Category: CPNYS NEWS

Kathy Hochul striving to have it both ways … appeasing the progressives while attempting to placate the rest of New Yorkers.

Oh, to have an American newspaper be this honest:  ‘We Failed’: Danish Newspaper Apologizes For Its COVID Coverage.

I can’t believe the Governor of New York State said this: Gov. Hochul won’t ‘cave to pressure’ as NYC Mayor Adams calls for bail changes.  “Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday rejected renewed calls to give judges new powers to keep pre-trial suspects behind bars, delivering a potential setback to a key part of Mayor Eric Adams’ new plan to tackle gun violence.” So oblivious to the soaring crime in New York; so unaffected by the senseless shoving of innocent people into subway tracks, so ignorant of the fear that the entire city experiences when two of New York’s young police officers are gunned down in cold blood.  Governor Hochul should take a walk around New York City — ALONE — to understand what every person sees and feels; sit in a Café and listen to what people are saying; shop in a store, any store, food, merchandise, any store in any neighborhood and talk to the people and ask them how they feel about your refusing to “cave to pressure.” To the people of New York:  Help is on the way.  Vote November 8, 2022 for the man who is committed to Saving Our State and the protecting people of New York, Lee Zeldin.

Chaos rules in posh NYC neighborhood where residents say they’re living in fear.

There’s no such thing as a minor crime — especially when it happens to you.

Don’t be fooled by pandering Governor Hochul, this is just a ploy trying to minimize her not “caving to pressure”. Gov. Hochul says she’ll meet with DA Bragg to discuss his soft-on-crime policies

NY was still far from jobs recovery at end of 2021.

NY State Public School Enrollment Falls Five Percent Since Covid.

Germany, the laggard of NATO with a deep conflict of interest regarding Russia, is the weak link.

‘Betraying the American people’: Leaked video reveals Joe Biden’s ‘hush hush’ migrant invasion.  This is appalling; Biden is making President Coriolanus Snow (Panem) look better than him.

Biden’s Latest Mayhem.

Biden’s New Domestic Terrorism Unit Bad for Freedom-Loving Americans.

Politicians CAUSE Inflation; They Don’t Cure It.

EXCLUSIVE: Biologically Male Transsexual Tears Into Radicals Attacking Women’s Sports: ‘It Is Unfair to Expect Girls to Cede Their Hard-Won Rights’.

Trans athletes like Lia Thomas are destroying women’s sports — stop this woke insanity!

Parents wise up about Critical Race Theory: Stepman.

This is what happens when Democrats are in control:  The voice of the once-powerful New York GOP continues to fade.  Shameful action taken in the NYS Assembly…looking more and more like the only thing that matters to the democrats in New York State is complete and total control.  Just shameful! If you have any doubts, just wait and see how they draw the redistricting lines.

This is the obvious result of not letting children fail, always giving a trophy for just playing games, and various other progressive ideals creating a generation of snowflakes; simple exposure to different ideas is conflicting to most of them and rather than listen, they need to cancel.  A Generational Threat to Free Expression/Survey data show that Americans under 30 prize cancel culture over liberty.

If you missed Bret Baier’s Special Report on Tuesday night, you should be able to view it here.  Well worth watching as it connects many missing dots regarding the origins of Covid-19.

Larry Kudlow writes that A Perfect Storm Engulfs Biden Over Economy, Europe, and Asia.

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Why are progressives pursuing turning America into Panem?

Please keep in your prayers.  ‘Three times a hero’: NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora dies after Harlem ambush.  Rest in Peace Office Wilbert Mora.

Florida Closes Covid Treatment Sites after FDA Revokes Monoclonal Antibody Authorization.

Fox News footage shows mass release of single adult migrants into US.

Progressives are determined to destroy the one country that has uplifted the world and turn it into the dystopian nation of Panem.  Five Democrats the left plans to target. Our message to them must be:  We will NOT let this happen!  Democrats say change to filibuster just a matter of time.  They, the progressive democrats seem to be intent on being the inhabitants of the Capitol of Panem where the nation’s most wealthy and powerful reside, while everyone else is forced to live in the Districts.

