New York City Archives - Granite Grok

CARDELLO: New York City Must be a Part of ’26 and ’28 Plan

May 21, 2026 Ray Cardello

New York City has gone far left and elected a self-proclaimed Socialist as Mayor. Zohran Mamdani has taken the reins of The Big Apple and is quickly watching it rot away. In five short months, Mamdani has done enough damage to the city that it will take decades to correct, if ever. We have witnessed … Read more

CARDELLO: Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Understand Democracy

April 3, 2026 Ray Cardello

Bernie Sanders was in New York this week to support Mayor Mamdani’s effort to raise taxes on the wealthy to close the budget gap caused by bad Democratic management of the world’s greatest city. Bernie attacked the rich who are leaving New York to avoid the high cost of residence in NYC as enemies of … Read more

CARDELLO: Mamdani’s Grand Experiment Dead After 31 Days

February 2, 2026 Ray Cardello

Socialists and Communists from coast to coast were out of their minds at the thought of the greatest city on earth under Communist control. It had them salivating, but it all came crashing down like a January thaw. From a seedy start in a deserted underground subway station at the stroke of midnight on New … Read more

CARDELLO: Symbolic the Oath Taken Underground

January 4, 2026 Ray Cardello

I am not sure whether the oath taken at the stroke of midnight, whether it was done underground, or whether a Quran was used instead of a traditional Bible, is the most symbolic of the devastating era dawning on New York City. New York City woke on Friday under the Socialist control of Zohar Mamdani, … Read more

MACDONALD: No Bright Lights in New York City’s Future

November 9, 2025 Steve MacDonald

I contend that the Kardashians are popular, famous, and wealthy because they are a non-stop slow-motion train wreck. Like the rubberneckers that bring traffic on the non-accident side of the highway to a standstill, people have this objective obsession with other people’s misery. It is what makes reality television a thing that won’t go away. … Read more

IMANI: Mamdani’s Rage-Fueled Triumph Spells Doom for New York!

November 9, 2025 Amil Imani

The ink on those cursed ballots is barely dry, and already the stench of betrayal hangs heavy over the skyline of New York City, that once-unconquerable fortress of American grit and ingenuity. The ink on those cursed ballots is barely dry, and already the stench of betrayal hangs heavy over the skyline of New York … Read more

LEMISKA: New Yorkers are Being Bamboozled. Who Cares?

October 21, 2025 Peter Lemiska

With an important debate just around the corner, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani decided that it was time to breach the lions’ den and appear on FOX News. It was a clever move. His interview by Martha MacCallum left most viewers with the impression that Mamdani is a gregarious, fairly reasonable candidate – not … Read more

MACDONALD: Is Mamdani Working for Donald Trump?

August 28, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Trump is fulfilling a promise to be tough on crime at the same time Democrats are swooning over Zohran Mamdani.

Cardello: AR-15 Kills 4 in NYC

August 1, 2025 Ray Cardello

Unfortunately, every time we have a senseless shooting, as we did on the streets of New York City, the Democrats go into the same talk track. They blame the gun for the shooting and downplay the shooter (and whatever issues brought them to kill innocent human beings. These people are fools and political mouthpieces who … Read more

Legal Wrangle Over NYC’s Congestion Pricing Comes to a Head

March 27, 2025 John Klar

The court will settle the tussle between the New York governor and Trump. New York City has been torn apart by a protracted legal wrangle between President Donald Trump and New York Democrats over congestion pricing. Underlying the conflict is a tussle between equity and tax revenue, pitting progressive initiatives against the working class. The … Read more

Judge Says Law Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote is Unconstitutional

February 24, 2024 Steve MacDonald

My neighbors in Vermont passed a law allowing illegal aliens to vote in local elections, probably because all the cool progressive “kids” are doing it. Not far from the Green Mountains, New York City did something similar. Local Law No. 11, as it was called, would have stuffed ballot boxes with non-citizen votes.

Night Cap: NYC Has F***** Itself With 350 Million Dollar Trump Ruling

February 21, 2024 Auntie Vaquser

The Machine Media is so busy engaging in a post-Trump 350+ Million dollar decision circle jerk they seem to have missed who got screwed. Donald Trump is going to appeal and win. It won’t even be close. The city used a political vendetta to attack a developer and was deliberately a public takedown.

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Progressive Energy Policy Is Going to Kill You – And Maybe That’s the Point

November 28, 2023 Steve MacDonald

To be clear, I use the word ‘maybe’ in the headline with a smirk. The political left would happily fundraise over your corpse if it would advance their agenda. Your death as a result of progressive policy is a win for them, even if you were a Democrat voter. They may not need you anymore, which should be of some concern.

Quit Your Bitching and Own It, and Then Do Something Different

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Steve MacDonald

American Exceptionalism isn’t or shouldn’t be the idea that because we are American, we are better. It is that, in America, we have left the door open to the opportunity to be exceptional, to be better, no matter what that means to any individual.

New York City Admits It Can’t Make EV Snowplows Work

November 11, 2023 Steve MacDonald

It’s been less than a year since our last report on the hurdles associated with “greening” winter road maintenance. In December of last year, the folks in New York City who are in charge of such things discovered that Electric Vehicles suck when it comes to snow removal but held out hope for a solution.

Did Biden Send the FBI “After” NYC Mayor Eric Adams For Bitching Too Much About the ‘Migrant Crisis™’

November 5, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The FBI recently showed up at the home of Brianna Suggs. She’s an associate of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. She’s also a fundraiser for a mayor who has been increasingly critical of the “migrant” situation and the impact it is having on his sanctuary city.