Michael Benjamin

NY Post Editorial Bd, OpEd columnist, thought leader, blogger, former state legislator, MMA fan. #54, City & State NY Bronx Power 100. Tweets are my own.

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Kathy Hochul shares the ‘reward’ she is saving for herself after gov election romp https://t.co/1bY5PuccC6

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This one made my eyes tear up. The killings occurred in my old AD. Stop the carnage, repeal Raise the Age. Young black lives matter.

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More and more teen killers — blame NY’s Raise the Age law for cultivating crime https://t.co/AypnxBCrAe

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If Democrats hand the MTA a windfall, it owes New Yorkers some relief https://t.co/bitIOPQr3U

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Technically, Speaker Heastie only needs 76 votes of the @NYSA_Majority to pass legislation. The 10 or so DSAers could be ignored. But it's the 35 or so minority progressive/WFP regular Democrats who could be troublesome. My advice: "Take a chance. Freeze 'em out."

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Brace for off-the-rails DSA lunacy as Albany goes bluer than ever https://t.co/AmWqvox9H0

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@ArcEng9154644 Atheist

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For anyone feeling battered today: Jesus Be A Fence Around Me | Sam Cooke
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For my Dad and all who served Happy Veterans Day 2026. Our nation is indebted to your service.

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@SpecNews1Albany Best wishes and good luck to one of my favorite Albany reporters. 💕 @sarbetter

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@NickReisman @sarbetter She's a consummate professional. She set a high bar for her successor.

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Scott Colom is projected to become the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi since John C. Stennis in 1982 in a historic victory making him the first Black Mississippian popularly elected to the chamber.

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@tuckahoetommy Enjoy1

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@michaelhenryny @nyjets As night follows day, @BuffaloBills will hit hard times.

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@CharmianNeary We're blessed by his service. Driving through upstate NY on our way home from Toronto (Susie's hometown), we rode along main streets decked with those banners. They made me smile.

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@GersonBorrero @SenSchumer Sal's @AlbaneseNYC become a crusty ol' democratic socialist-familiar.

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You know my least favorite words in the English language are “I told you so” but here we are.

It’s not even a month after all five of those horrible ballot questions passed and the results are already showing.

We needed help to stop those ballot measures from passing but barely a word out of any @NYCCouncil member. They needed to take a stand and did not. It was left to groups like @OneCityRisingNY and @nyc_evsa and even @GVSHP to try to talk reason, but we were outspent 10000: 1 by big money interests and the Mayor using taxpayer funds to promote a yes vote.

I hate this. Now our duly elected city council representatives have lost their vote and their power. Instead, our future will be in the hands of one political appointee.

This is exactly what good government groups like @OneCityRisingNY fights against. But just like that, power has been transferred.

@GaleBrewerNYC is threatening litigation. Good. But this will cost hundreds of thousands. Who will step up to fund it? Grassroots groups like ours don’t have the budget for this.

Very disappointed and sad. The UWS and Manhattan now on the path to massive and dramatic changes and there is nothing CM Brewer @SpeakerMenin @vmmaloney and the rest of them can do about it now.

RIP Democracy.

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NY’s own pilot program on Regents alternatives shows this is about lowering expectations

Here’s a school leader who wants alternatives like projects “because taking a test like that is hard for them”

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@neetu_arnold An anonymous quote is a typical @NYSEDNews & Bd of Regents dodge. Everyone should know who'd make such a foolish statement.

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