Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.
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Rent-freeze demagogues would make NY's housing squeeze WORSE
Zohran Mamdani and other leftists are deploying a cynical political strategy: Pander to a segment of single-issue voters almost too large to resist — and capture the mayoralty.
Don't trust the rhetoric: reject antisemitism in NYC mayor's race
As anti-Jewish hate crimes rise, all the top contenders for mayor claim to deplore antisemitism. Don’t believe it.
How shady Dem lawyer Marc Elias is thwarting voters' will
Democrat dirty trickster Marc Elias is the man behind the legal curtain in dozens of cases aimed at derailing President Trump's agenda with nationwide injunctions.
IRS must revoke Harvard's tax status without Trump's meddling
This isn’t about trying to make left-wing academia less biased: calling on the IRS to stop subsidizing Harvard's racial and religious discrimination is a moral imperative.
New Yorkers get slammed yet again by a state budget that LITERALLY robs them blind
New Yorkers are getting robbed blind — because state politicians are doing deals with taxpayers' money in the dark.
How Legal Aid's pro-crime push puts all of us in danger
The publicly funded Legal Aid Society spends millions of taxpayer dollars on litigation and lobbying to force changes in the law that benefit criminals and handcuff cops.
China's chokehold on US medicine is risking American lives
China has a death grip on America’s generic-drug market and the basic medical equipment our doctors rely on — and could weaponize that control at any time.
Inside the unholy alliance pushing parole for NY cop killers
Some crimes are so depraved that the perpetrator should never be allowed to breathe free air, assassinating a police officer tops that list.
RFK Jr. must reform CDC to fight killer hospital fungus
The CDC is falling far short of its core mission of halting contagious diseases — but in battling this dangerous new infection, RFK Jr. can get the agency back on...
Trump fights dozens of lefty judges — as Supreme Court dithers
Only the Supreme Court can stop this “power grab,” Trump’s lawyers argued, as the will of the voters is thwarted.
Enough is enough, SCOTUS — slap down these delusional judges and let Trump work
The Supreme Court must act to stop the low-level federal judges with imperial ambitions who are bulldozing President Trump's agenda.
Don't let anti-jail fanatics block Jessica Tisch's crimefighting plans
A City Council crime hearing last week was straight out of fantasy land — but without enough jail space, Police Commissioner Tisch’s enforcement actions don’t have a prayer.
Don't buy Dems' lies: The GOP isn't trying to strip Medicaid from millions of Americans
Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish ads warning about grandmothers dying and children denied needed cancer treatments “just to make billionaires like Elon Musk even richer.”
Cuomo's cover-ups harmed us all — voters should not forget them
Andrew Cuomo's self-serving decisions and outright lies cost some New Yorkers their lives and put others at risk, all to boost his image and line his pocket.
Pam Bondi's 'new DOJ' has slam-dunk case against NY for shielding illegal aliens
Kathy Hochul defends New York's Green Light Law, which requires the state DMV to tip off criminal illegal immigrants under ICE investigation — thwarting federal law and violating the Constitution.
Birthright citizenship is a noble idea — that Trump is right to end
Despite what many pundits and even lower court judges are saying, overturning Trump’s order is not a slam-dunk: the Supreme Court precedent is on the president's side.
NY schools trap our kids in failure — how Trump offers an escape
New York isn’t just squandering money on its poor public schools, it’s squandering kids' lives — but a plan in Congress could force more school choice, despite Albany's reluctance.
Trump's pink slip for WHO was a good first step toward keeping Americans healthy
President Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization during his first day back at the White House.
Woke one-party government has left NYC just as unprepared for disaster as LA
New Yorkers should feel scared as they watch Los Angeles neighborhoods obliterated by fire. Gotham could be the victim of the exact same kind of dysfunctional one-party government that puts woke...
Trump must wage all-out war on obesity to boost US longevity
Donald Trump and his advisers are about to launch a consequential battle against unhealthy food producers and the lackadaisical federal agencies that pander to them, and not a moment too...