October 2026

Hochul Refunded Donors. Her Party Reported Matching Gifts and Sent Her $16.5 Million. Did the Money Make a Round Trip?

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Public records show $2.38 million in Hochul campaign refunds corresponding to gifts the state Democratic Party reported from the same donors. About $2.13 million was recorded by September 25, when the party made the first of two transfers totaling $16.5 million to Hochul. The records raise a question: did refunded contributions help fund the campaign through the party? New York

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Black and Hispanic New Yorkers Are Half the City’s Population but Three-Quarters of Its Recorded Violent-Crime Victims Whose Race Is Known

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Pick any year. The answer doesn’t change. Every year since 2018, Black New Yorkers have appeared as victims of murder, rape, robbery and felony assault combined at more than four times the White rate in NYPD’s own complaint records. Hispanic New Yorkers: roughly three times. For murder, it’s worse. In every full year from 2018 through 2025, Black New Yorkers

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