Team Biden seeks to stop yet another pipeline even as gas prices rise.

From National Review:  Biden’s Ukraine Problem.

Bob McManus opines in today’s New York Post: Mayor Adams’ plan to tackle crime is complicated — but it might actually work. “… to quote Adams speaking from City Hall yesterday, “We’re going to [target] the trigger-pullers.” To that end, he promised that the NYPD’s hugely successful anti-crime patrols — dissolved by Bill de Blasio — will be reinstated. And that they’ll be deployed to 30 violence-wracked police precincts within three weeks.  Strong words and a promise of swift action, just 24 days into a new administration. This is a hopeful combination.”  As usual, Mr. McManus knows the pulse of New York and is hopeful that Mayor Adams will be able to keep his campaign promises.  High praise from a man who loves his city.

Today’s NY Post editorial:  Adams reveals his ‘battle plan’ to save NYC — let’s hope Hochul has his back.

More good news for New York City residents in today’s NY Post:  Keep up the purge of worse-than-worthless NYC educrats.

Long Island judge rules Gov. Hochul’s mask mandate as ‘unlawful’.

Breaking: After SCOTUS Loss, OSHA to Withdraw Vaccine-or-test Mandate for Businesses.

Washington Post Details Joe Biden’s Descent Into the Political Gutter.

By the way, disgraced Sheldon Silver died in prison.

Only 60%…I think that number is off, probably closer to 85% if responders were not afraid to be honest.

Please pray for him and his family, and Officer Wilbert Mora who is still fighting for his life,  and please pray that this insanity ends!  Slain NYPD rookie wanted to improve relations between cops and communities.  If you would like to help these families, or any family member of a fallen officer killed on duty, click here for directions on how to donate to the Widows and Children’s Fund.  Thank you for your consideration.

Bob McManus writes in the NY Post: Time’s up for NYPD bashers.

Albany needs to fix NY’s broken bail laws as part of this year’s ‘Big Ugly’ budget deal.

Mandatory Minimums Won’t Curtail Alvin Bragg.

Andrew C. McCarthy writes in National Review:  How ‘Progressive’ Prosecutors Are Betraying the Constitution

Every single legislator that voted for this bill deliberately and unquestionably defied the will of the people when they voted for this bill!  NY eyes voting reforms following defeat of ballot referendum.  Remember this on November 8, 2022.  NY expands absentee voting after defeat of ballot measure.

Fact-Checkers Are Used to Confuse the Public: Sharyl Attkisson.

From National Review:  The (federal) Democrats’ Election-Law Circus.

Only 60%?  Poll finds 60 percent would vote against Biden if election was held now.

Biden’s Year of Failure.

Regulatory costs soar as Biden adds rules faster than predecessors.

Sen. Cotton On Ukraine: ‘Biden Bears A Lot Of The Blame’.

‘A Staggering Act of Appeasement’.

Where Will Putin Stop?/Only where he is stopped, as Russian history reminds us.

The Russia-China Axis of Authoritarianism: Part I/Testing Western Resolve in Ukraine and Taiwan.

China’s Cooperation With Russia Puts Future Nuclear Arms Control in Doubt.

China’s Huawei Pays Tony Podesta $1 Million for White House Lobbying.

Thanks to Biden Administration’s Weak Leadership, Iran-China Threat Growing.

Inflation only goes up and will bankrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats.

Supreme Court to Hear Cases Challenging Affirmative-Action Policies at Harvard, UNC

Victor Davis Hanson asks the question: Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse?

The Pandemic Job Shuffle/Nearly two years of data reveal the downside of lockdowns.

From City Journal:  A Covid Origin Conspiracy?/Newly released emails make more plausible the contention that Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins presided over the suppression of the lab-leak theory for political reasons.

This article deals with a bill currently being deliberated in the lower house of the Irish Parliament, the Dáil Éireann is currently considering the “Dying with Dignity Bill 2020”, so none of the sections are analogous to the bill in our legislature.  However, the exact same opposition to the bill is analogous.  We are strongly opposed to the New York State version known as Medical Aid in Dying Act.

