Julia Salazar

Progressives’ next goal: normalizing sexploitation with legal 'sex work'

New York will never eradicate prostitution. But that doesn’t mean New York should normalize and encourage it, as it is has done with marijuana.

NY state senator fires top aide who ranted that Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter on Israel was 'justified'

A top aide for State Sen. Julia Salazar who praised Hamas on a private social media channel following the terror group's deadly incursion on Israel was fired Monday morning.

NY State Sen. Julia Salazar's staff praised Hamas Oct 7 attacks against Israeli civilians: 'By any means necessary'

"By any means necessary," Salazar's Communications and Policy Director Sarah Campbell wrote on X the day Hamas attacked Israel.

Morally bereft Dem Socialists like AOC won't even condemn Hamas unequivocally

New York’s socialist politicians are showing their true colors — and they're not pretty.

Socialists want to hit New Yorkers with new 'Migrant Taxes'

"We passed tax increases on the ultra-wealthy in 2021 with sunsets, which should have been permanent increases for them to sustainably raise revenue," Sen. Julia Salazar (D-Brooklyn) told The Post....

Progressives' 'good cause eviction' bill spells doom for NYC housing

Empire State lawmakers are doing all they can to make their state ever less attractive.

Democratic socialist state senator pushing bill prohibiting landlords from rejecting ex-cons

Democratic socialist state Sen. Julia Salazar of Brooklyn is pushing legislation that would prohibit landlords statewide from refusing to rent to people with criminal records.

Anti-charter teachers' union cashing in on donations to lefty pols to kill Hochul plan: critics

NY state legislators opposing Gov. Hochul's charter school expansion plan have received over $400,000 from the state teachers union's PAC since 2017.

'I have 20 tattoos': Socialist Sen. Salazar mocks Jewish man's appearance after bizarre tweet about her body ink

A Brooklyn man says Democratic Socialist stat Sen. Julia Salazar mocked his appearance on Twitter.

Lefty NY pols take expenses-paid trip to Vienna to push 'social housing' agenda

The lefties' trip spurred plenty of reaction on social media. Some applauded them for seeking alternatives to America's flawed public housing system. Other questioned their motives -- and financing.

20 NY Dems oppose Hochul's $850M Buffalo Bills stadium 'giveaway'

The legislators also complained the National Football League — an entity that is valued at $112 billion — is reported to have committed only $200 million for stadium construction through...

The Democratic pols who block social media followers

State Sen. Julia Salazar and Councilmen Rafael Salamanca Jr. and Ari Kagan are among elected officials who have blocked constituents and others from their Twitter accounts.

New York Democrats' bet on racial gerrymandering is riskier than they realize

State Dems are going big on gerrymandering as they seize control of redistricting. But they may get bitten by their assumption that they have a permanent lock on non-white voters. 

Working Families Party declares war on police unions after killing of NYPD cops

In the wake of NYPD cops being shot and killed by violent parolees, the left-wing Working Families Party -- which claims to fight for the interests of blue-collar workers --...

Cuomo 'worrying about his freakin' political future,' instead of New York: pols

Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his staff are focused on their political careers instead of dealing with pressing state issues like the botched $2.6 billion rent relief program, say critics...

Cuomo signs bill raising New York marriage age to 18, ending loophole

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 22, 2021 signed legislation raising the age of marital consent to 18. The new bill is dubbed "Nalia's Law" after a girl who...

NY state Sen. Julia Salazar says male colleague told her she looked 'like a Bond girl'

New York state Sen. Julia Salazar (D-Brooklyn) says an older male colleague once told her she looked "like a Bond girl" while in the legislative chamber. Salazar, 30, recalled the...

NY Dems wrangle over unemployment benefits to undocumented workers

A controversial proposal to provide unemployment benefits to undocumented workers and former prisoners has sparked a fight among Democrats who control the state Legislature, imperiling its passage and stalling state budget talks.  Both houses...

Cynthia Nixon supporters remind voters 'what could have been' amid Cuomo's scandals

Cynthia Nixon, who ran against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018, isn't exactly telling New Yorkers "I told you so," but her supporters are -- and the actress-turned-politician is coming pretty...

Democratic socialist Sen. Julia Salazar still has no district office in Brooklyn

Fact-challenged Brooklyn Democratic socialist darling Julia Salazar has been in public office for nearly a year -- but she still hasn’t secured a district office to meet her constituents. Salazar,...