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Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ in code of largest US town
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Officials in America’s most populated township are taking urgent action to stop a Democrat-backed bill that would replace «mother» and «father» in New York State law with gender-neutral parental terms.
The emergency resolution from Hempstead Township comes just days after New York State Legislature passed a bill that would replace «mother» with the term «gestating parent» and «father» with «non-gestating parent.» It would also change «paternity» to «parentage.»
Democrats say the measure is an effort to be more «inclusive» of the state’s residents with non-traditional «gender identities.» It is now awaiting action from Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Hempstead Township Supervisor John Ferretti told Fox News Digital the legislation is «woke nonsense.»
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman stands with Town of Hempstead Supervisor John Ferretti, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jen DeSena, and other local officials to provide a public safety update and share tips with residents ahead of an approaching winter storm on Jan. 23, 2026 in Mineola, New York. (Howard Schnapp / Newsday RM via Getty Images)
«As a father of two, it was an insult to me and to my wife,» Ferretti said in an interview on Tuesday. «As soon as I learned, the first thing I did was bring my wife into our bedroom and say, ‘Look what they did up in Albany. They’re eliminating the terms mother and father from state law.’»
His nine-year-old daughter overheard the conversation and got upset, asking Ferretti: «Can I still call you dad?»
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«It really hit close to home,» he continued. «We need to take a stand in the Town of Hempstead, the largest township in America, and make sure that we make it clear not just to residents in the Town of Hempstead, but to residents throughout New York State, that we won’t stand for this kind of woke nonsense.»
While the 2026 legislative session ended last week, Hochul has until the end of the year to sign the bill into law. Hochul told reporters last week that she had not yet reviewed the proposal.
«I have until the end of the year to review them and make a decision, so I won’t be commenting on pending legislation,» Hochul said during a news conference, according to FOX 5 New York.
Ferretti said he hopes Hochul ultimately rejects the bill, but said she’ll wait to act until after the election «because she’s not brave enough to take a stand.»
He said that the emergency resolution in Hempstead is intended to ensure the town continues recognizing the terms «mother» and «father» in its own laws and policies, regardless of whether the state measure ultimately becomes law.
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Hempstead Township supervisor John Ferretti is slamming the New York legislature for «erasing» mother and father from the state’s legal code. (John Ferretti)
«We’re taking a stand because we will not allow woke Democrat liberals in New York State and the New York State Legislature to erase the traditional family,» Ferretti said. «They did not pass a law that adds language. They passed a law that erases mother and father from certain statutes under New York state law, and that’s completely unacceptable.»
«If Albany wanted to add additional language to their state laws, they could have added additional language, and we would not be discussing this right now,» Ferretti continued. «Instead, they chose to erase mother and father and replace it, and we won’t stand for that.»
Ferretti said the resolution has garnered support from Republican lawmakers representing Nassau County, including Assembly Minority Leader Ed Ra, state Sen. Steve Rhoads, Assemblywoman Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and other members of the county’s Republican legislative delegation.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman also blasted the proposal on social media.
«In Kathy Hochul’s New York, ‘mom’ is now defined as ‘gestating parent,’» Blakeman wrote. «Not when I’m Governor! I’ll stand up for moms and dads against this insanity.»
The fight marks the latest cultural flashpoint involving Hempstead, a Republican-led township of roughly 800,000 residents located on Long Island and within Nassau County. Hempstead officials previously backed measures include a push to keep biological males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports athletic facilities operated by Hempstead Township.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced an executive order banning transgender girls and women from competing in women’s sports at county facilities in Mineola, N.Y., on March 18, 2024. (Adam Gray/Reuters)
Conservative groups are also mobilizing against the parental-language bill.
«It’s just absurd, but also inherently dehumanizing,» Maggie McKneely with Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee told Fox News Digital.
«It reduces women to just their reproductive organs, but women are so much more than that. They are individuals with unique abilities and capabilities, and yes, motherhood is one of the greatest things that a woman can be. Being a mother is an incredible gift,» McKneely continued.
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«Women do so much more than that, and to reduce them to just whether or not they are capable of gestating a child is really sad and dehumanizing. To reduce men to being just non-gestating people is just really sad.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul’s office for comment.