This article is quite disturbing, but one that, I believe should be made available to those who do not know what their children/grandchildren are exposed to on popular social network sites like TikTok.  (I happen to be one of those grandparents and I’m sure I am not the only one.) Beware, it is graphic and deals with transgenderism.

What Is a Woman?

Turning the Tide on Addiction.

Chairman Kassar’s weekly wrap up discusses US Senate Bill fails, Gov. Hochul’s budget, NYC crime spree and our 54th Annual CPPAC.

Federal Democrat Election Bills Fail

Senate Democrats failed on Wednesday to use the “nuclear option” to circumvent the filibuster that would have allowed two far left election reform bills to pass the Senate and be sent to the President’s desk for signing.

Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer’s scheme was defeated by two members of his own party reminding us that although he may have “Majority Leader” in his title, he certainly does not command one.

The Democrats attempt to federalize elections and take power away from the states did everything to make voting less free and secure when it completely failed to implement any checks, balances, and safeguard against registration concerns. Simply put the bill, H.R. 1, did nothing but further erode how American’s view elections.

Easier to vote, harder to cheat is something we can all get behind but this legislation did just the opposite. If Democrats are really interested in safeguarding elections, they will work to implement voter ID which has immense support from voters. Until then, we should all be weary of any elected representative that wishes to take power away from the individual states and hand it over to the federal government.

Hochul Budget

 The more you spend, the more you save seems to be the philosophy behind Governor Hochul’s over the top spending document.

More than 200 nations around the world have budgets smaller than the $216 billion state budget behemoth Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed today. Her budget is more than those of Texas and Florida combined — each state with significantly higher populations than ours.  New York is narrowly competing only with California, a state with twice our population, for the most expensive state government in America. The Hochul budget is almost half the size of Russia’s — Russia’s!

Meanwhile, the moving trucks keep arriving. Boy, do we need a change of direction in Albany.

NYC Crime Spree

 Crime continues to increase and quality of life continues to decrease. This has been the story for the last 8 years and this one seems and feels no different.

Rape, shooting incidents, shooting victims, assault, robbery, and hate crimes are once again outpacing the previous years numbers. The subways of New York City have become a bastion for violent crime and above ground the streets can feel no safer.

It is simple, the more that those most willing to commit crimes are empowered by District Attorneys and the City Council, the more brazen we’re going to see these bad faith actors become. This has led to more liberties being taken by criminals which has directly resulted in more law abiding citizens being the victim of crimes.

The job of our government and elected officials is to first and foremost keep us safe. They have failed. If District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the New York City Council were doing their jobs and allowing the NYPD to do theirs, Michelle Go, who was pushed in front of a moving train last week, would be alive today.

We’re seeing the consequences of “woke” city leadership, far left ideologies, and lack of voter engagement every time we see someone shoved in front of a train or read of a baby struck by a stray bullet.

We will have one more opportunity to correct these disasters this year when Lee Zeldin is on the ballot. Only with new leadership in Albany can we start to move to protect hard working, law abiding tax payers of New York City and New York State.

In case you missed it:

In his first memo to staff on Monday, Jan 3rd, Alvin Bragg said his office “will not seek a carceral sentence” except with homicides and a handful of other cases, including domestic violence felonies, some sex crimes, and public corruption.

Sign the petition to stop Bragg here.

54TH Annual Conservative Party Political Action Conference

Our annual conference is just around the corner and our growing list of speakers includes experts across many fields including: National Pollster John McLaughlin, Journalist Joe Mahoney, newly elected NYC Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, National Right to Life PAC Chairwoman Karen Cross, Former Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey, Senior Republican Member of the Senate Finance Committee Tom O’Mara, Elections Attorney Joe Burns, newly elected Town of Huntington Supervisor Edmund J. Smyth and other conservative leaders, legislators, and candidates, maybe even a surprise or two. Our gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin as well as other members of our statewide ticket will be in attendance.

Registration begins at Noon on Sunday and the last session on Sunday will end at approximately 6:00 PM.  Monday’s registration begins at 8:30 AM, Sessions begin at 9:00 AM, and lunch is scheduled for 12:30 PM.  The evening concludes with a festive Cocktail Reception and Dinner beginning at 6:00 PM with invited conservative endorsed legislators.  At the dinner, we present our 2021 Legislator of the Year awards and we release our 2022 Legislative Program.

