BY SAL GRECOThe story surrounding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s upcoming “Peacemaker Award” has just developed another layer — and this one has nothing to do with political rhetoric.It involves corporate records, federal nonprofit filings, charitable fundraising and a basic question that City Hall should be able to answer:Who vetted the organizations attaching the mayor’s name to this event?On …
TRUMP, MAMDANI & POLITICAL KAYFABE: $21 BILLION, A SECURITY CLEARANCE, NIAC AND ONE HELL OF A WWE-STYLE PLOT TWIST
BY SAL GRECO In professional wrestling, there is a word for maintaining the illusion that what the audience sees in the ring reflects the complete relationship between the performers behind the curtain.Kayfabe.American politics is obviously not professional wrestling. Government decisions have real consequences. Wars are real. Terrorism is real. Federal money is real. Elections are real.But every so often …
Crime Is Down in New York City. But Where Are the Audits?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch are touting historic crime reductions. NYPD’s preliminary numbers support much of that story — but the department’s own history of crime reclassification, suppression and undisclosed audit results leaves an important question unanswered.By Sal GrecoNEW YORK — If you listen to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, New York City is …
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THE SYSTEM IS THE SYSTEM: WHY THE NYC POLICE PENSION FUND IS FACING CALLS FOR A LEGISLATIVE REBOOT
Recent DOI investigations, a Comptroller audit, questions surrounding disability pensions, and an executive director who has held the position for more than 15 years have put the structure of the New York City Police Pension Fund under a new microscope.By Sal Greco“The system is the system.”Those words, attributed by the New York City Department of Investigation to former NYPD Chief of Department John Chell …
NYPD POLICE PENSION FUND FACES NEW SCRUTINY: FAISON RETIREMENT FIGHT ADDS TO QUESTIONS OVER KEVIN HOLLORAN, JESSICA TISCH AND WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE
BY SAL GRECOLess than two weeks after the New York City Department of Investigation issued a report identifying significant vulnerabilities in the way the New York City Police Pension Fund administers accident-disability pensions, the Fund is facing a new and very different challenge — this time involving whether it can refuse to stop a police executive’s pending service retirement unless the NYPD approves the …
TRUMP, MAMDANI AND THE $21 BILLION SUNNYSIDE YARD QUESTION: WHAT REALLY CAME OUT OF THE GRACIE MANSION MEETING?
BY SAL GRECOPresident Donald Trump’s latest meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani produced something few would have expected during last year’s heated political campaign: a remarkably cordial public appearance, praise from Trump for the Democratic socialist mayor, and a potentially enormous federal-city partnership involving one of the most valuable and complicated pieces of real estate in New …