New Yorkers are paying a heavy price for progressive Democrats’ reckless policies as prices rose faster in the Big Apple than in a dozen other US major cities.
The cost of furnishing city apartments rose 6.9% here vs 0.4% countrywide; grocery inflation continues and clothing prices spiked 4.1%, writes The Post Editorial Board.It’s not just that housing prices here shot up faster than the national average .
Albany’s “criminal justice reforms” play a huge role there, as stores must make up for rampant retail theft. skyrocketing because the state is insisting that unreliable and pricey wind and solar power is the future and is pushing to phase out oil and natural gas.The week in whoppers: Joe Biden gaslights about his foreign-policy record, Ana Navarro fearmongers about Pete Hegseth and more
Expect more pain in the wallet once Gov. Hochul’s $9 congestion-pricing toll hits next month: Think “kerosene on a fire,” as asset manager Ken Mahoney told The Post in anticipation of companies passing along the added toll costs to consumers. Hah! It’s not even what commuters will lose to her tolls, let alone the pass-along costs: “Everything that comes in and out of NYC is on a truck,” Mahoney notes.
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