For more information and registration please click here.

CNN’s Van Jones Pans Biden Press Conference As ‘Foggy’ And ‘A Real Problem’

WATCH: Republican Reps. call for IOC to lose tax-exempt status for pandering to China

Poll: Majority of Americans Say America on the ‘Wrong Track’ One Year into Biden’s Presidency.

Jim Jordan previews investigations he’ll lead as Judiciary Committee chairman

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Unfortunately for all of US, the Biden Administration is still not ready for prime time.

Schumer’s daughters work for Amazon, Facebook as he holds power over antitrust bill.

Poor Chuck, does he realize he is making his dream die?  Senate Dems Fail to Pass ‘Voting Rights’ Legislation, Filibuster Change.  Perhaps he doesn’t really realize that is what he is doing…if he does why would he Schumer Misleads and Mischaracterizes About ‘Voter Suppression’ and ‘Voting Rights’…or is it that he actually thinks we are to uneducated to take notice of all his “misleads and mischaracterization” he is trying to sell in the quest to become a progressive hero (I  will do everything I can to avoid a challenge from AOC.)

This is how the Left reacts to inclusion:  Leftists Lose It After Sinema Shakes Hands With GOP Senators and Berkeley Professor Advocates for Violence Against Kyrsten Sinema.  The Left’s idea of  inclusion is only agreeing with what they say.

Democrats Are the Anti-Democracy Party.

The Quest to Destroy Work.

Biden’s press conference was an utter disaster.

Cleaning up for Grandpa Again: Psaki Does Damage Control Over Biden’s Election Legitimacy Remarks.

Biden Gets a Lesson From the Ukrainian President About ‘Minor Incursions’.

10 reasons why President Biden is a fool who’s fooling himself..

8 Takeaways From Biden’s First Press Conference of 2022.

VP Harris is not faring any better than Biden:  Kamala Harris grilled in contentious ‘Today’ interview addressing Russia, legitimacy of midterm elections.

And Hunter isn’t having a good week either:  Hunter Biden, former Biden aide invested in Chinese company tied to Communist Party, NBA China

Jordan Peterson Calls Out Justin Trudeau as Canada Considers Mandatory Vaccination.

Public Health’s Truth Problem/Throughout the pandemic, medical and scientific institutions have disseminated dubious advice, flawed studies, and even outright falsehoods.

False Positives for Genetic Disorders in Prenatal Testing Unacceptably High.

The Ghost of Jim Crow/Progressives are re-segregating American institutions under the guise of “racial equity.”

It is almost unimaginable that this bill had to be introduced in 2022:  GOP bill would ban race-based preferences in distributing scarce COVID-19 treatment.

Jim DeMint writes:  How the left uses strings-attached federal-funding rules to impose its ideology everywhere.

Hochul must get NYC’s charter cap lifted — fast.

China Wins the Gold for Tyranny.

NCAA Board of Governors accused of passing the buck with new transgender-athlete policy.

Student Debt Forgiveness Would Benefit ‘High-Wealth Households’ the Most, New Study Says.

Want to get away?  David Keene writes about Traveling in the time of COVID-19.

Does the White House Press Secretary read the newspapers or does Ms. Psaki rely on hearsay from staff who only report good coverage?

NY Democrats defy voters, pave way for fraud.

The Left is trying to erase the meaning of citizenship.

New York state editorial roundup: NY’s tax climate, waiting for details from Hochul, one-party rule on the way.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg likening farebeating to toll evasion is ludicrous — and sends a dangerous message.

New York District Attorney Calls for End to Prosecuting Serious Crimes. It’s Every Criminal’s Lucky Day in Gotham.  If you haven’t signed our petition, please consider doing so now. Thank you.

From National Review:  New York Democrats Poised to Control Redistricting, Add Several Seats in Their Favor.

USA: Reliving the Nightmare of a Shocking Christmas Carnage Every Day.

