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New York Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani, proposes a new pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes in NYC valued at $5 million or more. Former Miami mayor Francis Suarez criticizes the plan, arguing it’s ‘absolutely backwards’ and will lead to capital flight and budget holes, ultimately harming everyday New Yorkers.
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East Village residents who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter.
The lawsuit, filed with the New York City Supreme Court on Monday, shows hesitation even among Mamdani supporters about the cost of implementing some of his plans.
News of the lawsuit has prompted conservative mockery online, with figures like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, noting the irony of Mamdani’s supporters turning on the fruits of his administration.
«Oops,» Sen. Ted Cruz said in a post to X.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at La Marqueta in East Harlem on April 14, 2026, outlining plans for city-run grocery stores aimed at lowering food prices. (New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference announcing a city-run grocery store plan in East Harlem.)
«No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives. This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences,» Michael Henry, a former New York attorney general candidate, wrote on social media.
«Not shocked,» Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said in a post of his own.
Election District 45, the area that includes East Village, voted for Mamdani in a 70.1% victory over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, who garnered just 26.0% of the vote.
Even so, 10 residents joined the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) in their suit against the city after Mamdani announced plans earlier this year to turn a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide intake shelter to house homeless adult men.
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Trains arrive and depart at the Queensboro Plaza subway station with the New York City skyline visible behind on Dec. 23, 2005. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The filing argues the city fast-tracked the process without proper environmental and legal safeguards.
«It challenges the city’s hastily made and legally invalid decision to locate a new citywide homeless adult male intake center at 8 East 3rd Street without following any of the legal requirements that must precede such a significant and consequential decision,» the filing reads.
To circumvent them, the complaint notes that Mamdani relied on an emergency declaration from 2022 — a power originally issued to handle an influx of asylum-seekers.
Mamdani announced the temporary housing project at 8 East 3rd Street as a way to accommodate the closure of Bellevue Shelter, a separate homeless intake site that the mayor’s office said had deteriorated too far for use.
«The Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will immediately implement an operational plan to vacate 30th Street and relocate the critical functions to other sites. There are approximately 250 individuals in the shelter and the DSS is working to relocate these individuals by mid-March,» Mamdani’s office said in a press release.
NYC LANDLORDS FIRE BACK AT ‘RACIST’ MAMDANI AIDE’S CLAIM THAT TIES HOMEOWNERSHIP TO ‘WHITE SUPREMACY’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at the Service Employees International Union 32BJ SEIU rally on Park Avenue in Manhattan on April 15, 2026. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)
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The mayor’s office also detailed that a second accommodation site would be opened at 333 Bowery St., beginning on May 1, to house families without minor children.
The New York Supreme Court has not yet responded to requests for emergency relief that would pause the city’s plans.
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READ THE DOCUMENTS: Secret ‘Oxferd Comma’ probe cast Trump as potential Russian asset after Comey firing
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The White House released a trove of documents showing that the FBI opened a 2017 investigation into whether President Donald Trump was acting on behalf of or under the influence of Russia when he fired FBI Director James Comey.
The investigation, codenamed «Oxferd Comma,» opened after Trump fired Comey in May 2017, according to the White House’s release.
Investigators sought to determine whether Trump was «directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation in a manner constituting a threat to the national security of the United States and/or a violation of federal criminal statutes,» according to an FBI memo dated May 16, 2017. The memo also said investigators would examine whether Trump or others had obstructed or conspired to obstruct an associated FBI investigation.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images) (Aaron Schwartz / AFP Getty Images)
The opening memo cited information developed during Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into whether individuals associated with Trump’s 2016 campaign were coordinating with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election.
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It also identified later events and information, including Trump’s interactions with Comey, the administration’s shifting explanations for Comey’s firing, Trump campaign discussions concerning the Republican platform’s language on Ukraine aid and Trump’s business ties and real estate interests involving Russia.
SECRET FBI PROBE CAST TRUMP AS POSSIBLE RUSSIAN ASSET AFTER COMEY FIRING, MEMOS SHOW

