdoor legal weed — and the pot industry is howling

Trump’s ‘hemp ban’ shut down backdoor legal weed — and the pot industry is howling

It’s a much-needed correction for states that had “farm-bill legalization” unwillingly thrust on them — and the many kids unwittingly harmed...

14.11.2025 10

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

Giving Big Weed a business boost will bring more deranged violence — like in Minnesota

The relationship between marijuana, psychosis and schizophrenia is well established. But for the Minnesota school shooter's weed habit, his victims...

03.09.2025 40

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

Eric Adams is right — we need involuntary treatment to solve the public drug scourge

Compelled treatment tries to correct behavior that drives drug users to hurt themselves and others. That’s why 37 other states already permit it —...

15.08.2025 6

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

How bad is Zohran Mamdani for New York? Let us count the ways

In the dwindling days of his run for Gracie Mansion, Zohran Mamdani has picked a strange priority: publicly funding gender change treatments for...

24.06.2025 50

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

Legalized jaywalking: It’s the latest handcuff slapped on NYPD cops

Public data show just 650 summonses issued for jaywalking between January 2020 and October of 2024.

30.03.2025 10

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

How NYPD commish Jessica Tisch will save NYC — one ‘broken window’ at a time

Anti-police radicals will call Tisch’s quality-of-life unit racist, abusive and illegal — the same arguments, and the policies they created, that...

02.03.2025 10

New York Post

Charles Fain Lehman

What Will Trump Do for ‘Vice Voters’?

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Charles Fain Lehman Mr. Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City...

04.12.2024 10

The New York Times

Charles Fain Lehman