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- ‘No New Cops!’ Mamdani Ally Brags NYC Won’t End Up Hiring More Police, Des...
(Photos: CUNY TV on YouTube and ABC) One of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) main political allies bragged that The Big Apple will not have more cops on patrol after the new budget was agreed to on Tuesday — despite NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announcing in June that more police would be hired. City Council Member Tiffany Cabán shared her glee on X, with a Canva-style graphic celebrating “No New Cops.” Cabán noted there would be no increase to NYPD’s headcount, and that the city would instead be focused on “housing, mental health care, substance use treatment, and economic stability.” She said those are “the proven policies that actually keep our communities healthy and safe.” The council member — who identifies as a queer abolitionist on her X account — took an obvious shot at the tough-on-crime policies of ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani. “This budget is an important check on the failed policy of broken windows policing and will allow us to build a public safety infrastructure rooted in care, not punishment and incarceration,” Cabán said. “And we will keep building on it.” NO NEW COPS pic.twitter.com/hxFdcACO2K — Tiffany Cabán (@tiffany_caban) June 30, 2026 Her post about no new cops comes after Mamdani — a fellow Democratic Socialist – had said he would freeze police headcount. But his goal appeared to be in jeopardy after Tisch said during a City Council budget hearing earlier this month that the department planned on hiring another 550 officers this year. That would increase uniformed headcount to 35,555 by the end of 2026 — which would be about a 1.5% increase on headcount compared to what it was under ex-Mayor Eric Adams (D). Instead, Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin struck a $125.8 billion deal on Tuesday that will keep NYPD headcount flat, as AMNY reported. The outlet said it was “a win” for progressive NYC politicians, following Tisch’s push to raise headcount. Mamdani posted support for the “defund the police” movement before he entered office. He also questioned what “purpose” prisons serve, and appointed an adviser to his transition team who called for the “abolition” of cops. It shouldn’t come as a total shock that he didn’t support hiring more police.The post ‘No New Cops!’ Mamdani Ally Brags NYC Won’t End Up Hiring More Police, Despite Previous Reports first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - FCC Will Vote to Auction 160 MHz of Upper C-Band Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission announced it will vote in July on a plan to auction 160 MHz of Upper C-Band spectrum (3.98–4.14 GHz) next year. In a release, the FCC said the plan maximizes repurposed spectrum while establishing a fast and fair transition for incumbent satellite services. “We have coordinated with aviation and satellite stakeholders so wireless providers can light up the Upper C-Band and provide service to most Americans by the end of 2030 — ahead of many expectations,” Chairman Brendan Carr said. The commission billed the move as a way to harmonize terrestrial wireless operations across the C-Band, creating a 440 MHz “super band” spanning from 3.70–4.14 GHz. As we’ve previously reported, Congress required the FCC to auction at least 100 MHz of Upper C-Band spectrum by no later than July 2027. While the FCC originally proposed auctioning up to 180 MHz, wireless carriers and satellite incumbents pushed for vastly different outcomes. The National Association of Broadcasters urged the commission to limit the auction to 100 MHz, warning even that amount would disrupt incumbent users. Radio and TV stations that use satellites to pick up programming remain wary of further changes after navigating the Lower C-Band migration in 2020. Radio World has reached out to NAB for further comment. But wireless carriers, driven by the need for mid-band spectrum to support 5G and future 6G services, lobbied for the maximum amount of spectrum. AT&T, for instance, cited historic growth in consumer data usage. The 160 MHz limit was suggested by satellite operator SES, a major provider of C-band services to broadcasters in the U.S., in its January filing with the commission. SES said in a June 18 ex parte filing with the FCC that it will cost approximately $3.6 billion to clear 160 MHz of Upper C-Band spectrum, plus another $150 million “allowed for contingencies.” Orderly transition The proposed rules, the commission said, set forth a framework that will “fairly and expeditiously” transition incumbent satellite operations out of the reconfigured portion of the Upper C-Band. Total incentives to satellite operators will be “less in aggregate than those paid after the Lower C-Band auction,” the commission said, but it will be “roughly commensurate” given the lower amount of spectrum being cleared. In particular, the commission said that this effort has been closely coordinated with the FAA, which is undertaking a parallel rulemaking to “greatly enhance the robustness and signal… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘Is That What That Is?’ Fox Anchor Erupts in Laughter at Energy Secretary’...