The Dumbest Voting-Rights Canard

Joe Biden’s voting rights speech backfired more than he ever could have imagined.

‘Fact-Checkers’ Fall Silent on Biden’s ‘Voting Rights’ Speech Smears

Do you believe how out of touch the whole Biden Administration is? Psaki Says Biden Stands By ‘Powerful Speech’ Comparing Republicans to Segregationists: ‘Not a Partisan Speech’

Rep. Burgess Owens: Biden agenda doesn’t represent MLK’s hopes, ‘dreams’

Civil rights leader rips Biden-Harris: ‘Progressives hijacked the rich legacy’ of our movement.

Biden keeps twisting facts about American history to serve his agenda.

Why was the Dallas synagogue terrorist allowed into the US?

To Avoid More Attacks Like at Texas Synagogue, Biden Administration Must Know, Name Our Enemies.

Ivy League trans athletes are unfairly gaming the system.

Stephen Moore’s Unleash Prosperity Hotline is always an educational read; this issue has photos of the “rail trash” published in the LA Times that really puts it into perspective.  Inflation is already out of control, just think of the additional costs involved that will be incurred with this out of control looting.

Chamath Palihapitiya, the Warriors owner and CEO of Social Capital, will never be able to “clarify” his repulsive remarks the Uyghur Muslims living in China.

Larry Elder writes about Big Tech Thugs and Their Allies.

Responding to Chinese Diplomatic and Economic Aggression: Why on Earth Is the U.S. Attacking Its Best Allies?

The Biden Administration’s ‘Diplomacy’ with the Iranian Regime.

Predicting 2022 – The Year of the Tiger – Part II.

Gordon G. Chang writes about Destroying Taiwan.

Washington Examiner’s Restoring America Counters the Left’s Assault, Offers Hope for Future

How the Roman Empire Provided the Founding Fathers a Blueprint for America’s Economy.

$800 Billion Stimulus Program Failed Terribly and Mostly Benefited the Wealthy, MIT Economist Finds.

Fox Nation is running a 5 part series hosted by Pete Hegsted on the MisEducation of America.  Fox Nation is a subscriber only…however you can 90 days free with the promo code “classroom” and I sincerely hope that every parent and grandparent watch it, if possible.

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Statement from New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar on Governor Hochul’s 2022-23 State Budget Proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill O’Reilly, 212-396-9117
Bill@NovemberTeam.com
January 18, 2022

Statement from New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar on Governor Hochul’s 2022-23 State Budget Proposal

Brooklyn, NY – “More than 200 nations around the world have budgets smaller than the $216 billion state budget behemoth Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed today. Her budget is more than those of Texas and Florida combined — each state with significantly higher populations than ours.  New York is narrowly competing only with California, a state with twice our population, for the most expensive state government in America. The Hochul budget is almost half the size of Russia’s — Russia’s!

“Meanwhile, the moving trucks keep arriving. Boy, do we need a change of direction in Albany.”

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Chairman Kassar’s weekly wrap-up discusses Non-Citizen Voter Law Suit, the Supreme Court Split Mandate Decision, our Petition to Remove Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and an update on the 54th Annual CPPAC.

Non-Citizen Voter Law Suit

I have joined a lawsuit brought by New York Republicans against the City of New York in an attempt to block their new law that gives voting rights to 800,000 non-residents. I am a plaintiff as both a resident of Kings County and Chairman of the State Conservative Party.

This outrageous new law is almost certainly unconstitutional, and it cannot stand. Voting in modern America is properly reserved for U.S. citizens — and U.S citizens alone — and attempts by the Democrat Party to erase all distinctions between citizen and non-citizen are dangerous and wrong.

One almost misses the days when the City Council was simply an object of humor: (Q. What’s the difference between the New York City Council and a rubber stamp? A. A rubber stamp leaves an impression.)

There’s nothing funny, whatsoever, about the City Council now. Its radicalism knows no bounds.

Supreme Court Split Mandate Decision

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Thursday blocking the Biden administration from mandating vaccines for large employers, but allowing a separate rule that applies to health care workers who work at facilities that receive federal funding.