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Costa Rica: Comisión de Hacendarios aprueba recorte de unos USD 86.8 millones, al presupuesto de los CEN-CINAI
La Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios de la Asamblea Legislativa aprobó este martes un recorte de ₡40,000 millones (USD 86.8 millones) al presupuesto asignado para 2026 a la Dirección Nacional de Centros de Educación y Nutrición y de Centros Infantiles de Atención Integral (CEN-CINAI). La decisión, que contó con el respaldo de ocho diputados, forma parte del primer presupuesto extraordinario de la República para el presente año y se justifica por la necesidad de cubrir el déficit presupuestario de las pensiones del Régimen No Contributivo (RNC) de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS).
La iniciativa fue impulsada por la fracción oficialista del Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), mientras que los legisladores del Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) se opusieron a la medida. La bancada liberacionista argumentó que el recorte tendrá consecuencias negativas sobre los sectores más vulnerables, particularmente la niñez que depende de los servicios de los CEN-CINAI.
El órgano legislativo también aprobó una moción adicional que reduce en ₡30,000 millones (USD 65,1 millones) los recursos que el Banco Hipotecario de la Vivienda (Banhvi) gira al Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (Fodesaf), lo que afecta directamente la financiación de programas de vivienda social y apoyo familiar.
La diputada Ángela Aguilar, vocera del PLN en la Comisión, advirtió que la rebaja de fondos representa el 28,7% del presupuesto 2026 destinado a los CEN-CINAI. “Me preocupa porque los CEN-CINAI enfrentan situaciones relacionadas con órdenes sanitarias y otras necesidades. Además, brindan atención y cuido a niños y niñas”, señaló Aguilar durante la sesión. La legisladora insistió en que el impacto de este recorte podría traducirse en una disminución de cobertura y calidad en la atención que reciben miles de menores en condición de vulnerabilidad en todo el país.
Por su parte, el presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios, Nogui Acosta (PPSO), defendió la decisión y sostuvo que no se deben reducir los recursos destinados a los pensionados del RNC, subrayando que la propuesta cumple con la legalidad vigente. Acosta explicó que el Estado enfrenta una presión fiscal significativa y que, ante la urgencia de financiar las pensiones del régimen no contributivo, se recurrió a la redistribución de partidas presupuestarias. El diputado oficialista enfatizó que se trata de una medida responsable y que el gobierno mantiene el compromiso de atender las necesidades de la población en situación de pobreza extrema.
La fracción del Partido Liberación Nacional consideró que la moción aprobada evidencia una deficiente planificación presupuestaria y cuestionó el procedimiento seguido en la Comisión, al señalar que la aprobación no se ajusta a lo establecido en el Reglamento Legislativo. Además, los opositores recalcaron que la decisión afectará de manera directa a los programas de nutrición, educación y cuido infantil, así como a las familias beneficiarias de proyectos de vivienda social.
El recorte a los CEN-CINAI generó preocupación en organizaciones sociales y defensoras de los derechos de la infancia, que advierten sobre el riesgo de retrocesos en la atención integral a la niñez y la reducción de oportunidades para familias en comunidades vulnerables. Los CEN-CINAI ofrecen servicios fundamentales como alimentación, educación y cuidado a miles de niños y niñas en todo el territorio nacional, especialmente en zonas rurales y urbanas de alta exclusión social.
Hasta el momento, las autoridades de la Dirección Nacional de CEN-CINAI no han emitido un pronunciamiento oficial sobre el impacto que tendrá esta disminución presupuestaria. Diversos sectores sociales y políticos han solicitado una revisión de la medida y la búsqueda de alternativas que no impliquen recortes en programas sociales esenciales para el bienestar infantil y el acceso a la vivienda.
El debate legislativo en torno a la distribución de recursos públicos continúa en un contexto de restricciones fiscales, donde la prioridad del Ejecutivo se centra en asegurar el pago de pensiones y cumplir con las obligaciones del Estado en materia de seguridad social. La discusión sobre el financiamiento de los programas sociales y la protección de los sectores más vulnerables se mantendrá en la agenda parlamentaria durante las próximas semanas.
