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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) hooked up accusations of Democratic hypocrisy to her condemnation of Younger Republicans who engaged in a racist, violent group chat which Politico uncovered in a report this week. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Republican leaders on Wednesday condemned a newly uncovered Younger Republican group chat containing racist, antisemitic, and violent messages — although they hooked up to their condemnations accusations of Democratic hypocrisy in addressing inflammatory rhetoric on their aspect of the aisle. The Politico report detailed roughly 2,900 pages of Telegram messages amongst Younger Republicans from states together with New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont. The messages,…
A protracted-dreamed-about line that may hyperlink Brooklyn and Queens through mild rail can start the environmental-review course of, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced Wednesday. It’s a key step for the $5.5 billion Interborough Specific, which the state anticipates will finally transfer 160,000 riders each day alongside 14 miles of a little-used freight railway. The proposed megaproject would run between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights, connecting to 17 subway traces, 50 bus routes and two Lengthy Island Rail Highway stations. The sunshine-rail line has been touted by officers as a “game-changer” for riders in areas of the town with restricted transit choices…