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his interactions with President Donald Trump and the Russia investigation on June 8, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Trump initially cited Comey’s handling of the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state as the reason for his ouster, though he later said the Russia investigation was also on his mind when he made the decision.
The FBI memo said the circumstances surrounding Comey’s dismissal could support an inference that the bureau’s counterintelligence investigation was a factor in Trump’s decision to fire Comey.
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However, the decision to open the investigation did not mean those suspicions had been substantiated.
Special counsel Robert Mueller, appointed in 2017 to investigate Russian election interference, reported in 2019 that his team did not establish coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia and did not make a prosecutorial decision on obstruction. Attorney General William Barr appointed John Durham to review the origins and handling of the FBI’s Russia investigation in 2019. Durham’s 2023 report concluded that the FBI opened the full Crossfire Hurricane investigation without sufficient evidentiary support and did not apply the same rigor it had used in other sensitive investigations.
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A separate 2019 Justice Department inspector general review found the FBI had enough information under its rules to open Crossfire Hurricane, though it later identified serious errors and omissions in surveillance applications involving former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
A review of the White House’s original release shows the code name rendered as «Oxferd Comma,» with the letter «o.» Former acting Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark, who served in Trump’s first administration, said a document expert he consulted concluded the «o» in «Comma» found within the FBI documents was a zero. Clark speculated the unusual spelling was intended to make the records harder to find through FOIA searches.
The documents were published by the White House Wednesday, which said they had been declassified and released through its Government Transparency Task Force.
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Más de 28 mil mujeres solicitaron medidas de protección por violencia doméstica en Costa Rica en solo seis meses
La Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) destacó la magnitud de la violencia que enfrentan las mujeres en Costa Rica, luego de revelar que 28,104 mujeres solicitaron medidas de protección por violencia doméstica entre enero y junio de 2026, una cifra superior a la registrada en el mismo período del año anterior y que, a juicio de especialistas de la institución, confirma la necesidad de fortalecer las políticas públicas basadas en evidencia científica.
El pronunciamiento de la academia se produce en medio del debate generado por la posición que asumió la representación de Costa Rica ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), donde rechazó el uso de conceptos como “violencia reproductiva”, “masculinidad patriarcal” e “interseccionalidad”, al considerar que esos términos no deberían formar parte del lenguaje oficial.
Para las investigadoras de la UNED, prescindir de esas categorías implica desconocer herramientas ampliamente utilizadas por la comunidad científica para comprender las causas estructurales de la violencia contra las mujeres y diseñar respuestas institucionales más efectivas.
De acuerdo con cifras del Poder Judicial, durante el primer semestre de 2026 se contabilizaron 28,104 solicitudes de medidas de protección por violencia doméstica, lo que representa 384 casos más que en el mismo período de 2025. Para la universidad, estos datos evidencian que miles de mujeres continúan requiriendo la intervención del Estado para resguardar su vida, su integridad física y su seguridad.
La preocupación no se limita a la violencia doméstica. Según datos del Ministerio Público, durante el primer trimestre de 2025 se registraron 3,260 víctimas de violencia sexual, siendo las niñas y adolescentes entre los 10 y los 19 años el grupo más afectado por este tipo de delitos.

Las cifras también reflejan la persistencia de la forma más extrema de violencia contra las mujeres. Entre 2025 y el 10 de junio de 2026, las autoridades contabilizaron 45 femicidios oficialmente clasificados, de los cuales 36 ocurrieron durante 2025 y nueve en lo transcurrido de 2026. Además, para esa fecha permanecían bajo análisis 13 de las 22 muertes violentas de mujeres registradas en el año, expedientes que eventualmente podrían reclasificarse como femicidios conforme avancen las investigaciones.
La investigadora y docente de la Carrera de Ciencias Policiales de la UNED, Ana Rita Argüello Miranda, sostuvo que “negar estos conceptos no modifica la realidad”, al señalar que la violencia contra las mujeres se encuentra ampliamente documentada tanto por la investigación científica como por las estadísticas oficiales.
“La violencia contra las mujeres está ampliamente documentada por la evidencia científica y por las estadísticas nacionales. Conceptos como interseccionalidad, violencia reproductiva o masculinidades permiten comprender los factores que incrementan el riesgo y orientar mejores estrategias de prevención, atención y sanción”, afirmó Argüello, quien añadió que prescindir de estas categorías limita la capacidad de las instituciones para responder de manera integral a un fenómeno complejo.
La especialista recordó que estos conceptos forman parte del desarrollo académico de disciplinas como la criminología, la sociología, la psicología, la ciencia política y los estudios de género, además de ser utilizados por organismos internacionales y centros de investigación para analizar las causas estructurales de la violencia y fortalecer el diseño de políticas públicas.
En la misma línea, la coordinadora de la Carrera de Ciencias Policiales de la UNED, Karen Jiménez Morales, señaló que el Estado tiene la obligación de identificar los problemas que afectan a la población a partir de la evidencia disponible.
“El Estado tiene el deber de identificar los problemas que aquejan a la población, sustentándose en la evidencia disponible, la cual es contundente respecto a la gravedad de la violencia de género en Costa Rica”, manifestó.
Asimismo, sostuvo que “negar esta realidad, así como rechazar el fortalecimiento de las herramientas de la normativa internacional por razones conceptuales, limita significativamente las capacidades institucionales de acción”, pues reduce la posibilidad de implementar respuestas eficaces frente a una problemática que continúa afectando a miles de mujeres.

Por su parte, la encargada del Instituto de Estudios de Género de la UNED, Zarelly Sibaja Trejos, enfatizó que el lenguaje técnico desarrollado por la investigación científica no responde a posiciones ideológicas, sino a instrumentos que permiten identificar desigualdades y orientar políticas públicas.
“Nombrar las distintas manifestaciones de la violencia no crea el problema; permite reconocerlo, medirlo y comprenderlo para enfrentarlo. Cuando la investigación identifica patrones y desigualdades estructurales, ofrece insumos para proteger mejor a las mujeres y las niñas”, indicó.
La académica agregó que invisibilizar estos conceptos no elimina la violencia, sino que dificulta su comprensión y limita la capacidad del Estado para construir políticas públicas acordes con las necesidades reales de la población.
Las especialistas coincidieron en que la evidencia disponible exige fortalecer, y no debilitar, las herramientas conceptuales utilizadas para analizar la violencia contra las mujeres desde un enfoque científico, interdisciplinario y basado en los derechos humanos. También insistieron en que el debate público debe sustentarse en información verificable y datos oficiales, con el propósito de desarrollar respuestas institucionales más eficaces para prevenir, atender, sancionar y reparar la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas.
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