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British Muslim police group called IDF a terrorist organization, questioned Hamas atrocity reports
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The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) is facing intense backlash after it was revealed that a policy paper it promoted contained what critics say are «antisemitic lies,» while also facing accusations that the organization is «infiltrated or controlled by Islamists.»
This latest embarrassment for British police authorities comes as the government continues to face criticism for alleged two-tier policing, especially when it comes to anti-Israel and pro-British protests.
The paper from the organization, titled «From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting Anti-Muslim Hatred and Promoting Human Rights,» was recently unearthed by The Spectator.
In it, then-NAMP Vice President Khaldoun Kabbani refers to Zionism as «a narrow, nationalist, and colonialist viewpoint that fosters anti-Muslim hatred, among other forms of xenophobia, distancing itself from the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Judaism.»
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People attend a rally organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism opposite Downing Street in London on April 30, 2026, following the stabbing of two Jewish men in the Golders Green neighborhood. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged increased security funding for Jewish sites and called for unity against antisemitism. (Carlos Jasso/AFP)
In addition to calling the IDF a Zionist terrorist group, the paper surmises that «eventually» the IDF’s actions following Oct. 7 «will be recognized as terrorism, though likely without any reference to the Jewish faith.» The report appeared to be deleted from the web, though it continues to be hosted online through an archive at the Wayback Machine.
Andrew Fox, senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that the paper is filled with «antisemitic lies and blood libels.»
An Israeli flag flutters at the memorial for victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Kabbani’s paper calls for «dismantling myths through education,» but he presents unsourced facts about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
In one segment, Kabbani notes that «as the hostilities commenced, reports in Israeli and Western media outlets began circulating alarming and unverified stories about acts of violence by Hamas, including claims of beheadings and assaults. These reports have significantly contributed to increasing hatred towards Islam.»
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Police arrest a demonstrator during a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026, following the stabbing of two Jewish men the day before in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Thursday to boost security for the Jewish community following the latest attack against it, while urging Britons to unite against antisemitism. Facing accusations from angry British Jews that his government has repeatedly failed to protect them, Starmer pledged immediate increased funding for synagogues and other sites but insisted UK society must «come together» to «fight antisemitism». (CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images)
Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Israel, told the themedialine in Nov 2023 that many of the burned bodies of Oct. 7 victims, including those of babies, are «without heads.» He admitted it was «difficult to ascertain whether they were decapitated before or after death, as well as how they were beheaded.»
Kabbani also said that reports of 120 children being killed by Hamas «have been challenged by more recent disclosures indicating that not a single Israeli infant was a casualty during the said attacks. It was later confirmed that only one child’s death occurred two days following the attack, with circumstances involving IDF gunfire and lacking precise details.»
A Hamas terrorist fires a weapon into a house on a kibbutz during the attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces/AP)
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Contrary to its report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated that at least 29 of the fatalities from Oct. 7 whose ages had been provided by Oct. 25 were children.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Director of Investigations and Enforcement, Stephen Silverman, said in a public statement that the NAMP paper is «evidence that a major national policing association has been infiltrated by or is controlled by Islamists.» Silverman called for those «responsible for publishing this extremist screed» to be «immediately investigated by their respective forces’ professional standards departments and dismissed.»
Antisemitic hate was displayed at an anti-Israel protest in London amid record levels of antisemitism in the U.K. following the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7. (Campaign Against Antisemitism)
The National Police Chiefs’ Council did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about whether they were concerned by the NAMP’s paper, whether it would take action in reference to it, and whether its statements were problematic for public trust.
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Fox News Digital also received no response from NAMP or the British government.
Noting the «skyrocketing antisemitism» in the United Kingdom, Fox said that the NAMP’s policy paper is «grossly inappropriate.» He said that «whilst it is important that minority groups have dialogue with the police to ensure their issues are considered, divisive internal organizations, such as a group for Muslim officers, are clearly counterproductive to public trust. This practice should be clamped down on immediately and no police force should engage with this organization going forward.»
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