While we are in complete agreement that the federal government does not have the right to impose mandates on private businesses with over 100 employees, their ruling that the right to mandate vaccinations on healthcare workers and federal employees is upsetting and certainly does not make those impositions the right thing to do.

The ruling falls short of resolving local business mandates which will continue to hurt small businesses and those whom they employ.

Petition to Remove Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

 Newly elected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg released his “Day One’ memo in which he instructs his staff not to prosecute serious crimes, including armed robbery.

The Conservative Party, through a petition that we hope to obtain thousands of signatures on, is calling on Governor Hochul to use her constitutional authority to remove DA Bragg for malfeasance in office.

Bragg’s memo detailed the following instructions for prosecutors to reduce charges filed by cops in various cases:

Armed robbers who use guns or other deadly weapons to stick up stores and other businesses will be prosecuted only for petty larceny, a misdemeanor, provided no victims were seriously injured and there’s no “genuine risk of physical harm” to anyone. Armed robbery, a class B felony, would typically be punishable by a maximum of 25 years in prison, while petty larceny subjects offenders to up to 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Convicted criminals caught with weapons other than guns will have those felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors unless they’re also charged with more serious offenses. Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, is punishable by up to 7 years behind bars.

Burglars who steal from residential storage areas, parts of homes that aren’t “accessible to a living area” and businesses located in mixed-use buildings will be prosecuted for a low-level class D felony that only covers break-ins instead of for more serious crimes. Those more serious crimes, class B and class C felonies would be punishable by up to 25 and up to 15 years in prison respectively.

Drug dealers believed to be “acting as a low-level agent of a seller” will be prosecuted only for misdemeanor possession. Also, suspected dealers will only be prosecuted on felony charges if they’re also accused of more serious crimes or are actually caught in the act of selling drugs. That felony would mean facing up to seven years behind bars.

To read Bragg’s memo in its entirety and to sign the petition please visit our website here.

54th Annual Conservative Party Political Action Conference

I am pleased with how our annual conference is coming along and look forward to being with you all once again in Latham for two days where we will hear from guest speakers, candidates, consultants, and more Conservative thought leaders.

I am pleased to announce our current list of speakers that includes: Elizabeth Lupo Tesoriero, Betsy McCaughey, Joseph Burns, Joe Mahoney, Brittany Grome Antonacci, John Faso, Karen Cross, Claudia Tenney, Mark Fonte, Louis Gelormino, Inna Vernikov, Tom O’Mara, and John McLaughlin.

We look forward to seeing you all there for what is shaping up to be a great conference.

To register, please click here.

Top Dem backs local control for noncitizen voting while party pushes federalized elections

Democrats Block Plan to Remove Foreign Nationals from Voter Rolls.

Biden acknowledges election overhaul bills may fail in the Senate.

Jobless claims rise more than expected to 230,000 as omicron spikes

Microsoft Office’s ‘Woke’ Spellchecker Is Perfectly Fine and Will Cause Nobody to Freak Out.

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CONSERVATIVE PARTY PETITION CALLS ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO REMOVE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill O’Reilly, 212-396-9117
Bill@NovemberTeam.com

CONSERVATIVE PARTY PETITION CALLS ON GOVERNOR HOCHUL TO REMOVE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG  

“If Governor Hochul allows Mr. Bragg to remain district attorney, she’ll be signing the death warrant of an untold number of New Yorkers. Firing him could be the most important act she makes as governor of this state.”

Brooklyn, NY – Jan. 14, 2022 The New York State Conservative Party today released an online petition calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to remove newly elected New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg from office, which she has the power to do. D.A. Bragg recently announced that he would not seek prison sentences for dozens of serious crimes, sparking immediate public outrage.

Governor Hochul has failed to take any action thus far about Mr. Bragg’s refusal to properly enforce the law.

“The Conservative Party is the party of common sense in New York, and common sense is needed more than ever in this case,” said Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar. “We have a renegade district attorney on our hands, and he must be removed from office. We urge New Yorkers to sign our petition to Governor Hochul, because — guaranteed — people are going to die because of Mr. Bragg’s wild ideological policy decision.”

