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No Deal —Why Trump shouldn’t touch LIRR union fight

Labor unions representing Long Island Rail Road employees went full-steam ahead this month toward a destructive strike, only to hit the brakes when...

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Ken Girardin

Hochul must shame LIRR unions —by revealing their outrageous strike demands

The Long Island Rail Road is the busiest commuter railroad in the nation, and one of New York state government’s oldest headaches.

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Ken Girardin

How Hochul can keep the LIRR running

13.09.2025 10

Ken Girardin

Ramblin’ Mamdani delivers only word salads, empty promises

New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani made the media rounds this weekend, and his answers have pundits scratching their heads about what he...

09.09.2025 4

Ken Girardin

Scheming politicians made utilities their energy bagmen— and we’re all paying the price

If Albany is going to keep using utility companies as taxmen with bucket trucks, state legislators and Gov. Kathy Hochul should at least be honest...

25.08.2025 3

Ken Girardin

Blame New York Democrats — not Washington — for new state budget crisis

The state spending deal reached in May by Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative Democrats hiked outlays by 9.3%, three times faster than inflation.

13.07.2025 4

Ken Girardin

Zohran Mamdani ignores reality and common sense in quest to destroy NYC

The rise of Zohran Mamdani does not mark a new turn in city policy so much as it reflects a rejection of reality.

13.06.2025 10

Ken Girardin

Soaking the rich — as Mamdani and other lefties want —won’t pay for a supersized NYC gov’t

Mamdani’s platform — free child care, more public housing and an end to bus fares or CUNY tuition, just to name a few — wouldn’t come cheap.

09.06.2025 5

Ken Girardin

How Zohran Mamdani’s promises would destroy working-class New York

Wannabe mayor Zohran Mamdani is brushing aside centuries of economic truth, asking voters to ignore mismatches between budget reality and the havoc he...

01.06.2025 10

Ken Girardin

Hochul’s budget fantasy speeds NY off a spending cliff — here’s who must call her out

The state will have less to spend than the Democrats’ budgets anticipate — and the disconnect gives Albany Republicans a rare chance to be relevant.

27.04.2025 4

Ken Girardin

Wisconsin Supreme Court race is a union money grab versus sanity

Wisconsin’s early spring elections for its Supreme Court were historically sleepy affairs, with minimal implications outside the Badger State.

28.03.2025 10

Ken Girardin

New York businesses get shafted as Albany showers $5.5B, endless aid on Idaho’s Micron

Every company in the state should apply “the Micron test” to identify all the ways New York makes it artificially difficult to do business here.

23.02.2025 40

Ken Girardin

Timid Hochul’s inaction risks havoc as wildcat prison strikes spread

State law forbids strikes by prison corrections officers — but Gov. Hochul isn't doing her duty to stop this week's illegal and dangerous work...

19.02.2025 10

Ken Girardin

Researchers linked to the state itself warn of New York’s off-the-charts school spending

The Rockefeller wonks on Monday issued their 314-page findings without fanfare.

04.12.2024 10

Ken Girardin

Hochul’s futile ‘energy summit’ can’t resolve NY’s impossible green goals

New York’s energy policy has seen the political class imposing its preferences with little regard for how their whims translated into higher costs...

06.09.2024 10

Ken Girardin

Court’s mail-in voting decision is a slap in the face to NY’s voters

Voters rejected no-excuse absentee voting in a referendum, but a rogue Legislature forced it into law anyway — and the state's highest court let...

29.08.2024 60

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No Deal —Why Trump shouldn’t touch LIRR union fight

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Hochul must shame LIRR unions —by revealing their outrageous strike demands

Ken Girardin

How Hochul can keep the LIRR running

Ken Girardin

Ramblin’ Mamdani delivers only word salads, empty promises

Ken Girardin

Scheming politicians made utilities their energy bagmen— and we’re all paying the price

Ken Girardin

Blame New York Democrats — not Washington — for new state budget crisis

Ken Girardin

Zohran Mamdani ignores reality and common sense in quest to destroy NYC

Ken Girardin

Soaking the rich — as Mamdani and other lefties want —won’t pay for a supersized NYC gov’t

Ken Girardin

How Zohran Mamdani’s promises would destroy working-class New York

Ken Girardin

Hochul’s budget fantasy speeds NY off a spending cliff — here’s who must call her out

Ken Girardin

Wisconsin Supreme Court race is a union money grab versus sanity

Ken Girardin

New York businesses get shafted as Albany showers $5.5B, endless aid on Idaho’s Micron

Ken Girardin

Timid Hochul’s inaction risks havoc as wildcat prison strikes spread

Ken Girardin

Researchers linked to the state itself warn of New York’s off-the-charts school spending

Ken Girardin

Hochul’s futile ‘energy summit’ can’t resolve NY’s impossible green goals

Ken Girardin

Court’s mail-in voting decision is a slap in the face to NY’s voters

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