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Democrats Would Rather Embrace Crime Than Prevent It

By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, June 18 2025

Pro-crime Democrats are propelling New York toward anarchy and financial ruin. The seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Gotham's mayor unanimously oppose increasing penalties for farebeaters. That includes frontrunners Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani. Their refusal to crack down on farebeaters – all by itself – disqualifies them for the city's top job. These pols do not regard law-abiding New Yorkers as their constituents. Instead they're siding with criminals and left-wing ideologues who excuse crime as a side effect of society's imperfections.…

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