In his first memo to staff on Monday, January 3rd, Mr. Bragg said his office “will not seek a carceral sentence” except with homicides and a handful of other cases, including domestic violence felonies, some sex crimes, and public corruption.

Bragg’s memo detailed the following instructions for prosecutors to reduce charges filed by cops in various cases:

  • Armed robbers who use guns or other deadly weapons to stick up stores and other businesses will be prosecuted only for petty larceny, a misdemeanor, provided no victims were seriously injured and there’s no “genuine risk of physical harm” to anyone. Armed robbery, a class B felony, would typically be punishable by a maximum of 25 years in prison, while petty larceny subjects offenders to up to 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
  • Convicted criminals caught with weapons other than guns will have those felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors unless they’re also charged with more serious offenses. Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, is punishable by up to 7 years behind bars.
  • Burglars who steal from residential storage areas, parts of homes that aren’t “accessible to a living area” and businesses located in mixed-use buildings will be prosecuted for a low-level class D felony that only covers break-ins instead of for more serious crimes. Those more serious crimes, class B and class C felonies would be punishable by up to 25 and up to 15 years in prison respectively.
  • Drug dealers believed to be “acting as a low-level agent of a seller” will be prosecuted only for misdemeanor possession. Also, suspected dealers will only be prosecuted on felony charges if they’re also accused of more serious crimes or are actually caught in the act of selling drugs. That felony would mean facing up to seven years behind bars.

Mr. Bragg continued: “ADAs should use their judgment and experience to evaluate the person arrested, and identify people: who suffer from mental illness; who are unhoused; who commit crimes of poverty; or who suffer from substance use disorders. Charges should be brought consistent with the goal of providing services to such individuals, and leverage during plea negotiations should not be a factor in this decision,” he wrote.

“If Governor Hochul allows Mr. Bragg to remain district attorney, she’ll be signing the death warrant of an untold number of New Yorkers. Firing him could be the most important act she makes as governor of this state,” Mr. Kassar said.

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Will Biden retreat to the basement after this week’s numerous setbacks?

BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules on Biden’s Vaccine Mandates.

From Fox News:  The Supreme Court on Thursday issued mixed rulings in a pair of cases challenging Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates, allowing the requirement for certain health care workers to go into effect while blocking enforcement of a mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees.

NY Democrats are defying voters and paving the way for fraud to lock in one-party rule.

Michael Goodwin writes: Anyone-can-vote madness hits NYC, serving up yet another far-left victory: Goodwin.

Roger Kimball writes in the Epoch Times about The Way We Live Now.

‘Profoundly Unpresidential’: McConnell’s Fiery Floor Speech About Biden Has Everyone’s Attention.  NY Post:  McConnell rips Biden’s voting rights speech as ‘profoundly unpresidential’McConnell Tears into Biden’s Atlanta Speech: ‘Incoherent, Incorrect, and Beneath His Office’.  You know when Dick Durbin publicly states “Perhaps the President went a little too far in his rhetoric…” you have a real problem on your hands.

Joe Manchin Was Right.

Ex-con would have faced ‘long time in jail’ if not for new Manhattan DA: judge.

NY Senate, Assembly Republicans, law enforcement: ‘Restore public safety now’.

Politico points out some of the differences in the elected officials regarding bail reform:  Bail reform battle lines.  As noted, this is an election year, what happens is in your hands.  Should the democrats continue “There is no desire at this point to make any changes,” It is up to every one of us to replace them in November.  Are you safe in New York?  Just pick up the papers and see how out-of-control crime is:  Scroll down today’s (January 13, 2022) NY Post’s Metro Page.

From Empire Center:  The State of the State Spending Spree.

Climate Act Accounting Overstates Benefit to New Yorkers.

Trump says Rep. Elise Stefanik could be president in 2028 at Palm Beach fundraiser.

How high did Team Biden’s conspiracy against parental protests go?

Biden administration reportedly more involved in ‘parent-terrorists’ letter than previously suspected.

Regarding inflation:  Producer prices soared by 9.7% in December, biggest gain on record.   Now Biden’s given America the worst inflation in 40 yearsInflation is eating away at the heart of America’s small businesses.