Fox’s Sandra Smith erupted in laughter after Energy Secretary Chris Wright praised President Donald Trump for “expressing his passion for low energy prices” after being asked about his recent demand that gas stations lower their prices. Smith’s co-host John Roberts elicited the answer from Wright during the following exchange: ROBERTS: Hey, the president put this out on Truth Social earlier today, so he’s sort of given you your marching orders here. He said, ‘Gasoline Retailers must get their prices down IMMEDIATELY! They’re too high considering that Oil is now $68 a Barrel and heading south. The Retailers must quickly react to this statement and do what they know is right — DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE! There will be no gouging, which is totally illegal. If retailers don’t do this, big problems lie ahead. Start targeting around $2.50 a Gallon.’ I mean, a lot of these gas stations are single-store operations, slim markets here, you know, they’re-, Sandra always keeps telling us they’re hedging against the losses that they suffered on the way up. And, is it free enterprise for the president to tell people to lower their prices? WRIGHT: He’s expressing his passion for low energy prices- SMITH: [LAUGHING] OK! Is that what that is? WRIGHT: He’s a bold communicator who’s always communicating what he wants for the American people, and how he thinks the road to get there. Gas prices are going to continue to go down. Yeah, there’s a supply chain lag that lower priced oil is just on its way to refineries, it hasn’t hit gas stations yet. But he’s a passionate communicator, he wants lower prices for Americans, and frankly he’s going to get them. He’s going to get them. Trump’s full Truth Social post read: Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY! They’re too high considering that Oil is now at $68 a Barrel, and heading south. The Retailers must quickly react to this statement, and do what they know is right — DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE! There will be no gauging, which is totally illegal. If Retailers don’t do this, big problems lie ahead! Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number, and California should stop charging such heavy Taxes on their Gasoline. Soon the Tax will be higher than the Product itself, and the United States will not stand for it, nor… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ACLU Official Says Conservative Supreme Court Saved the Day in Birthright Citize...A top ACLU exec crowed over the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision on MS NOW Tuesday, proclaiming, “All of us are safe” — even as Republicans pledged to try still to undo the key constitutional tenet. Cecilia Wang, national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, argued the case before the Supreme Court and is herself the daughter of immigrants who came to the United States in the 1960s from Taiwan. Wang beamed as she told On the Line’s Alicia Menendez, “…the Supreme Court has decided this issue definitively.” She continued: You know, the president has already said he’s going to get congress to work. Well. That’s going to fail, because a majority of the court, the decision of the court is that the president’s executive order violates the equal protection clause. This is a right that was forged through the civil war. It’s a right that free black Americans fought for, contrary to what the president claims, free black Americans did not fight for birthright citizenship only for themselves. As Justice [Ketanji Brown] Jackson wrote in her concurring opinion today, the 14th amendment citizenship clause is profoundly a repudiation of caste distinctions in American society. So the president can spin this decision all he wants.He can call on Congress for help. But the Supreme Court has decided this issue definitively and reaffirmed its decision from 1898, where the court has rejected the executive branch’s position time and again. All of us are safe now. Birthright citizenship is safe, and we can celebrate that victory. Shortly after the decision was issued, President Donald Trump demanded Congress take action “TODAY” to overturn the country’s more than century-old birthright citizenship rules via legislation. The president wrote on Truth Social: The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process. No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support! President DONALD J. TRUMP Watch above via MS Now.The post ACLU Official Says Conservative Supreme Court Saved the Day in Birthright Citizenship Case: ‘All of Us Are Safe’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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