One federal judge in Northern California on senior status,  Phyllis Hamilton (appointed by Bill Clinton) ruled in a class action on behalf of prisoners  that the federal government could not deny stimulus funds to citizens just because they were incarcerated.  The result: (They) Made out like bandits: NY prisoners got $34M in federal COVID stimulus funds.  Government just continues to take our money with absolutely no concern for the law abiding citizens who are forced to give more and more of their hard-earned money to government as dictated by the heavy-hand of the IRS.

In Our Opinion: Dem pandering on immigration is out of control.

Biden’s Budget Priorities and the China Threat.

Censorship From Left on the Rise.

File this in Understatement of the decade: Biden acknowledges election overhaul bills may fail in the Senate.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona did what??

Throughout our history, there have been people in appointed (not elected) government policy positions, that never should have been given that position; Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is one of those people.  Education Secretary Requested Letter from School Board Association Comparing Parents to Terrorists.

What happened to the man who promised to unite Americans?   The longer he is in office, the wedge widens due to his adoption of the progressive agenda!  Hey Biden, STOP DIVIDING US.  Biden to push Senate rule change in bid to pass voting-rights law.   From National Review:  Biden to Advocate Altering the Filibuster to Pass Voting Bill during Georgia Speech.

The Biden/Harris Administration in concurrence with Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have done more to undermine what made America, the one nation that has made the world a better place, in one short year than any other Administration has done throughout our history.  Americans’ personal goals have always been to leave the nation we love in the best position to be able carry on the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.  This experiment in self-governance needs to remember that it is still We The People who run this great country, not the oligarchs we lend it to every few years.

John Fund writes in National Review about The Left’s Latest Political Scheme: Let Noncitizens Vote.

GianCarlo Canaparo writes in the Daily Signal (Heritage Foundation) It’s Illegal, Immoral, and Unconstitutional to Ration COVID-19 Treatments Based on Race.

Joe Mahoney (one of our CPPAC speakers) writes how Fraud prompts change to Excluded Worker benefits.

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) editorial board’s headline states: No Climate Warriors in Frozen Foxholes/Forty-one Democrats urge federal regulators to lower heating prices. It begins with “The climate warriors of the Democratic Party aren’t lacking for chutzpah, give them that. The latest example is a letter from 41 Members of Congress to federal regulators, fretting about “the effect that anticipated increases in heating and energy costs will have on our constituents this winter.” You don’t say?”

Republicans plot filibuster revenge strategy against Senate Democrats.

Can Congress Overturn Electoral College Results? 4 Things to Know About 1887 Law.

Open Letter to President Biden: Nuclear Deal with Iran Will Be a Disaster.

World Order: Back to the Future.

Newsom Includes Health Coverage for All Illegal Immigrants in New Budget Proposal.

The Progressive Logic of Build Back Better — and Its Dangers.

Sen. Joe Manchin says scrapping filibuster won’t make Senate ‘better’ in new Biden blow

It is good to see the push back regarding the new ultra-progressive new DA in Manhattan.  Angry biz leaders to meet with new DA Alvin Bragg, discuss recall efforts over soft-on-crime agenda.

Rand Paul Corners Fauci in Heated Senate Hearing.

Statement from New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar on Non-Citizen Voting in New York City Elections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill O’Reilly, 212-396-9117
Bill@NovemberTeam.com
January 10, 2022

Brooklyn, NY – “I’m proud to join with Republican officials in signing onto litigation to prevent voting by up to 800,000 non-U.S.-citizens in future New York City municipal elections.

“This outrageous new law is almost certainly unconstitutional, and it cannot stand. Voting in modern America is properly reserved for U.S. citizens — and U.S citizens alone — and attempts by the Democrat Party to erase all distinctions between citizen and non-citizen are dangerous and wrong.

“One almost misses the days when the City Council was simply an object of humor: (Q. What’s the difference between the New York City Council and a rubber stamp? A. A rubber stamp leaves an impression.)

“There’s nothing funny, whatsoever, about the City Council now. It’s radicalism knows no bounds.”

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